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40 days ago
Six months after youth-led protests ousted Nepal’s prime minister, people in Kathmandu have been voting in election.
42 days ago
Nepal’s gen-Z election: can popular former rapper Balen topple a veteran political heavyweight? ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
With 46% of Nepal’s population under the age of 24, the election will be a test of whether their hopes and frustrations are being taken seriously
In the unassuming, dusty lanes of the Nepali city of D…
47 days ago
Shot in school uniform: BBC reveals police order led to Gen Z protest killings ⊖⊖
New evidence reveals what happened when 19 people were shot dead in Kathmandu last September.
49 days ago
Tributes are paid to 'lovely and caring' Brit tourist, 23, killed alongside 18 others when bus crashed 650ft down a ravine in Nepal ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Dominic Stewart, 23, was among 19 people killed when a tourist bus lost control and plunged 650ft down a ravine in Behighat in Dhading district, 50 miles west of Kathmandu.
58 days ago
Nepal: Watch cannabis rituals unfold during Shivaratri in Kathmandu ⊕
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Crowds thronged Kathmandu’s Pashupatinath Temple for Shivaratri, where worship, music and a rare legal tolerance of marijuana marked the festival.
3 months ago
Nepal TV host and ex-rapper mayor form alliance for election after youth revolt ⊕
Kathmandu mayor Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah will run for prime minister with presenter Rabi Lamichhane’s party after deadly protests that ousted government
Two of Nepal’s most popular political leaders have…
5 months ago
The Revolutionists by Jason Burke review – from hijackings to holy war ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
A colourful study of the evolution of extremism in the tumultuous 1970s
No one knew what to call them. For some they were “skyjackers”, for others “air bandits”. Neither name stuck, but by 1970, these…
Body of Nepali student held in Gaza returned to Kathmandu ⊕
Deceased student Bipin Joshi was honoured by the Nepali government upon the return of his body from Gaza.
Last surviving member of first team to conquer Everest dies aged 92 ⊖
Kanchha Sherpa part of expedition that put Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary atop world’s highest peak in 1953
Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the mountaineering expedition team that firs…
6 months ago
Unease at slow pace of change in Nepal one month on from gen Z protests ⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Promised crackdown on corruption is not happening fast enough for many who saw government toppled within a day of protests
Prakash Bohora was one of the first of Nepal’s gen Z protesters to feel the s…