BINAJ GURUBACHARYA

A pro-monarchist group hurls tear gas shell at police officers during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
At least 2 dead in Nepal after pro-monarchy supporters clash with police during rally
Police used tear gas and batons against supporters of Nepal’s former king during a protest in the capital to demand restoration of abolished monarchy. At least two people have died.
 
Former King Gyanendra Shah of Nepal waves upon his arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Thousands in Nepal want monarchy back as public frustration with politics grows
Thousands of supporters have greeted Nepal’s former king in capital Kathmandu and demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated and Hinduism brought back as a state religion.
 
A holy man smokes marijuana at the Pashupatinath Hindu temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Tens of thousands gather for Hindu festival at Nepal temple, with many lighting up marijuana joints
Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees have gathered at a revered temple in Nepal’s capital to celebrate one of the country’s biggest religious festivals.
 
Nepalese mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, waves Nepalese flag as his arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Record-setting teen climber says Sherpas should be leading climbs
A Sherpa teenager who’s won mountaineering celebrity as the youngest person ever to summit the world’s 14 highest peaks called for Sherpas to be recognized as athletes and expedition leaders as well as porters and guides.
 
Adriana Brownlee, 23, youngest woman to scale all the world's 14 highest peaks, pose for a photograph at the summit of Shishapangma Tibet, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AGA Adventures via AP)
The youngest woman to climb all of the world’s 14 tallest peaks calls for novices to be regulated
A British mountaineer who at age 23 became the youngest female to climb the 14 tallest mountains in the world says inexperienced climbers should not be allowed to climb the highest peaks because they run the risk of endangering their lives and others.
 
Mingma Sherpa, uncle of 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, celebrates with his family upon Nima's arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A record-setting teen climber returns home to Nepal to a hero’s welcome
A Sherpa teenager has returned to Nepal to a hero’s welcome after becoming the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks.
 
A man walks on a muddy alleyway carrying belongings salvaged from his house in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 in the aftermath of a flood caused by heavy rains. (AP Photo/Gopen Rai)
Rescuers search for missing people in Nepal following flooding and landslides that killed 224
Rescuers in Nepal are searching for two dozen people still missing and trying to recover the bodies of those killed in weekend flooding and landslides that left more than 200 dead.
 
In this aerial image of the Kathmandu valley, Bagmati River is seen flooded due to heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gopen Rai)
Flooding deaths in Nepal reach 193 as recovery work is stepped up
The number of people killed by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend in Nepal has reached 193 while recovery and rescue work has been stepped up.
 
People watch earthmovers removing automobile debris and the dead bodies of victims trapped under a landslide caused by heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Sujan Gurung)
At least 148 are dead in floods and landslides in Nepal
Rescuers in Nepal have recovered dozens of bodies from buses and other vehicles that were buried in landslides near the capital Kathmandu as the death toll from flooding rose to at least 148 with dozens missing.
 
In this aerial image of the Kathmandu valley, Bagmati River is seen flooded due to heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gopen Rai)
Flooding and landslides in Nepal kill at least 66 people, with as many again still missing
Flooding caused by continuous rainfall has killed at least 66 people in Nepal and a further 69 are missing. Rain has been pouring down since Friday night and is expected to continue over the weekend.
 
A masked dancer performs during Indra Jatra, a festival that marks the end of the rainy season in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Festival season starts in Nepal with devotees honoring a living goddess
Nepal’s monthslong festival season has begun with tens of thousands of devotees pulling a wooden chariot with a young girl revered as a living goddess. Families gathered for feasts and lit incense for the dead at shrines.
 
This photograph provided by Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) shows APF personnel carrying out rescue operation after a bus carrying Indian pilgrims fell into a river near Abukhaireni town, about 75 miles west of the capital, Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (Nepal Armed Police Force via AP)
27 killed after a bus with Indian pilgrims drives off a Nepal highway and crash
Officials say a bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims has driven off a highway in Nepal, leaving 27 killed and 16 injured. The bus veered off the highway and rolled toward a fast-flowing river before stopping on the rocky bank.
 
FILE - The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Nepal lifts its ban on TikTok imposed for disrupting social harmony
Nepal’s new government has lifted restrictions on the video-sharing app TikTok, nine months after imposing a ban because it was disrupting “social harmony.”
 
LGBTQ+ people and their supporters rally during the annual pride parade, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Same-sex couples and LGBTQ+ activists rally in Nepal’s capital during the annual Pride parade
Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and their supporters have rallied in Nepal’s capital during the annual Pride parade, the first one since gay couples were able to register same-sex marriages officially in the Himalayan nation.
 
Rescuers work at the site of a helicopter that crashed in Suryachaur area, which is just northwest of Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Nirajan Shrestha)
5 people killed in a helicopter crash in the mountains northwest of Nepal’s capital
Authorities in Nepal all five people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed in the mountains just north of the capital.
 
FILE- Sayamongkhoun Alexandera, right, a Buddhist monk from France, prays in front of the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in Lumbini, about 290 kilometers (175 miles) southwest of Katmandu, Nepal, Nov. 30, 2004. The United Nations' cultural agency decided Thursday against putting the Buddhist pilgrimage destination of Lumbini on its list of heritage sites in danger, instead giving authorities in Nepal more time to help restore the famous gardens and temple that are falling into disrepair. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi, File)
UN cultural agency decides against placing Lumbini, Buddha’s birthplace in Nepal, on endangered list
The United Nations’ cultural agency has decided against putting the Buddhist pilgrimage destination of Lumbini on its list of heritage sites in danger, instead giving authorities in Nepal more time to help restore the famous gardens and temple that are falling into disrepair.
 
Nepal army personnel sort through the debris after a domestic plane belonging to Saurya Airlines crashed just after taking off at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Prabin Ranabhat)
Plane crashes just after takeoff from Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people. Pilot is lone survivor
A plane has crashed just after taking off from Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor.
 
Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli arrives to ask for a vote of confidence in parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, July 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Nepal’s new prime minister seeks vote of confidence in parliament, secure more than two-third votes
Nepal’s newly appointed prime minister has secured overwhelming support in parliament with more than two-thirds of members voting in his favor.
 
Nepal army personnel cary out a search operation looking for the survivors after two buses were swept by a landslide off the highway and into a swollen river near Simaltal, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/ Ramesh Paudel)
Nepal authorities say 65 people were on board the buses missing in a river since Friday
Authorities in Nepal say there were 65 people on board the two buses that were pushed into a swollen river in Nepal last week. Rescuers have been able to recover 14 bodies. Eight have been identified and are being handed over to relatives.
 
Newly elected Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli is being sworn by President Ram Chandra Paudel, unseen, at the Presidential residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, July 15, 2024. Khadga Prasad Oli, the leader of Nepal’s largest communist party, was named prime minister on Sunday following the collapse of a previous coalition government.(AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Nepal’s new prime minister has taken the oath of office at a ceremony in Kathmandu
Nepal’s newly appointed prime minister has taken the oath of office at a ceremony in Kathmandu. Khadga Prasad Oli, the leader of Nepal’s largest communist party, was named prime minister on Sunday following the collapse of a previous coalition government.
 
Khadga Prasad Oli, left, the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal leaves his residence to meet his supporters after being appointed as Prime Minister, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, July 14, 2024. The leader of the Nepal's largest communist party, Khadga Prasad Oli, was named the Himalayan nation's new prime minister on Sunday following the collapse of a previous coalition government. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
The leader of Nepal’s largest communist party has been named the country’s new prime minister
The leader of the Nepal’s largest communist party, Khadga Prasad Oli, has been named the Himalayan nation’s new prime minister following the collapse of a previous coalition government.
 
Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal addresses parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, July 12,2024. Dahal lost a vote of confidence in parliament on Friday after the largest party in his coalition government withdrew its support, which would now force him to step down from office after 19 months in power. (AP Photo/Bikash Dware)
Nepal’s prime minister loses a confidence vote forcing him to step down
Nepal’s prime minister has lost a vote of confidence in parliament after losing the support of the largest party in his governing coalition, forcing him to step down after 19 months in power.
 
Garbage collected en route Mount Everest is piled before it is sorted for recycling at a facility operated by Agni Ventures, an agency that manages recyclable waste, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, June 24, 2024. The highest camp on the world's tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead bodies frozen for years near Mount Everest's peak. (AP Photo/Sanjog Manandhar)
Mount Everest’s highest camp is littered with frozen garbage, and cleanup is likely to take years
In the seven decades since Mount Everest was first conquered, thousands of climbers have scaled the peak, and many have left behind more than just their footprints.
 
FILE- Ram Bahadur Bamjan, center in white, is surrounded by Buddhist monks in Nijgadh town, south of Katmandu, Nepal, Nov. 12, 2008. The controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” has been sentenced to a 10-year prison term Monday, July 1, 2024 for sexually assaulting a minor, court officials said. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi, File)
Nepalese spiritual leader ‘Buddha Boy’ sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault on minor
A controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” has been sentenced to a 10-year prison term for sexually assaulting a minor.
 
A man sits waits in his electric car while recharging at a charging station in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Nearly all of the electricity produced in Nepal is clean energy, most of it generated by river-fed hydro-electricity. Thanks to that abundant source of power, the country is quickly expanding charging networks and imports of EVs have doubled in each of the past two years, according to customs data. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
EV sales boom in Nepal, helping to save on oil imports, alleviate smog
Nepal’s abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles.
 
People from the mountaineering community participate in a rally to mark the anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A record-holding Sherpa guide concerned about garbage on higher camps on Mount Everest
One of the greatest Mount Everest guides is concerned about the peak’s growing piles of garbage. Sherpa guide Kami Rita, who has scaled Mount Everest a record 30 times, says garbage has been surfacing as ice and snow melt from the peak.
 
Phunjo Lama who became the fastest female to scale the Everest returns at airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 26, 2024. Lama scaled the peak in 14.5 hours becoming the fastest female to do so. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Not possible to search for British climber and his Sherpa who went missing on Everest, official says
A Nepali official says it isn’t possible to search for a British climber and his Sherpa guide who went missing after reaching the top of Mount Everest six days ago because both fell on their way down from “a very high altitude” on the Chinese side of the mountain which will require further coordinat
 
Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita returning from Mount Everest after his record 30th successful ascent, waves after he arrives at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Sherpa guide Kami Rita who climbed Everest 30 times vows to return to the mountain next year
Sherpa guide Kami Rita is back from Mount Everest after his record 30th successful ascent of the world’s highest peak, vowing to return to the mountain again next year.
 
FILE- In this file photo taken on May 25, 2023, veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita is seen arriving at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal after scaling Mount Everest for the 28th time. Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, completing his second climb this month to the top of the world. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)
Sherpa guide Kami Rita climbs Mount Everest for his record 30th time, his second one this month
Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time. He finished his climb to the top of the world Wednesday morning. It was his second climb this month after guiding foreign clients to the top on May 12.
 
FILE- Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita returning after scaling Mount Everest for the 28th time arrives at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 25, 2023. Kami Rita, one of greatest climbing guides on Mount Everest has scaled the world's highest peak for the 29th time, breaking his own record for most times to the summit, expedition organizers said Sunday, May 12, 2024.(AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)
Sherpa guide Kami Rita scales Mount Everest for 29th time, extending his own record again
One of greatest climbing guides on Mount Everest has scaled the world’s highest peak for the 29th time, again extending his record for most times to the summit.
 
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