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Traditional farming songs and laughter echoed in the air as farmers waded into waterlogged fields to sow green paddy

Paddy Day - but not as we know it

News Lens • 30 Jun 20

The lockdown affecting 1.3 billion people - the world's largest - has been in force since late March

India extends Covid-19 lockdown until end of May

Coronavirus • 17 May 20

Nepal earns €4 million a year from climbing permits for Mount Everest

Nepal bars climbers from Everest over Covid-19 pandemic

News Lens • 13 Mar 20

Khagendra Thapa Magar pictured when he was 15

'World's smallest man' dies at age of 27

News Lens • 17 Jan 20

Heavy rains since Thursday have hit several districts in Nepal

At least 50 dead in Nepal monsoon

World • 14 Jul 19

Dalglish was not in court for the hearing which was held in Kavre, 30km from Kathmandu (pictured)

Ex-UN aid worker sentenced in Nepal for child abuse

World • 09 Jul 19

Governments on both sides of the mountain have been battling the human waste and rubbish left by climbers

Ten tonnes of rubbish collected from Everest

World • 28 May 19

An injured passenger is treated at a nearby hospital following the incident

23 dead after bus carrying students crashes in Nepal

World • 22 Dec 18

Emergency workers at the scene of the crash

At least 50 killed in Nepal plane crash

Nepal • 12 Mar 18

A Nepali police woman stands guard at a polling station during the general election

Nepal goes to the polls in landmark election

News • 26 Nov 17

The Prithvi Highway, next to the Trishuli river (Pic: Google Maps)

At least 31 dead and others trapped in Nepal bus crash

News • 28 Oct 17

Trishna Shakya is considered the embodiment of the Hindu goddess Taleju

Three-year-old girl anointed 'living goddess' in Nepal

World • 28 Sep 17

Children collect medicine at a medical camp in the flood affected Morigaon district of Assam State, India

Over 16 million people hit by floods in South Asia

World • 18 Aug 17

Foreigners have to pay the Nepal government $11,000 for permission to climb Mount Everest

Man arrested for trying to scale Everest without permit

World • 17 May 17

Liang Sheng-yueh is recovering in hospital after being trapped on a steep slope for 47 days

Missing trekker found in Nepal after seven weeks

World • 26 Apr 17

A Tara Air Twin Otter aircraft, similar to the one which crashed

23 killed as Nepal plane crashes in thick fog

News • 24 Feb 16

The 25 April quake had a magnitude of 7.8

Chances of another big earthquake in Nepal high

News • 07 Aug 15

More than 32,000 classrooms were destroyed across Nepal when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck last month

Schools reopen in Nepal following earthquake

News • 31 May 15

A boy plays on a collapsed house in Kathmandu

Red Cross raises Nepal aid appeal

News • 16 May 15

John Wissler, Commander of the Joint task force of US Army, speaking at a press conference in Kathmandu

Wreckage of missing US helicopter found in Nepal

News • 15 May 15

At least 80 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured in yesterday's quake

No evidence of crash in US helicopter search

News • 13 May 15

Hundreds of people were injured in the latest earthquake to hit Nepal

US helicopter missing after earthquake in Nepal

News • 13 May 15

Langtang is one of the areas worst-hit by the earthquake

Bad weather hampers search for bodies in Nepal

News • 11 May 15

Relief operations are expected to take weeks or even months

Death toll from earthquake in Nepal passes 7,500

News • 05 May 15

More than 7,000 people died and over 14,000 were injured in the earthquake

Irish Aid delivers 63 tonnes of supplies to Nepal

News • 04 May 15

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