カテゴリー: Nepal
Kanchha Sherpa, 91, says more respect should be shown to sacred peak that has been climbed thousands of times since 1953 ascentThe only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition that first reached the summit of Mount Everest has said the world’…
Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back.Flicking through a newspaper in 2020, Sanjay Adhikari read a story that changed the direction of his life – a Nepalese statue of …
Work permits to leave Nepal for those countries halted as 10 men killed and dozens more reported missingThe government of Nepal has banned its citizens from travelling to Russia or Ukraine for employment after 10 young men were killed and dozens more r…
At least 38 people, including a new mother, have died in the month after the earthquake struck, among 40,000 people living under tarpaulinAt least 38 people who survived an earthquake in Nepal have died after spending more than a month living in tents …
After months of legal challenges Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey registered their marriage, giving hope to other same-sex couples in the south Asian countryThe dancing continued until the early hours. Family and friends – and Suru the dog – gathered in…
Rights activists say marriage of Maya Gurung, a transgender woman, and Surendra Pandey is ‘historic day’An LGBTQ+ couple in Nepal have said they want to “scream to the world that we are husband and wife at last” after becoming the first in south Asia t…
Minister for communications and information technology says the popular video-sharing platform ‘disrupts family structures’Nepal has said it will ban TikTok, citing negative effects on the country’s “social harmony”.The popular video-sharing platform, …
While the earthquake killed at least 153 people, fears are rising for 12,000 families left without shelter in freezing temperaturesEarly on Saturday morning, Haris Bishwakarma learned he had become the sole guardian of his eight-year-old sister. His pa…
Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their bare hands on Saturday, searching for survivors after the country’s worst earthquake in eight years killed 157 people and shook buildings as far away as Delhi.The 5…
Rescue workers reach area near epicentre of 5.8-magnitude quake in Karnali province in country’s worst earthquake since 2015Rescue workers in Nepal began digging through the rubble of collapsed houses with their bare hands on Saturday, searching for su…
Ten Nepali students died at kibbutz, leaving families for whom they were breadwinners bereftDhanbahadur Chaudhari now dreams of rivers of blood. Although he returned home to Nepal this week, flashes of the scenes he left behind in Israel won’t leave hi…
Dozens of contract workers at Amazon warehouses say they were tricked into toiling and living in grueling, squalid conditionsMcDonald’s and Chuck E Cheese tied to alleged foreign worker exploitationCorporations are paying for worker abuse audits that a…
Foreign workers at the Middle East locations of US and UK brands allege low pay, harsh conditions and a legal limbo with few protectionsRevealed: Amazon linked to trafficking of workers in Saudi ArabiaMcDonald’s and Chuck E Cheese tied to alleged forei…
Doctors say high stress, heat and harsh living conditions may be the cause of low sperm counts in men returning from the GulfOn a cluster of metal benches outside the infertility unit at Paropakar Maternity and Women’s hospital in Kathmandu, a dozen ma…
Tally rises to 27,000 but is still a far cry from former half a million, and Javan and Sumatran rhino remain critically endangeredGlobal rhinoceros numbers have increased to 27,000 despite populations being ravaged by poaching and habitat loss, new fig…