KATHMANDU, Nepal — An environment conference opened in Nepal on Friday to discuss global climate change, including the impact on the highest Himalayan peaks where snow and ice are melting.

The Nasha Mukti Morcha is set to launch a grassroot-level movement against drug abuse starting May 3 across Kapurthala district. The movement is part of the government’s ‘War against Drugs ...

Nepal named the climber as Martin Hornegger, 64, who went missing during his descent on Saturday morning after reaching the summit of the Himalayan peak. "It is learnt that he fell down while ...

Draft law requires climbers to have prior experience in Nepal Global operators suggest broader criteria for Everest permits Few 7,000m peaks in Nepal are popular with climbers Overcrowding linked ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal marked the 10th anniversary of the devastating 2015 earthquake with a memorial service on Friday that was attended by top officials who pledged to be better prepared to ...

By Bhadra Sharma and Daisuke Wakabayashi Bhadra Sharma reported from Kathmandu, Nepal, and Daisuke Wakabayashi from Seoul. A government inquiry into a new $216 million international airport in ...

Shibu Soren had been the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's chief for the past 38 years, while his son Hemant served the party as its executive president since 2015, he said. Senior party leader and Dumka ...

Unlocking Nepal’s Growth Potential: Nepal Country Economic Memorandum report examines Nepal’s past economic growth performance since 1996, current challenges, and policy recommendations to unlock ...

Thousands of supporters greeted Nepal’s former king in capital Kathmandu on Sunday and demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated and Hinduism brought back as a state religion. An estimated ...

All is not well within the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) as the state approaches its upcoming Assembly polls. Senior JMM leader and former Chief Minister Champai Soren, popularly known as the ...

when Nepal’s easternmost region was renamed from Province No. 1 to Koshi province. This came as a rejection to a long-running campaign to recognize it as Kirat-Limbuwan province, named in part ...