Nepal
China To Bar Foreign Climbers From Everest’s Tibet Side
China will bar foreigners from climbing the Tibetan side of Mount Everest during the coming autumn season after a...
Nepal Parliament Elects New Prime Minister
Three-time former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was elected as Nepal's president by the country's parliament on...
Sharp Operator Deuba Takes Helm In Nepal For Fourth Time
Sher Bahadur Deuba, who Tuesday became prime minister for the fourth time, is a sharp political operator who has swept...
Nepal Parliament Elects New Prime Minister
Nepal's parliament on Tuesday elected an unopposed three-time former prime minister to the top post once again, the...
Kennedy Agyapong To Pick Global Dignity Award
Maverick politician and Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central Region, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has...
Nepal, China Sign Mega Hydropower Agreement
Nepal has signed an agreement with a Chinese company to build the largest hydroelectric plant in the impoverished...
Are Everest Ascents Too Easy To Fake?
Satyarup Siddhanta only discovered he was at the centre of an Everest fraud when he spotted news of a couple whose...
Nepal Pushes Back Polls A Third Time, Risks Monsoon Clash
Nepal on Wednesday postponed local elections for a third time after its tiny Muslim community expressed concerns about...
S.Sudan Troops Tried For Rape, Murder In Juba Compound Attack
A South Sudan military court on Tuesday opened the trial of 13 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers and...
Nepal Announces $12 Bn Budget Targeting High Growth
Nepal's government unveiled it's annual budget on Monday focused on allocating funds to newly elected local units and...
Bodies of Indian Climbers Who Died On Everest Recovered
Rescuers have retrieved the body of an Indian climber who died on Mount Everest and airlifted it to Kathmandu on...
Co-Pilot In Plane Crash Near Everest Dies of Injuries
The co-pilot of a cargo plane that crashed at a small airport near Mount Everest, killing the pilot, has died from his...
Cargo Plane Crashes Near Mount Everest, 3 Injured
A cargo plane crashed Saturday as it was trying to land at a small airport near Mount Everest, seriously injuring the...
Nepal Lets Everest Permit Dodger Off $22,000 Fine
Nepal said Friday a South African who tried to climb Mount Everest without a permit can go home without paying a...
Kidney Traffickers Arrested In Cambodia
Two Cambodians have been arrested for allegedly trafficking at least ten organ donors to India for illegal kidney...
Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Resigns
Nepal's Maoist prime minister resigned Wednesday as part of a planned handover to a former political foe who will be...
Everest’s Hillary Step Intact, Say Nepali Climbers
The Hillary Step -- a rocky outcrop near the top of Mount Everest -- is still intact, Nepali climbers said Wednesday,...
Everest Climber Accused of ‘illegal’ Tibet-Nepal Traverse
A Polish climber who claims to have traversed from Tibet to Nepal at the summit of Mount Everest may have crossed...
Four Climbers Found Dead On Everest
The bodies of four climbers were found inside a tent on Everest, an expedition organiser said Wednesday, taking the...