Nepal mulls minimum Everest criteria after deadly season
August 15, 2019 | 10:00
Climbers wanting to take on Mount Everest will first have to tackle another Nepal mountain of at least 6,500m under new proposals by a committee seeking to improve safety on the world's highest peak.
Everest logjam fails to thwart climber's record 14-peak bid
May 29, 2019 | 14:04
Former Gurkha soldier Nirmal Purja remains on target to conquer the world's 14 highest mountains in a record-breaking seven months despite death-defying queues on the biggest peak of them all.
First climbers of 2018 reach Everest summit
May 14, 2018 | 09:04
Eight Nepali climbers reached the top of Mount Everest on Sunday (May 13), the first of hundreds of climbers expected to summit the world's highest mountain in coming weeks.
At least 49 dead, 23 injured as Bangladesh plane crashes in Nepal
March 13, 2018 | 09:49
At least 49 people were killed and 23 injured when a Bangladeshi passenger plane crashed in Kathmandu on Monday (Mar 12), an official said.
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