Nepal. With the cultural perception that the people's health is linked to that of the environment, medicinal plant conservation and health care are closely inter-related in the Dolpo region. In ...

Choppers have started airlifting climbers and trekkers stranded in Gorkha after Tsum Nubri residents called off their protest ...

Yesterday, Nepal’s Department of Tourism updated its ... 6,039m peak whose value is not so much the technical difficulty as its location near Dolpo, on the border with Tibet.

Yale Sustainable Food Program’s 2024 Global Food Fellowship is made up of a nine-person cohort. The fellows research the ...

The number of people killed in Nepal by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend reached 193 while recovery and rescue work stepped up on Monday. Many of the deaths ...

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 ...

Days of heavy monsoon rains in Nepal have triggered widespread flooding and landslides across the Himalayan nation, killing almost 200 people and causing widespread destruction. Images from the ...

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 ...

Nepal, March 25 -- In 1999, a Nepali film "Himalayan; Caravan" directed by Eric Valli, was the first Nepalese film nominated in the Best Foreign Film Category at the 72nd Academy Awards. This film was ...

Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Major floods and landslides in Nepal have killed at least 193 people and left over 100 injured as rescuers continued to recover more bodies on Sunday.