News: Nepal

We have started to collect the most important news related to Nepal in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Nepal – overview

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• December 15th 2020 – April 26th 2017
• April 24th 2017 – February 25th 2016
• February 24th 2016 – August 30th 2015
• August 27th 2015 – May 13th 2015
• May 13th 2015 – May 3rd 2015
• May 3rd 2015 – April 29th 2015
• April 29th 2015 – April 26th 2015
• April 26th 2015 – October 19th 2014
• October 19th 2014 – March 3rd 2014
• February 17th 2014 – April 9th 2013
• April 8th 2013 – September 4th 2012
• August 23rd 2012 – February 24th 2012
• February 22nd 2012 – August 24th 2011
• August 14th 2011 – December 5th 2010
• November 22nd 2010 – April 28th 2010
• April 14th 2010 – September 24th 2009
• September 17th 2009 – May 3rd 2009
• May 3rd 2009 – October 23rd 2008
• October 21st 2008 – June 21st 2008
• June 19th 2008 – April 21st 2008
• April 20th 2008 – February 20th 2008
• February 18th 2008 – July 30th 2007
• July 19th 2007 – March 7th 2007
• February 27th 2007 – January 4th 2007
• January 3rd 2007 – October 18th 2006
• October 15th 2006 – July 9th 2006
• July 6th 2006 – May 18th 2006
• May 16th 2006 – April 16th 2006
• April 15th 2006 – February 13th 2006
• February 13th 2006 – December 6th 2005
• December 2nd 2005 – November 11th 2005

Nepal: news

MasterChef final is dream come true for Nepal’s Santosh Shah

Tuesday, December 15th 2020, 0:03

Getting to the MasterChef final is like a dream for Santosh Shah, who is from a tiny village in Nepal.
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Mt Everest grows by nearly a metre to new height

Tuesday, December 8th 2020, 10:11
related countries: China

For the first time, China and Nepal agree an official height for the world's highest peak.
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Nepalese Ang Rita Sherpa: Everest record-breaker dies aged 72

Monday, September 21st 2020, 15:01

Ang Rita Sherpa is the first person to have climbed Mount Everest 10 times without bottled oxygen.
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India and China: How Nepal's new map is stirring old rivalries

Wednesday, June 10th 2020, 9:24
related countries: China, India

Nepal is redrawing its official map, fuelling simmering border tensions between India and China.
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Coronavirus: Chinese explorers start Everest climb amid pandemic

Friday, April 3rd 2020, 16:50
related countries: China

China has limited climbs to its nationals while Nepal has cancelled all expeditions.
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Everest: Top Sherpas slam Nepal's plan to clean rubbish from mountain

Friday, February 14th 2020, 11:59

The government wants to collect 35,000kg of waste - along with bodies - from six Himalayan peaks.
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Visit Nepal's yeti: How mythical creature divided Himalayan nation

Tuesday, January 28th 2020, 0:01

An idea to bring more tourists to Nepal has ended in a row over what a yeti actually looks like.
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New hope for one of world's most endangered reptiles

Tuesday, November 19th 2019, 10:29

The discovery of baby crocodiles in a river in Nepal is raising hopes for the future of the gharial.
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Nirmal Purja: Ex-soldier climbs 14 highest mountains in six months

Tuesday, October 29th 2019, 9:07
related countries: United Kingdom

Nepal's Nirmal Purja, who served in the British Army, completed the challenge in only six months.
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Single-use plastics banned in Nepal's Everest region

Wednesday, August 21st 2019, 12:51

Authorities recently cleared 11 tonnes of rubbish from the world's highest mountain.
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Monsoon floods displace millions in India

Monday, July 15th 2019, 16:03
related countries: India

More than 130 people have been killed in Nepal, Bangladesh and India amid flooding and landslides.
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Nepal explosions kill four in capital Kathmandu

Sunday, May 26th 2019, 19:39
related places: Kathmandu

The twin blasts also injured seven others, police say, but the cause is not yet clear.
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The women desperate to leave Nepal

Friday, May 3rd 2019, 23:03

The trafficking of Nepali women, sharply higher since the 2015 earthquake, has been helped by social media.
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Nepal storm: At least 30 killed as winds flatten homes

Monday, April 1st 2019, 9:56

At least 30 people were killed and hundreds more injured as powerful winds swept southern Nepal.
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Holi: Hindus across India and Nepal celebrate festival of colours

Wednesday, March 20th 2019, 12:04
related countries: India

Mainly celebrated in India and Nepal, Holi marks the beginning of spring.
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US-Bangla crash: Nepal says pilot had 'emotional breakdown'

Monday, January 28th 2019, 11:18
related countries: United States
related places: Kathmandu

The US-Bangla Airlines plane went down in Kathmandu last year, killing 51 of the 71 people on board.
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Nepal woman and children die in banned 'menstruation hut'

Thursday, January 10th 2019, 11:02

The Nepalese woman was banished to an outhouse during her period, despite the practice being banned.
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Pioneering medics who drove across the world

Wednesday, January 2nd 2019, 1:18
related countries: United Kingdom

In 1968, 11 young British doctors and nurses drove to Nepal and helped set up services running to this day.
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Nepal eyes world record with Dead Sea of plastic bags

Wednesday, December 5th 2018, 18:37
related places: Kathmandu

Volunteers make a map of the Dead Sea out of 100,000 used plastic bags collected in Kathmandu.
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Nepal festival celebrates 'day of the dogs'

Tuesday, November 6th 2018, 15:17

Kukur Tihar honours dogs as they are considered to be the most loyal friends to humans.
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Himalayan storm: Climbers' bodies removed from Nepal mountain

Monday, October 15th 2018, 3:07

The nine climbers died when a violent storm destroyed their camp on the Himalayan peak of Gurja.
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BBC helps bust Nepal chimp smuggling

Thursday, October 11th 2018, 5:47

A BBC investigation exposing the scale of chimpanzee trafficking last year has helped police in Nepal uncover a smuggling operation.
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Nepal busts chimp smugglers after BBC investigation

Wednesday, October 10th 2018, 19:52
related places: Kathmandu

Police in Kathmandu rescue two trafficked chimps after the BBC revealed the smugglers' methods.
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100 Women: 'Record number' of Nepalese women climbing Everest this season

Wednesday, April 18th 2018, 22:55

A record number of Nepalese women are climbing Mount Everest this spring season, officials tell the BBC.
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The village in Nepal cut off by floods

Monday, August 21st 2017, 1:40

Aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis following recent flooding.
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Rhino swept from Nepal to India by flooding rescued

Friday, August 18th 2017, 12:33
related countries: India

The young rhino was swept 42km from Chitwan National Park by floods and found in an Indian village.
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Deported Nepalese teen Bivsi Rana can return to Germany

Wednesday, July 26th 2017, 10:05
related countries: Germany

Officials say the Nepalese teen, who was born and brought up in Germany, is "de facto German".
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Stockpiles of dead tiger and rhino body parts go up in smoke in Nepal

Monday, May 22nd 2017, 13:42

More than 4,000 animal body parts were destroyed to discourage illegal wildlife hunting and trading.
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Everest permit-dodger Ryan Sean Davy arrested in Nepal

Tuesday, May 16th 2017, 16:58
related places: Kathmandu

Ryan Sean Davy hikes most of the 154km journey from Nepal's Everest base camp to Kathmandu.
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Missing Taiwanese trekker found in Himalayas after 47 days

Wednesday, April 26th 2017, 22:20
related places: Kathmandu

Liang Sheng Yueh is recovering in a Kathmandu hospital, but his girlfriend died on the mountainside.
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