Mountaineering has become big business since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first ascent of Everest in 1953
Shops were shut and cars stayed off the streets in Kathmandu on Thursday in a protest against the murder of two men blamed on Nepal’s ruling Maoists.
A team of Japanese adventurers says it has discovered footprints it believes were made by the legendary yeti.
Nepal’s former King Gyanendra woke up Thursday as a commoner after leaving his sprawling palace home and army of servants, in line with the abolition of the country’s dynasty.
Last week, Nepal’s new constitutional assembly held its first meeting and put an end to the monarchy, a key part of a 2006 peace deal with Maoist guerrillas who gave up the…
The flag of Nepal’s 240-year-old Shah dynasty was taken down from the main palace in Kathmandu on Thursday after legislators abolished the world’s last Hindu monarchy, officials…
Not long ago he was revered as a Hindu god, waited upon by thousands of royal palace retainers. His face crowned banknotes and the national anthem hailed him. Now Nepal’s King…
A team of mountaineers unveiled plans on Thursday for what could be the most environmentally friendly attempt yet at scaling Everest — where even bodily waste will not be left…
Representatives of Nepal’s gay community on Saturday welcomed a decision by the country’s Supreme Court that directed the government to formulate laws for legal recognition of…
Maoists stormed out of Nepal’s government and vowed to disrupt upcoming elections on Tuesday after other parties refused to bow to the ex-rebels’ demand for the monarchy to be…
Fancy standing on the top of Mount Everest? If you have previous high-mountain experience, an understanding boss and about $40Â 000 to spare, Russell Brice, a New Zealander and…
Conservationists in Nepal have opened a special ”restaurant” to offer safe food to vultures, whose existence is being threatened from eating carcasses of cattle treated with…
Nepal’s rebel Maoists were confirmed as members of parliament on Monday as political parties that were once bitter foes brought an end to a decade of civil war, witnesses said.…
Nepal’s Maoist insurgents and interim government signed a landmark peace accord on Tuesday to end a decade of violence that has claimed at least 12Â 500 lives in the impoverished…
A Nepali army rescue team on Monday located the wreckage of a helicopter chartered by conservation group WWF, two days after it went missing in bad weather with 24 people on…
It took Pushkar Shah, a Nepal native, seven years and nine months to pedal to 100 countries to spread his peace message to the world. And he says his mission is not over yet —…
Since hippies first beat the overland travel trail to Nepal in the 1960s, thousands of foreigners have flocked to monasteries to study Buddhism. Today, despite political upheaval…
Nepal’s interim government announced the long-awaited final names for an 18-member Cabinet on Monday but was immediately rocked when one minister refused to take her post. The…
Four ministers appointed by Nepal’s king during his 14 months of absolute rule were arrested and detained for 90 days on the orders of the new government on Friday, relatives,…
Nepal’s Cabinet declared a ceasefire on Wednesday with Maoist rebels and urged them to open peace talks with the government, Deputy Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli said.…
