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At least 170 people are killed and 59 others are missing in floods and landslides in Nepal.
2024-09-28

A helicopter crashes in Taplejung, Nepal, killing 7 people, including Nepal's culture and tourism minister Rabindra Prasad Adhikari.
2019-02-27

Nepal bans solo climbers, double amputees and blind climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents. This has been criticized by successful double-amputee Everest climbers.
2017-12-30

Flooding in South Asia has displaced tens of thousands of people and resulted in an estimated 500 deaths across India, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
2017-08-18

Monsoon floods and landslides have killed a total of 74 people in India and Nepal. [http:--www.msn.com-en-au-news-world-at-least-74-dead-dozens-missing-in-monsoon-disasters-across-nepal-india-ar-AApZs5U?li=AAgfLCP&ocid=UP94DHP (MSN)]date=August 2019
2017-08-13

The World Wildlife Fund reports global populations of tigers, an endangered species, are up about 20 percent over the past six years. This increase in tiger numbers, after declining for a century, was primarily in India, Russia, Nepal, and Bhutan. The third Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation starts Monday in New Delhi, India.
2016-04-10

At least 16 people are killed and 58 injured when a bus carrying Indian pilgrims fell into Madi River in Pyuthan district of Nepal.
2014-06-2

29 people die and 12 people are injured after a bus veers off a mountain road in Doti, Nepal.
2013-01-11

Former Nepalese Colonel Kumar Lama is charged with torture in the UK stemming from allegations of human rights abuses during the Nepalese Civil War.
2013-01-4

An Afghan soldier attacks British soldiers as a base near Lashkar Gah, killing three (one a Nepalese citizen) and wounding four more, before defecting to the Taliban.
2010-07-13