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(Geneva) – The Nepal government should urgently heed the demands of conflict victims and amend the process for appointing commissioners to the country’s two transitional justice bodies ...
Dozens trekked to Nepal's Yala glacier for a ceremony Monday to mark its rapid disappearance due to climate change and put a spotlight on global glacial retreat. The Yala glacier, located between ...
Draft law requires climbers to have prior experience in Nepal Global operators suggest broader criteria for Everest permits Few 7,000m peaks in Nepal are popular with climbers Overcrowding linked ...
Kathmandu (AFP) – An Austrian climber has died while descending Nepal's Ama Dablam after a successful summit, the country's tourism department said Monday. Nepal named the climber as Martin ...
Hundreds of supporters of a pro-monarchy party in Nepal staged a protest on Sunday (April 20, 2025) near the high-security zone housing the Prime Minister’s residence and the Parliament in ...
Langtang, Nepal – On the morning of April 25, 2015, Nima Chhiring Tamang, 30, left his home in northern Nepal’s Langtang village to spend time with friends in the neighbouring village of ...
He held a public health degree from Dharan and was pursuing further studies in Kathmandu while working part-time on an oral health campaign in rural Nepal. The job did not pay much, but it was ...
Nepal has announced its national estimate of the elusive snow Leopard population, marking a major milestone in the conservation of this iconic Himalayan species. The country now estimates there ...
On the same day, the Chinese Embassy in Nepal also issued a similar statement on its WeChat account. The statement highlighted that, due to the recent escalation of tensions between India and ...
Nepal’s connectivity with the rest of the world has been deepening since the country’s opening up in 1990, the year that democracy, which had been suspended in 1960, was restored. As Nepalis ...
At least seven teachers and a few policemen were injured in Kathmandu city of Nepal on Sunday (April 27, 2025) as clashes erupted between the two sides during a demonstration for education reforms ...
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