A record number of international students entered the country in September ahead of the proposed international student caps due to take effect in January.
In 1997,after three previous attempts,Brigitte Muir became the first Australian woman to reach the top of Mount Everest. As The Age turns 170,we revisit people who captured the nation’s attention.
In 2015,I was in Nepal just days before the earthquake. I’m back to continue my trekking love affair with the country.
A foot encased in a sock embroidered with “AC Irvine” and a boot,discovered by filmmakers,could belong to a celebrated climber who disappeared in 1924.
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
World Expeditions is throwing a black-tie event with a difference for the 50th anniversary of its operations – and you’re invited.
The new airport in Pokhara was meant to bring prosperity to Nepal. Instead,it has saddled it with debt.
The higher education regulator is reviewing allegations a university is poaching students and has low English standards for foreign students,documents reveal.
Nepal has been criticised for its poor air safety record,with the deadliest incident occurring in 1992,when 167 people died when a plane crashed into a hillside.
Four dead bodies,11 tonnes of garbage and a skeleton were removed from the world’s tallest mountain during this year’s climbing season.
The Russian army is taking in foreigners to fight its war in Ukraine. Many of them had no idea they were destined for the front line.