カテゴリー: Nepal
I’ve watched from the UK as family and friends share increasingly desperate news. Nepal’s leaders have ensured the lack of preparationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWaiting for India’s Covid wave to break over Nepal has bee…
Climbers and their Sherpa guides were estimated to have carried at least 3,500 oxygen bottles this season – now they need to be refilledSee all our coronavirus coverageNepal is so short of oxygen canisters that it has asked climbers on Mount Everest to…
People to mix indoors in England from next week; France to also reopen outdoor dining on 19 May UK government to advise caution when hugging allowed in EnglandTraffic light travel plan will let new variants into UK, scientists warnUS ‘turning the corne…
Country appeals for international help amid vaccine shortage, overrun hospitals and reported 47% positivity rateCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNepal is struggling to contain an explosion in Covid-19 cases, as fears grow tha…
Decision to allow expeditions to go ahead dealt blow after outbreak on world’s seventh highest mountainCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNepal’s decision to allow people to continue to climb its Himalayan peaks as a vicious Co…
Nepal has been hardest hit to date, while concerns are growing in Pakistan and BangladeshCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIn April, along with millions of other people, Nepal’s former king Gyanendra Shah, 73, and his 70-year-…
Nepal authorities accused of underplaying seriousness of situation as daily cases soarCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe coronavirus outbreak at Everest base camp in Nepal, controversially opened to climbers despite the pan…
From Quito to Kathmandu, millions will be endangered by cuts affecting planning for floods, earthquakes and fires, experts sayUK aid cuts to a programme working to reduce the disaster risk to poor communities around the world could endanger millions of…
Norwegian climber airlifted from mountain while Sherpa reported to have also tested positiveThe first cases of Covid-19 have been identified at Everest base camp, renewing the controversy over the decision by Nepal to open the world’s highest mountain …
Unscientific ‘morality’ examination linked to low conviction rates and violates women’s rights, says Equality NowPhysical vaginal tests are still used to determine whether women and girls have been raped in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, according to a ne…
Thousands of Nepalese gathered to celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival in the town of Thimi, despite a government request for gatherings not to exceed 25 people. As part of the celebrations, coloured powder is spread to welcome the arrival of spring. Bi…
India and China have given away vaccine for diplomatic reasons. Now there’s pressure to save supply for their own peopleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhile western Europe’s “vaccine war” has been a struggle to prevent dose…
How the 2,000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca jab arrived without prior approval will be checked by officials Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNepalese drug regulators are reportedly investigating a gift of 2,000 Covid-19 vaccine…
Activists warn new anti-trafficking law requiring permission from families to travel is evidence of ‘deep-rooted patriarchal mindset’A proposed law in Nepal that would ban women from travelling abroad without permission from their families and local go…
Witnesses claim mountaineers appeared not to have sufficient oxygen to make ascent Three Indian climbers accused of falsely claiming to have summited Mount Everest in 2016 have been banned by Nepal from mountaineering in the country for six years.The a…