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    • Monday, 12 June, 2023
      OutlookJohn Reed
      India’s new map ruffles regional feathers

      Redrawing national boundaries has provoked concern in Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh

      Nepalese students hold a copy of the ‘undivided india’ map and placards and shout anti-India slogans
    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Ed Douglas
      Nepal was heaven for independent trekkers — so why is it banning them?

      Starting this week, new rules prohibit walking the country’s mountain trails unless accompanied by a licensed guide

      Trekkers cross a suspension bridge in Langtang National Park
    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Travel
      Snow leopards and slow trekking in Dolpo, Nepal

      Far from the crowds of Everest base camp, an ‘ethical trekking’ company offers closer connections with remote mountain communities

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      UK employment
      UK farmers stop recruiting Nepalese workers after exploitation warning

      Halt to hiring from south Asian nation will exacerbate labour shortages

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      At least 68 people killed in Nepal plane crash

      Incident is Himalayan country’s worst aviation disaster in decades

      Rescue teams at the wreckage of the Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500 aircraft after it crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, on Sunday
    • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
      Travel
      An art adventure in Upper Mustang — the forbidden land of Tibetan culture

      Sophy Roberts is mesmerised by the restoration of Buddhist murals and monuments in the remote Himalayan region

      A group of monks sit in a circle
    • Saturday, 3 December, 2022
      Commodities
      Darjeeling tea price tumbles after India leaf-blending quarrel

      Growers warn financial crisis is threatening ‘champagne’ of brews

      People at a shop with different teas displayed
    • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
      InterviewTravel
      Kenton Cool: the risks and rewards of a career in the ‘death zone’

      His 16th ascent of Everest has confirmed the British climber as one of the world’s most successful high-altitude guides — so why does he feel increasingly conflicted?

    • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
      Venice Biennale 2022
      What not to miss in and around the Venice Biennale

      From a fountain of fire to a Lebanese egg, via crystal trees, Nepali and Omani newcomers and art from Ukraine

      A large stone fountain with fire instead of water
    • Monday, 15 November, 2021
      Special ReportFuture of Logistics
      Vaccine distributors go the extra mile to help remote populations

      Health workers find novel ways of delivering Covid jabs to hard-to-reach places

      A Nepalese man receiving a Covid-19 vaccine
    • Friday, 6 August, 2021
      News in-depth
      Everest climbers caught up in Nepal’s growing Covid crisis

      Hospitals in Himalayan nation struggle as infections soar in tandem with neighbouring India

      Mountaineers and Sherpas on Mount Everest
    • Sunday, 14 June, 2020
      Nepal angers India with map claiming disputed territory

      Kathmandu move follows tensions between New Delhi and Beijing in strategic Himalayan area

      Nepalese light candles
    • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
      Indian politics & policy
      India and China trade accusations after Himalayan spats

      Region has become geopolitical flashpoint with troops brawling along disputed border

    • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
      HTSI
      Hope in the Himalayas: a trek like no other

      A filmmaker’s quest to help Nepalese children return home has inspired a physically – and emotionally – rewarding journey

      Snowland Journeys’ treks include camping in Shey Phoksundo National Park
    • Thursday, 9 April, 2020
      Wish I were there...
      Wish I were there: Edmund Hillary’s ‘Happy House’ in Nepal

      Sophy Roberts on a beloved Himalayan retreat that she longs, one day, to revisit

      small plane Nepal. credit Sophy Roberts
    • Monday, 6 April, 2020
      Travel
      The British grandmother running to Kathmandu

      Rosie Swale-Pope, 73, pressed on as the crisis took hold but is now stranded in central Turkey

      ISTANBUL, TURKEY - DECEMBER 20: 73-year-old British runner Rosie Swale Pope is seen continuing her journey as part of campaign for Nepal crossing Bosphorus-15 July Martyrs Bridge by foot, on December 20, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. British adventurer on Friday crossed Istanbuls iconic Bosphorus Bridge on foot as part of a 6,000-mile journey to support the people of Nepal. For her bridge run, she had to get special permission from Istanbuls Governorship, as the Bosphorus (15 July Martyrs) Bridge is not normally open for foot crossings. (Photo by Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
    • Monday, 30 September, 2019
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Iconic surf brand Rip Curl sold to New Zealand camping retailer
    • Wednesday, 4 September, 2019
      Huawei Technologies
      Nepal’s only billionaire enlists Huawei to transform country’s telecoms

      Binod Chaudhary risks being mired in US-China technological cold war in strategic Asian region

      Nepalese devotees woman takes pictures from mobile phone during Teej festival celebrations at Pashupatinath Temple, Katmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, September 12, 2018. The Teej festival is celebrated by Hindu women in Nepal as well as in some parts of India. During the three-day long festival, women observe a day-long fast and pray for the long life their husbands as well as for a happy family. Those who are unmarried pray for a good husband and a long life. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
      FT SeriesCash Trails
      Mountain to climb for Nepal as migrants return

      Remittances are vital for Himalayan nation’s economy but local industry has lagged behind

      Bhawani
    • Friday, 31 May, 2019
      Mt Everest deaths and overcrowding spark anger over commercialisation

      Climbers, climb leaders and officials seek to lay blame

      In this photo made on May 22, 2019, a long queue of mountain climbers line a path on Mount Everest. About half a dozen climbers died on Everest last week most while descending from the congested summit during only a few windows of good weather each May. (Nirmal Purja/@Nimsdai Project Possible via AP)
    • Thursday, 30 May, 2019
      Nanjala Nyabola
      The political economy of Mount Everest is unsustainable

      Nepal has many other spectacular peaks — visitors should be encouraged to climb them

      In this May 22, 2019 photo, a long queue of mountain climbers line a path on Mount Everest just below camp four, in Nepal. Seasoned mountaineers say the Nepal government's failure to limit the number of climbers on Mount Everest has resulted in dangerous overcrowding and a greater number of deaths. (AP Photo/Rizza Alee)
    • Wednesday, 13 March, 2019
      ReviewFilm
      Children of the Snow Land — a wonderfully touching documentary about five Nepalese teenagers

      Each boy or girl, trekking home from a distant school across days or weeks, takes a movie camera to record the journey and reunion

      Nepalese children at the centre of 'Children of the Snow Land'
    • Monday, 4 March, 2019
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Nepal hitches railway to Chinese standards in blow to India Premium content

      Himalayan nation will use a Beijing-favoured gauge except at southern border

      Nepal's existing rail link with India will be one of few parts of the network to use its southern neighbor's favored broad gauge. (Photo by Yuji Kuronuma)
    • Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
      Anjana Ahuja
      Surveillance from the skies may help the fight against modern slavery

      Some industries associated with forced labour show features that can be spotted from space

      Satellite images from Google Earth of a brick kiln in Rajasthan, India
    • Sunday, 2 December, 2018
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Nepal to join hands with China on Tibet-Kathmandu railway Premium content

      Landlocked nation wants to connect to world economy, minister says

      - PHOTO TAKEN 29JUN06 - A Tibetan railway guard walks along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in Lhasa, Tibet, June 29, 2006. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway will begin trial operations on July 1. ??? USE ONLY
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