Nepal

Sherpa saves Malaysian climber in Everest ‘death zone’ rescue
Gelje Sherpa found the Malaysian hanging from a rope in an area where temperatures can dip below minus 30C.
Published On 1 Jun 2023
Nepal leader to seek energy, new air route deals on India visit
Dahal will seek long-term deal to export hydroelectric power and open new air routes through India during visit.
Published On 31 May 2023
Missing German climber’s body found near Kanchenjunga in Nepal
Luis Stitzinger reached the world’s third-highest peak without supplemental oxygen, but went missing during descent.
Published On 31 May 2023
Everest continues to attract climbers 70 years after first summit
Nepal’s mountains captivate both adventurers and tourists and bring a vital lifeline to surrounding villages.
Published On 29 May 2023

Conditions on the peak raise concerns for mountaineering community and people whose livelihoods depend on visitors.

Prosecutors say huge amounts of money collected from hundreds of Nepalis to send them to the US as Bhutanese refugees.

Hari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha soldier for British army in Afghanistan, now wants to help people with disabilities.

Kami Rita reclaims record after another Nepalese Sherpa tied it by reaching Himalayan peak for the 26th time on Sunday.

Pasang Dawa reached the top with a Hungarian client atop the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak.

More than 900 climbers to head up world’s highest peak four years after at least four deaths blamed on overcrowding.

Noel Hanna died while returning from summit while Indian climber Anurag Maloo fell into crevasse on the same mountain.

Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal suspends the employees of the air traffic controller department for ‘carelessness’.

Vote was called after Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s old coalition allies pulled out of government over choice of new president.

Amid threat of glacial lake floods, analysts rue a lack of information sharing among China, India and Nepal.

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