The word ‘consensus’ has become very popular in Nepali political circle. From the top leader of seven political parties to the general workers at the local level, each uses the word ‘consensus’ in ...

Kathmandu — An 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer on Wednesday broke the record for the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter (26,246-foot) peaks, his team said. Nima Rinji Sherpa ...

Driven by national pride, 10 elite mountaineers united to make it the top of K2 in the dead of winter Rising more than two miles from the base of its glacier to its summit, Pakistan’s K2 is known as ...

"He reached the summit this morning. He had trained well and I was confident he would do it," his father Tashi Sherpa told AFP. Summiting all 14 "eight-thousanders" is considered the peak of ...

The country's chronic detours and dead ends are the handiwork of a political class. These are leaders who can barely read a map, let alone chart a course for the nation There's a growing chorus among ...

Amid stormy weather and raging winds, 10 men who had arrived as competing teams decided to unite and attempt K2 in winter. As they linked arms at the summit and took those final steps together, they ...

First photo of the Nepalis on the summit of K2 at 5pm on 16 January. Sona Sherpa on the top with the conical shadow of the mountain behind him. Photo: SEVEN SUMMIT TREKS Nepali high altitude guides ...

Perhaps Nepali “finance minister” Ram Mahat has been taking advice from U.S. politician Rahm Emanuel, who said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. [...] It's an opportunity to do things ...