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  The Guardian : Nepal
21  may     11h06
Record 274 climbers summit Everest from Nepalese side in single day
Peter Beaumont    Climbers take advantage of clear weather after threat of ice fall on normal route delayed start of spring season A record 274 climbers have reached...
24  april     08h06
Ice block stalls hundreds of Everest climbers at base camp
Associated Press    Officials assessing route after serac between base camp and camp one deemed unstable and too risky for climbers A large ice block on the route just...
23  april     03h17
Sydney business body calls for complete overhaul of homelessness response after disturbingly lonely and tragic death’
Christopher Knaus Chief investigations correspondent    Bikram Lama’s body lay undiscovered for up to a week in one of city’s busiest parks, prompting business lobby to call for greater welfare...
21  april     08h00
They come right past the house’: learning to live with rhinos as numbers soar in Nepal
James Whitlow Delano    The country is seeing an increase in human-wildlife conflict as the number of megafauna, including rhinos and tigers, grows. But there are efforts to...
19  april     15h00
When the birdman’ of St James tunnel died, Sydney commuters streamed past his body for days
Christopher Knaus, Gaurav Pokharel in Kathmandu and Cait Kelly    Exclusive: The strange and lonely death of Bikram Lama exposes a glaring gap in homelessness services. What hopes and dreams brought him to Australia...
09  april     10h27
Doug Allan, cameraman on David Attenborough’s Planet series, dies trekking in Nepal
Caroline Davies    Wildlife film pioneer has died aged 74 immersed in nature and surrounded by friends’, his representatives saidAn award-winning wildlife cameraman...
28  march     05h25
KP Sharma Oli: Nepal’s former prime minister arrested over alleged role in deadly protest crackdown
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent    At least 77 people killed in anti-corruption youth uprising in September, which began over a brief social media banNepal’s former prime minister KP...
26  march     17h43
Nepal’s PM-to-be uses rap to call for unity in first post-election message
Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu    Balendra Shah, 35, is a symbol of change in country whose government was toppled last year in youth-led uprisingNepal’s rapper turned politician...
16  march     12h00
We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money
Michelle Nijhuis    The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who defend both. Now the world is seeking a...
15  march     07h00
Nepal’s uprising took their loved ones. Now they hope for change - gallery
Photography by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters    Seventy-seven people were killed during youth-led protests that toppled Nepal’s prime minister Continue reading...
08  march     13h47
Ex-rapper Balendra Shah set to be Nepal PM after party’s landslide election win
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Gaurav Pokharel in Kathmandu    Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra party secures thumping victory in first poll since gen Z protests that toppled government Balendra Shah, the rapper turned...
05  march     15h25
Nepal: voting closes in election pitting old guard against powerful youth movement
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and agencies    Early results may be released from Friday after first election since gen z protests forced Nepal’s then-PM to quitNearly six months after a wave of...
03  march     06h48
Nepal’s gen-Z election: can popular former rapper Balen topple a veteran political heavyweight?
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Gaurav Pokharel in Damak    With 46% of Nepal’s population under the age of 24, the election will be a test of whether their hopes and frustrations are being taken seriouslyIn...
24  february     00h04
Tributes paid to very loving and caring’ British hiker killed in Nepal bus crash
Gaurav Pokharel in Kathmandu and Penelope MacRae    Dominic Ethan Stewart was among 19 killed when vehicle veered off road and plunged down mountainsideTributes have been paid to a young British hiker...
15  february     11h00
I feel like a ghost’: new father deported by ICE to Bhutan that exiled his family
Lok Darjee    Mohan Karki - one of many people ICE has deported to countries with which they have little connection - leaves behind his wife and seven-month-old...
10  february     10h00
Traditional food could help reverse Nepal’s diabetes epidemic’, studies suggest
Kat Lay, Global health correspondent    With medication largely unaffordable in the country, experts hope community support and a change in diet could reduce soaring type 2 diabetes ratesA...
28  january     11h36
What is Nipah virus? Key things to know about the disease amid cases in India
Hannah Ellis-Petersen    Virus primarily spreads from animals to humans, has a high fatality rate and there is no vaccineAirports across Asia have been put on high alert...
19  january     00h01
Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches 18.3tn, says Oxfam
Kaamil Ahmed    Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity report saysThe world saw a record number...
30  december     10h00
What drove gen Z protests that brought down governments and called out corruption? Five activists explain
Kaamil Ahmed    We spoke to protesters in Togo, Kenya, Nepal, Madagascar and Morocco about how their actions helped shape the world in 2025Mass protests in Nepal and...
28  december     07h27
Nepal TV host and ex-rapper mayor form alliance for election after youth revolt
Agence France-Presse    Kathmandu mayor Balendra Balen’ Shah will run for prime minister with presenter Rabi Lamichhane’s party after deadly protests that ousted...
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