Category: Nepal

More Than 100 Killed as Floods, Landslides Devastate Nepal, India

Post-monsoon rainfall has triggered landslides and flash floods in Nepal, killing at least 77 people over the last few days as rescuers on Wednesday recovered more than 30 bodies, authorities said. Twenty-four deaths have been reported in the Panchthar district of east Nepal bordering India, 13 in neighboring, and 12 in Doti in west Nepal, interior…


Bus Crash in Rugged Nepal District Leaves 28 Dead, 15 Hurt

KATHMANDU, Nepal—At least 28 people died on Tuesday in western Nepal after the bus they were on skidded off a mountain road and fell hundreds of meters into a gorge, authorities said. The accident in the remote and rugged Mugu district also left at least 15 injured, local administrator Rom Bahadur Mahat said. “We are…


The Road of the Sherpas

In the middle of the 19th century, British people declared that Mount Everest is the highest summit in the world. Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa mountaineer, was the first man who reached the roof of the world, together with Edmund Hillary in 1953. In this episode, we will follow in the footsteps of Tenzing Norgay and…


[Premiering on 8/14 at 5PM ET] The Road of the Sherpas

In the middle of the 19th century, British people declared that Mount Everest is the highest summit in the world. Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa mountaineer, was the first man who reached the roof of the world, together with Edmund Hillary in 1953. In this episode, we will follow in the footsteps of Tenzing Norgay and…


Woman Handed Community Order for Infanticide of Newborn Daughter

A UK court gave a community order to a care home worker convicted of the infanticide of her newborn daughter, who was found dead in a park. Babita Rai, 24, was previously cleared by a jury at Winchester Crown Court of murdering the child, who suffered injuries including multiple skull fractures and was believed to have lived…


Flash Floods Kill 10 People in Bhutan, Seven Missing in Nepal

KATHMANDU—Flash floods triggered by heavy rains washed away a remote mountain camp in Bhutan on Wednesday killing 10 people and injuring five, while floods in neighboring Nepal left seven people missing, authorities said. The Bhutan villagers, who had been collecting cordyceps, a fungus used in medicine, were sleeping when the floodwaters hit just after midnight….


Documentary Analyzes Tibet’s Future Relations With the CCP

A new film analyzes the decades-long Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) occupation of Tibet, and questions whether Tibetans will resort to violence after the passing of the Dalai Lama as a means for freedom. “Crouching Snow Lion Rising Dragon” premiered online on March 10, 2021, to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising. After a…