In February 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated the national MMR had dipped to 142. Between 2016 and 2023 it ...

Nepal will implement a contribution-based social security system for newly appointed government employees, replacing the existing pension and gratuity system, the Finance Ministry said on Friday.

Panic gripped him as he frantically dialled home, but the phones were down. The news was all bad: floods had ravaged Kavre ...

In his latest video dispatch, Ben Ayers discusses the big storylines that shaped the spring climbing season on the world’s ...

Dengue is spreading, with California seeing a surge in locally acquired cases. Experts warn climate change and limited ...

The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader reaffirmed that he would have a successor after his death, amid doubts about the ...

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In 2019, while in Peru as a camp counselor, Tyler Andrews set his first Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the 37.9-mile Salkantay ...

National Statistics Office data show six percent of maternal deaths were due to self-harm (suicide), with most cases occurring during pregnancy.

A Himalayan village in Nepal has vanished — emptied by climate change. Samjung, perched in the high-altitude Upper Mustang ...

Perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal’s Upper Mustang, more than 13,000 feet (3,962 meters) above sea level, the Buddhist ...

The vision of a pro-India monarch is a dangerous misreading of Nepal’s history, its political complexities, and the ...