カテゴリー: Nepal
Polish athlete Andrzej Bargiel, 37, is the first person to climb up and ski down Mount Everest without bottled oxygen. It took him four days to ascend from base camp and two days to ski back down Polish climber makes history skiing down Everest without…
Carried by a band of pirates that stand up to corrupt and repressive rulers, the meaning of the One Piece flag has resonated across AsiaIn Indonesia, it was hung outside homes, on motorbikes, cars and trucks, in a sign of discontent with the government…
Sunday’s demonstration in Manila to coincide with anniversary of 1972 martial law declaration as president backs rally in bid to placate angerThousands of people are expected to join a mass protest in Manila on Sunday amid a groundswell of anger in the…
Talk of revolution in the coffee shops of Nepal increased after protest movements across south AsiaAcross Kathmandu, the acrid stench of smoke still lingers. Singha Durbar, the opulent palace that housed Nepal’s parliament, stands charred and empty, it…
Former chief justice Sushila Karki, who was nominated by gen Z representatives, to lead interim governmentNepal has sworn in its first female prime minister after a historic week in which widespread youth protests forced the resigniation of her predece…
Residents in Kathmandu mobilised on 10 September for a cleanup operation after days of anti-corruption protests that led to the resignation of the prime minister, KP Sharma Oli. Volunteers gathered at the Department of Transport Management office to cl…
Residents in Kathmandu mobilised on 10 September for a cleanup operation after days of anti-corruption protests that led to the resignation of the prime minister, KP Sharma Oli. Volunteers gathered at the Department of Transport Management office to cl…
‘This is our revolution. It’s our turn now’: Nepal’s ‘gen Z protesters’ speak out against corruption
Young Nepalis led a mass protest in Kathmandu on Monday and have paid for it with bullet wounds or their livesThe whiteboard listing the names of patients at a hospital in central Kathmandu tells the story of a protest gone badly wrong. Beside each nam…
‘This is our revolution. It’s our turn now’: Nepal’s ‘gen Z protesters’ speak out against corruption
Young Nepalis led a mass protest in Kathmandu on Monday and have paid for it with bullet wounds or their livesThe whiteboard listing the names of patients at a hospital in central Kathmandu tells the story of a protest gone badly wrong. Beside each nam…