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Nepal

Deaths of Irish and British climbers bring Mount Everest toll to 10

It came during a season that has been plagued by bad weather and overcrowding on the peak.

25/05/2019

Nepal

Indian army claims to have found Yeti 'footprints', prompting mockery

For centuries mountaineers and researchers have been searching for the Yeti so could his "footprints" been found by the Indian army?

30/04/2019

Nepal

Flood concerns over Everest's picturesque glacial lakes

Hundreds of these lakes have appeared out of nowhere in the Himalayas in recent decades. A 2014 survey found one quarter of Nepal's glaciers shrunk between 1977 and 2010, leaving behind 1,466 lakes.

12/12/2018

Nepal

Austrian climber David Lama completes first solo climb of Lunang Ri

Austrian climber David Lama has completed the first solo climb of Lunang Ri in Nepal.

28/11/2018

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Alpinist returns from the first ever ascent of Himalayan Lunag Ri peak

Austrian alpinist David Lama has safely returned from the first ever ascent of Lunag Ri (6907M) peak in the Himalaya in an epic solo effort

27/11/2018

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Locally made robots wait tables at Kathmandu restaurant

Locally made robots took over waiting duties in a Kathmandu restaurant.

27/11/2018

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Nepal's digital restaurant where guests are served by robots

Nepal's digital restaurant where guests are served by robots

27/11/2018

Global Japan

Small is beautiful: How a Japanese micro-turbine is transforming a Nepalese village

In partnership with The Government of Japan

Japan's Ibasei has installed six small turbines in Nepal, and transferred the technology, bringing light to the darkness of schoolchildrens' classrooms and their homes.

18/10/2018

Nepal

Nine climbers feared dead in Himalayas

A group of five South Korean climbers and four Nepali climbers and porters has been reported missing after a storm hit a camp on a Himalayan peak in west Nepal, officials said on Saturday.

13/10/2018

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Nepal's new "living goddess" makes first public appearance

The role of living goddess means the four-year-old must live in a temple and away from her family home until she reaches puberty.

26/09/2018

World

EU committed to Nepal quake rebuilding

In partnership with The European Commission

Three years on from Nepal's devastating twin earthquakes many thousands remain homeless. The EU is helping to accelerate the building of quake-resistant houses.

28/06/2018

World

Push to speed up rebuilding three years on from Nepal earthquakes

Only 20% of homes eligible for rebuilding completed

27/06/2018

Nepal

Search for Bulgarian mountaineer Boyan Petrov ends without success

The zoologist was separated from his climbing group on April 29 to attempt a solo summit without oxygen.

16/05/2018

Nepal

Watch: What's it like to fly into one of the world’s most dangerous airports?

NBC Left Field asked the mountain pilots of Nepal, who fly from Kathmandu to the village of Lukla, which hangs 2,845 metres above ground off a cliff in the Himalayas.

20/04/2018

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Thousands gather for festival to mark Nepali new year

Thousands of people gathered on Sunday at the medieval city of Bhaktapur for the annual Sindoor Jatra, a festival that marks the beginning of the Nepali New Year and celebrates the arrival of Spring.

15/04/2018

Nepal

Nepal plane crash: miscommunication may have been to blame

Miscommunication over the landing runway may be to blame for the Kathmandu plane crash that killed at least 49 people.

13/03/2018

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Bangladesh plane carrying 71 people crash lands in Nepal

A Bangladeshi aircraft carrying 67 passengers and four crew crashed on landing at Nepal's Kathmandu airport on Monday, March 12

12/03/2018

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Solo climbers banned by Nepal from climbing Mount Everest

New laws designed to reduce accidents in the Himalayas mean that solo mountaineers and climbs by some disabled people will be banned

30/12/2017

Nepal

Nepalis go to the polls in first election since civil war

Millions of voters in Nepal are going to the polls in the first democratic elections since the civil war ended and the monarchy was abolished.

26/11/2017

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Three-year-old girl becomes Nepal’s new living goddess

Little Trishna Shakya will live in Kathmandu's temple palace until puberty hits and it's time to retire.

28/09/2017

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Mount Everest: Nepal to see if world’s tallest peak measures up

Did an earthquake alter its height?

16/09/2017

Nepal

Elephants rescue tourists in flood-hit Nepal

Some 250 people have died in India, Bangladesh and Nepal which has suffered its worst rains in more than a decade

16/08/2017

Nepal

Man turns to elephant to get around flood-hit Nepal

15/08/2017

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Floods wreak havoc in Nepal

13/08/2017

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Nepal 'Gay Pride' brings colour to Kathmandu

Members of Nepal's LGBT community made their mark at a popular festival in the conservative Hindu-majority country

08/08/2017

Nepal

Nepali pensioner dies during bid to climb Mount Everest

An 85-year-old man from Nepal, who was attempting to become the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, has died.

07/05/2017