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A Message From Will Kennaway, Desk Officer, Nepal & Bhutan, FCDO
Following on from last week’s debate, I just wanted to update the committee on the UK’s COVID support to Nepal. Some of you may have already seen this press release (and Foreign Secretary’s accompanying Tweet) setting out that » Continue Reading.
A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE RICHARD MORRIS, FORMER BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO NEPAL
Members and friends will be aware that back in May Richard Morris, who was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Nepal from November 2015 to November 2019, went missing whilst out on a run near his home in Hampshire. Sadly it has » Continue Reading.
BRITAIN-NEPAL SOCIETY COVID-RELIEF APPEAL
Most Nepalis live in relative poverty. But in 2020 the knock-on effects of COVID-19 have put the most disadvantaged in danger of starvation.
Dear members and friends
As you will know or can well imagine, hardship in Nepal has » Continue Reading.
Ticking Time Bomb Nepal Returning Migrant Workers – Source: Aljazeera
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Sustainable Summits 2020: A Post COVID19 View From The Top
Guinness World Record for the highest game of hockey ever played!
Congratulations Hockey for Heroes and Lincoln Minster School for Obtaining a Guinness World Record for the highest game of hockey ever played!
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Snowfall ends rare winter ascent of Everest by Nepal sherpas – Source: Japan Times
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Perthshire man’s film from Nepal ‘Sherpas Speak’ is a big hit at international film festivals – Source: DailyRecord.co.uk
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Nepal officially proposes to UK review of 1947 tripartite agreement on Gurkha soldiers – Source: OutlookIndia.com
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Everest: Top Sherpas slam Nepal’s plan to clean rubbish from mountain – Source: bbc.co.uk
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Nepal to host 1st “Everest Dialogue” to avoid meltdown in mountains – Source: https://english.kyodonews.net
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20 Reasons To Visit Nepal In 2020 – Lifetime Experience
World’s shortest man dies in Nepal at 27 – Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
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Nepal’s Road-Building Spree Pushes into the Heart of the Himalayas – Source: e360.yale.edu
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10 Architectural Treasures To Visit In Nepal – By Elen Turner
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2019/20 Winter Himalaya Climbs: Winds Stall Climbers – Source:alanarnette.com
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3D Trekking and climbing route from Lukla to summit of Everest by Kobusch
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The Telegraph: Plants growing around Everest as ice melts on Himalayas.
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This 73-Year-Old Woman is Running From the UK to Nepal
Aide Népal Magnoac
After the devastating earthquakes in 2015, a group of friends got together to raise funds to rebuild the school in Taruka, which had been destroyed. Since then, strong bonds of friendship have been forged between the Magnoac area of the » Continue Reading.
An urgent call to protect the world’s third pole?
Field Marshal Lord Bramall, outstanding soldier, decorated D-Day veteran and Chief of the Defence Staff who was never afraid to speak truth to power – obituary – Source: The Times
Field Marshal Lord Bramall, who has died aged 95, brought a wealth of personal experience – ranging from the Second World War, when he earned an MC, to the Falklands War, when he was head of the Army – to » Continue Reading.
Talk by Lieutenant General Sir Nick Pope KCB, CBE Colonel Commandant Brigade of Gurkhas
We are writing to invite you a talk by Lieutenant General Sir Nick Pope KCB, CBE Colonel Commandant Brigade of Gurkhas
The Medical Society of London, London. Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, London W1G 9EB Wednesday 6th November 2019. Drinks start » Continue Reading.
Prabal Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana
Diane and I are deeply saddened to learn of the death in Kathmandu of our oldest and dearest Nepalese friend Prabal Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana on 21 June 2019 at the age of 80. May his soul rest in peace.
