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Masked dancers mark Hindu festival in Nepal

Performers masked as various Hindu deities dance to celebrate Naradevi Swetkali Parba, a festival organised every 12 years in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, in the belief it will help overcome evil and establish peace and security.

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Meet the Nepali teenagers raising awareness of human trafficking

In partnership with Media City

"If I would have been trafficked, I have no clue how my life would be now. I still fear when I think of what happened. Where would I be now?"

Culture news

In pictures: Dogs are worshipped at the Hindu festival 'Kukur Tihar'

Wearing marigold garlands and spoilt with treats, once a year the dogs of Nepal are worshipped on the second day of Tihar.

India

More than 100 dead and dozens missing in floods in India and Nepal

More than 100 people have died after days of flooding and landslides which swept away roads and homes in India and Nepal, authorities said.

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Destinations

A guide to the most expensive mountain climbs in the world

Here’s what it costs to climb the most expensive summits across the globe.

Destinations

Which 7 UNESCO sites could soon be put on the ‘danger list’?

War, natural disasters, pollution and even poaching are threatening tourism hotspots all over the world.

Travel News

Record-breaking female climber stranded in Nepal amid COVID crisis

Tsang Yin-Hung climbed Mount Everest in 25 hours and 50 minutes last month.

Nepal

Austrian climbing guide says at least 100 COVID-19 cases on Everest

Lukas Furtenbach of Austria is the only prominent outfitter to halt Everest expeditions due to virus fears

Spain

Repatriation flight rescues stranded Spaniards from Nepal

Nearly 100 Spanish mountaineers, trekkers and tourists were repatriated after being stranded in Nepal, where a strict lockdown came into force on April 29 following a spike in cases.

Nepal

Swiss and American climbers become first to die on Everest this year

The two men sadly passed away while trying to summit the world's highest mountain.

Travel News

Why is Nepal trying to ban women from travelling?

The Nepali government has proposed a new law which would mean women needing permission to travel abroad.

Pakistan

Nepali climbers make history with first winter summit of K2

Since the first attempt back in 1988, no mountaineers had previously reached higher than 7,750 meters.

Travel News

Nepal reopens to mountaineers after seven month lockdown

Mountaineers can once again scale the peaks of Nepal's Himalayas. The country has opened its borders after a seven month lockdown.

Nepal

Ang Rita, first person to climb Everest 10 times, dies aged 72

The Nepalese Sherpa guide received international fame after climbing Mount Everest for the tenth time 1996.

Earth News

Man climbs 6,506 flights of stairs to conquer Mount Everest from home

Rob Ferguson, 51, is the first to climb the highest mountain in the world, from the comfort of his own home.

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Nepal pride rally calls for better LGBT rights

Hundreds of people gathered in Nepal's capital on Friday for the annual gay pride parade.

Earth News

The environmental cost of climbing Mount Everest

The Nepalese government is considering imposing tough new measures against mountaineers spoiling the peak.

Nepal

Himalayan glaciers melting at alarming rate, spy satellite data shows

Satellite data shows that the rate at which Himalayan glaciers are melting has doubled over the past two decades. That ice is not being replaced, and the retreat of these glaciers threatens water supplies for hundreds of millions of people in Asia.

World

Deaths on Everest's summit blamed on commercialisation of expedition

Yet another climber has died on Mount Everest, bringing the total deaths on the mountain to 13 in 2019 alone. Overcrowding has been reported near the summit and mountaineers suggest that the growing commercialisation of expeditions, the lack of experience and bad weather contribute to the problem.

Nepal

Before fatal descent, British climber wrote he feared Everest overcrowding could prove deadly

Robin Haynes Fisher wrote on Instagram last week that he had delayed his trek to the Himalayan summit in hopes of smaller crowds.