カテゴリー: Nepal
Cases appear low and sports venues are packed, but protests are on the rise as jobs are lost and personal debt soarsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTraffic jams and soaring pollution levels are back. Political leaders are or…
UK-based security firm faces calls to repay charges made by recruitment agents for jobs in Gulf states and conflict zonesMigrant workers working for the British security company G4S in the United Arab Emirates have collectively been forced to pay milli…
Team of Sherpas reaches top of Pakistan peak – becoming first to summit world’s second highest mountain in winterA team of Sherpas has accomplished one of the most coveted achievements in mountaineering: the first winter ascent of K2, the world’s secon…
The notorious murderer who preyed on 70s backpackers is the subject of a new BBC drama. Our writer recalls his bizarre meetings with a charmer and psychopathAt the beginning of The Serpent, the new BBC drama series based on the exploits of a real-life …
Countries have settled on 8,848.86m – higher than either’s previous measurementsMount Everest is marginally higher than previously thought, according to a new joint Chinese-Nepali calculation that settles a long-running conflict over the height of the …
First Englishman to climb Everest who dedicated his later years to Buddhism and helping the people of NepalDoug Scott, who has died aged 79 from cancer, was the first Englishman to climb Everest, but it was what happened afterwards that made him famous…
Familiar issues of discrimination and child marriage are being taken to the stage through interactive theatre in remote villagesHigh in the mountains of a remote village in western Nepal – a region once home to a fierce Maoist insurgency – a large crow…
Ang Rita made his ascents without the use of oxygen and was known in Nepal as the ‘snow leopard’ for his climbing skillsAng Rita Sherpa, the first person to climb Mount Everest 10 times, has died after a long illness, his family has said, in what fello…
Competing teams have both completed trips to the summit but plans have been disrupted by the pandemicSome time in the near future – after a wait of a decade – the world will learn the new height of Mount Everest.China and Nepal have teamed up to measur…
The pandemic’s impact is long-term: the UN warns that it could lead to 13 million more child marriages over a decade Samita (not her real name) is 17 and lives in the Lamjung district of Nepal. It was never easy, even before coronavirus, for her to att…
More than half a century ago, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to summit Everest. Now a collection of rare photos from Hillary’s life is up for auction in New Zealand, featuring scenes of the climbers tackling the world’s tallest …
Despite flood planning efforts hundreds have been killed and millions hit as third of land is submerged by non-stop rainBangladesh could be plunged into a humanitarian crisis as it undergoes the most prolonged monsoon flooding in decades while it is st…
Hurried evacuation of millions of residents will increase coronavirus cases, officials say Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Severe flooding in India’s tea-growing state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal has killed at least 200…
Older patients turned away or left untreated, while domestic abuse is also rising, leading charity reportsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen Souzi Bondeko’s grandfather started showing symptoms of Covid-19 and was struggli…
São Paulo to dig up cemeteries to clear spaces for coronavirus deaths; new rise of infections in Darfur, Sudan; New Zealand goes 22 days with a new caseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA cluster of dozens of new coronavirus c…