Physiological traits that help Tibetan women survive at high altitudes are being selected for within the population, meaning ...

Passang Lama Bhotia from Nepal guides visitors up Mt ... When NHK spoke with him, he was guiding a group of 42 people from Europe, the United States and Asia. Passang, right, takes groups to ...

China has offered no explanation why it halted cross-border marriages between Nepali and Tibetan people living in border ...

Scientists and government officials have embarked on the uphill task of coming up with a number, or even just a range, for ...

“It comes to me naturally.” Pasang later explains that there are still many people in Nepal who believe in shaman rituals, and who visit them for multiple reasons. “Some believe they have ...

Over a hundred people have died and search is on for dozens of missing. Deaths from monsoon floods and landslides in Nepal rose to 151 on Sunday, with dozens of people still missing. Authorities ...

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 ...

Researchers have discovered brown bears in a part of Nepal not previously known to host the species, prompting a call to ...

However, this year the the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) will be hard pressed to ensure adequate supply because of the damage to power plants and transmission lines on 28 September. In a flash, ...

Hundreds of artefacts were looted from Nepal as it opened up from the 1960s to the 1980s. The 18-year-old has become the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000m peaks. People are ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - At least 38 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as persistent downpours triggered ...