Celebrate Tihar Diwali from October 29 to November 3, 2024, with unique rituals honoring animals and deities. Discover its ...

Rich in cultural heritage, with the magnificence of Mount Everest and the Himalayas as a backdrop, landlocked Nepal remains one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. In 2015, ...

Nepal is undergoing a historic transition toward a federal and secular republic. This represents a window of opportunity for the country to further reduce poverty, increase the income of the bottom 40 ...

This story appears in the June 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. EDITOR’S NOTE This story went to press before the earthquake struck Nepal on April 25. The kumaris in the Kathmandu ...

The Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) is a comprehensive overview of Nepal’s past economic performance, current challenges and prospects ahead. The latest CEM 'Climbing Higher: Toward a Middle Income ...

In this Oct. 13, 2019 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Oli shake hands during their bilateral meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal. Credit: Bikash Dware/The ...

The Kulung people of eastern Nepal have used the honey for centuries as a cough syrup and an antiseptic, and the beeswax has found its way into workshops in the alleys of Kathmandu, where it is ...

Ayan Dallakoti spent his childhood in Japan, speaking Japanese and for all intents and purposes, considered himself Japanese. It was only as he grew older that he realised he was actually from Nepal.

More than 180 people have died after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods in Nepal and two Indian states - Uttarakhand and Kerala. Homes were submerged or crushed by rocks swept into them by ...

Climate change is melting glaciers at unprecedented rates - and putting thousands in Nepal at risk. Authorities have said there are no deaths or injuries, but more than a dozen buildings are ...

The Chinese fence traces a furrow in the Himalayas, its barbed wire and concrete ramparts separating Tibet from Nepal. Here, in one of the more isolated places on earth, China’s security cameras ...

Currently, there are no airlines that fly direct to Nepal. But we found flights with one or more stops from £341. When is the cheapest time to fly to Nepal? We crunched some numbers and found that the ...