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    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • Saturday, 3 December, 2022
      Commodities
      Darjeeling tea price tumbles after India leaf-blending quarrel

      Growers warn financial crisis is threatening ‘champagne’ of brews

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

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

      Climbers, climb leaders and officials seek to lay blame

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • Friday, 28 September, 2018
      Life & Arts
      Short cuts: an Everest trek with Edmund Hillary’s family and a revolutionary sports yacht in Monaco

      Travel updates from Singapore, Monaco and London

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