Nearly 2000 people, including many foreign tourists, are stranded in the foothills of Mount Everest due to adverse weather conditions that have halted flights from Kathmandu. Surke is a two-hour walk below Lukla and stands at an altitude of 7,511ft.
National Sports Council (NSC) is all set to organize the Sixth National Games from February 26 to March 4, 2012 in Mahendranagar and Dhangadhi with the slogan “Sports for Health; Sports for Nation” featuring 31 games all together.
The local farmers started producing Gundruk as they get demand for it from the hotels in UK and European countries as well as Pokhara, and Kathmandu.
They produced Gundruk in the commercial way as the demand for the vegetable was high even from foreign countries.
Nepal won its second match of the SAARC U-25 Twenty20 Cricket Tournament against the Indian side Karnataka Institute of Cricket (KIC) by six wickets at the Ahmed Ali Didi grounds in Maldives on Thursday.
Nepal faced 76-run defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka in the opening match of the SAARC U-25 T20 Cricket Tournament at Ahmed Ali Didi Stadium in the Maldives. Sri Lanka scored 240-4 in 20 overs choosing first batting, while Nepal was stopped to 164-9.
The founder of Resources Himalaya, Dr. Yonzon was seriously injured after being hit by a truck in front of the Controller of Examinations in Balkhu while cycling back home and died while undergoing treatment at Kathmandu Hospital in Teku the same evening.
British ultrarunner Dr Elizabeth Hawker, who had set a world record in 2007 after completing a trail, running from the Everest Base Camp to Kathmandu in 3 days, 2 hours and 36 minutes, is in Kathmandu to do it once again two weeks later.
Albatross guitarist Sunny Manandhar aka Suncha Vox turns 30.
An ex-Gurkha, who gave up a lucrative job as a security guard in England, is devoting his post-retirement life to the development of his native village of Shikha-4 in the district.
The New Year of Nepal Sambat 1132 was welcomed by organizing various programmes across the country, on Thursday, 27th October.
Better known as sister Anjali, Anjali Maskey who has been organizing mass Bhaitika offering ceremony for men without sisters of their own since 13 years, today offered tika to over 200 people at Basantapur in the capital.
The government has decided to accredit Nepal Sambat as a government calendar, and formed a three-member task force to study how the lunar calendar used by the Newar community, primarily in the Capital Valley, can be used in the government offices.
The biggest jazz party in the Himalayas, Surya Nepal Jazzmandu 9th Kathmandu Jazz Festival 2011 concluded on October 25, Wednesday. Every year, the event sees jazz artistes from different corners of the globe come together and bring the valley alive with the sound of jazz music.
Directed by widely renowned actor/director Nir Shah, the premiere of one of the highly anticipated movies Masaan took place on October 18th, Tuesday at QFX Kumari. It is based on the novel by poet/playwright Gopal Prasad Rimal of the same name.
Some glimpses of trekking trip to Poon Hill — breathtaking view of the Annapurna Himalayan range, beautiful scenery, and different cultures.
Kukur Tihar, the festival of dogs, was celebrated at every household today, to mark the first day of Yamapanchak of the Tihar festival.
The Malaysia government has recently asked all illegal foreign workers to leave the country by October 31. Following the announcement of the new deadline, the Nepali embassy in Malaysia has asked Nepali workers who entered the country illegally to obtain their travel documents at the earliest
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It is going to be difficult for tourists visiting the country without booking hotel rooms in advance as most of them have either been booked or sold out from mid- October till mid-November.
A Nepal Army (NA) plane carrying patient en route to Kathmandu from Nepalgunj has gone out of contact since 7:05 pm, Tuesday. There were six persons—two crew members, doctor, a medical assistant, patient and his brother—in the plane, Spokesperson of NA Ramindra Chhetri informed.
