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On 29 May 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary became the first climbers to summit Mt Everest. 70 years later this season, nearly 600 climbers have followed the route they took. At least 17 have been killed since March.
To the base of Everest on one kidney
A trek to prove kidney transplant donors can live healthy, active lives
Everest 70 years on
The lives and legacy of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
Nepal’s tax system widens rich-poor gap
The new budget needs to overhaul the tax structure that favours the privileged
Billi Bierling’s life cycle
Swiss-German climber and expedition chronicler’s new book is about people and mountains
Nepal’s rural lifeline
One far-flung hospital shows that it is possible to provide free quality medical care to isolated communities in Nepal
More pre-monsoon forest fires in Nepal
Government inaction, legal ambiguity, climate change and disregard for traditional knowledge increase wildfire risk
Kesang Tseten is still silent, but not absent
Nepal's foremost documentary filmmaker is back with two new films chronicling diversity and transition
Geopolitics of Nepal’s rivers
India edges China out of Nepal’s river projects as water becomes a strategic commodity
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