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A Himalayan village in Nepal has vanished — emptied by climate change. Samjung, perched in the high-altitude Upper Mustang ...
If you want an affordable city that is filled with tasty street food, ancient buildings, and alleys that you can lose yourself in, head to this spot in Nepal.
The long and ‘joyous’ road to revive Nepal’s ancient taboo scripts A formerly banned Indigenous calligraphy is now being taught and practised ‘joyfully’ in corners of Kathmandu and beyond.
The mural depicts a map of an ancient Indian civilization encompassing what is today Pakistan in the north and Bangladesh and Nepal in the east.
Meanwhile, in Nepal, some are questioning the constitutional validity of the mayor’s decision to put up the ‘Greater Nepal’ map as elected leaders must only use maps that are approved.
The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day. Then the water dried up. Springs and canals vanished and when it did rain, the water came all at once, flooding fields and melting away the ...
Holi festivities kicked off in Nepal on Friday with the ancient Chir tradition -sacred bamboo Chir was upraised at the Basantapur Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Kathmandu. The ...
Researchers using the Gaia space telescope studied some ancient stars near the sun, revealing that our corner of the Milky Way may be billions of years older than once thought.
The installation of a map in India’s newly inaugurated parliament building has riled its South Asian neighbours, including Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. Bangladesh’s foreign ministry on ...
As the row over India's 'Akhand Bharat Map' placed in the new Parliament building is intensifying among the opposition parties in Nepal, Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah has put a new 'Greater Nepal ...
Museums & Institutions The Met Museum Will Restitute Two Ancient Sculptures That Were Stolen From Temples in Nepal The works had been in the museum's collection since 1988 and '95.