Himalaya

Mountaineer Babar Ali at an expedition in Nepal. File Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

After Everest and Annapurna I, Bangladeshi mountaineer Babar Ali plans to summit all 8,000-meter peaks

More than 40 construction workers were missing after an avalanche in India's Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Photo: Collected
South Asia

Over 40 missing after avalanche in Indian Himalayas: Rescuers

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 23, 2024. India's Press Information Bureau/Handout via REUTERS
South Asia

India, China begin implementing new border pact, ending Himalayan face-off

Environment Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and Nepalese Ambassador Ghanshyam Bhandari inaugurate a ‘Photography Exhibition’ in Dhaka on 31 May. Photo: UNB
Events

Nepalese envoy stresses urgent need to preserve, protect entire Himalayan range from onslaught of climate change

Lozbang Sherab, 75, head of the family, and his ailing wife Pustong Lamo, 85, head towards the polling booth to cast their votes, in Ladakh's remote Warshi village, home to just one family and five eligible voters, in Ladakh region, India, May 20, 2024, REUTERS/Sharafat Ali
Politics

Family in remote Himalayas gets own polling station for Indian election

An area affected by the flood is seen in this undated handout image released on October 4, 2023, in Sikkim, India. India Army/Handout via REUTERS
South Asia

Explainer: Deadly Himalayan lake flooding in India likely caused by avalanche

The snow leopard is the apex predator in the Himalayas. Photo: COLLECTED
Earth

Mystical guardians of the Himalayas: The enigmatic snow leopards

Two Bangladeshi mountaineers climb 4 Himalayan peaks in 10 days
Bangladesh

Two Bangladeshi mountaineers climb 4 Himalayan peaks in 10 days

The white-domed Shanti Stupa in Leh. Photo: Tanmoy Kairy
Explorer

Ladakh: The Himalayan heaven

Members of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) tend to people rescued after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam, in Chormi village in Tapovan in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
South Asia

Disaster in the Himalayas: how a rare February landslide left more than 200 dead

Arifin Shuvo to be the new face of Himalaya MEN
Corporates

Arifin Shuvo to be the new face of Himalaya MEN