Nepal
Nepal’s ‘hidden’ mountains draw new wave of climbers
[KATHMANDU] Nepal’s mountains including Everest have long drawn climbers from across the world, but a growing community is exploring hidden summits promising solitude and the chance to be first to the...
Exploring the mandalas of Nepal
Tracing the history of the Kathmandu Valley through the circle, beyond the temples
Thousands rally in Nepali pro-monarchy protests
There has been dissatisfaction over political instability, corruption and slow economic development
Rene Vijay Shrestha Einhaus: Advocate of Nepal’s luxury credentials
An epiphany prompted him to uproot from Europe to the Himalayas, but keeping him there are his family’s unorthodox beginnings in hospitality
Rubbish roads: Nepal explores paving with plastic
Cars speeding along a smooth, black-coloured street in Nepal’s Pokhara are also driving over heaps of discarded plastic, transformed into an ingredient in road construction.
Nepali teenager hailed as hero after climbing world's 8,000m peaks
Nima Rinji Sherpa reached the summit of Tibet’s 8,027-metre-high Shisha Pangma on October 9
Cycling: British adventurer breaks record for highest-altitude bike ride
Sixty-year-old British adventurer Neil Laughton has set a new record for the highest-altitude cycle ride after pedalling a fold-up bike on top of a 7,246-metre Nepalese peak.
Nepal poised for new government after prime minister loses confidence vote
Only 63 of the 258 lawmakers present in the chambers voted for him
Nepal PM Dahal faces crisis as key ally drops parliamentary support
The liberal Communist Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML) party was the biggest group supporting Dahal’s government since March
Heatstroke kills 30 in Thailand this year as South-east Asia bakes
MILLIONS of people across South and South-east Asia sweltered through unusually hot weather on Thursday (Apr 25), as the Thai government said heatstroke has already killed at least 30 people this year...
