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.

Nepalis jetting off to foreign countries en masse in search of better opportunities is not a new phenomenon. Given the lack ...

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 ...

Around the world: Nepal builds cable cars through sacred peaks; Māori health boards warn of silencing under new reforms; Indigenous filmmakers break barriers and reclaim Canadian screens; Panama ...

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

Retreating glaciers — rivers of ice shrinking back as the world warms — are the most tangible and direct evidence of climate ...

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