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AFP/APP Kathmandu: Nepal’s world-famous peaks, including Mount Everest, have long lured climbers from across the globe, but a growing number of adventurers are now turning toward lesser-known summits that promise solitude—and the chance…

K.M. Arshad Dhaka: Across South and Southeast Asia, a new wave of Gen-Z-led uprisings is rewriting the region’s political landscape. From Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya movement and Bangladesh’s 2024 July uprising to Nepal’s Gen-Z revolution…

AFP/APP Kathmandu: In Nepal's capital, young would-be voters are lining up enthusiastically to register for the first elections since deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government — the worst unrest the country has seen in…

AFP/APP Kathmandu/ Kolkata: At least 62 people have been killed across Nepal and India’s Darjeeling region after days of relentless heavy rain triggered deadly floods and landslides, officials said on Sunday. In Nepal, landslides and…

AFP/APP Kathmandu: University student Aditya Rawal was outside Nepal's parliament with hundreds of other anti-corruption protesters when gunfire crackled and 14 people slumped down in front of him. One was his university friend, and as…

AFP/APP Kathmandu: At least 51 people were killed during violent anti-corruption protests in Nepal this week, police said Friday in an updated toll, as the full scale of chaos that toppled the government emerges. Talks continue…

AFP/APP Kathmandu: Climate change, rapid urbanization, and deforestation fueled the devastating floods that swept across Nepal in September, killing over 240 people, scientists reported Thursday. The World Weather Attribution (WWA), a…

AFP/APP Kathmandu: Eighteen-year-old Nepali mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa returned to Kathmandu as a national hero after becoming the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks. Sherpa completed the final ascent on…

AFP/APP Kathmandu: Search and rescue teams in Nepal's capital have begun assessing the damage from monsoon floods that have killed at least 200 people across the Himalayan republic. As the waters receded, the aftermath of the disaster…

AFP/APP Kathmandu: Low-lying neighbourhoods in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, were inundated by surging floodwaters on Sunday after ferocious monsoon rains that police said had killed at least 101 people across the Himalayan republic.…