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Birat Anupam Air transport was used to ferry garbage accumulated at the camp two to the base camp. Major Aditya Karki, a liaison officer of the MCC 2021 at the Everest region, said the cleaning team was forced to use helicopter just because of unfavorable weather at the Everest. ”We…

Kathmandu: The dead body of an American climber who had perished in Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) May 12 this year has been brought to Kathmandu. The mortal remains of 54-year-old Puwei Liu was airlifted to Teaching Hospital at Maharajgunj in Kathmandu where a post mortem examination will be conducted on the…

Kathmandu. The government has tried to provide relief to the tourism sector through the new budget. Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel has brought some relief programs in the budget of the Fiscal Year 2078/79 BS (the fiscal year 2021/22) released on Saturday by specifying the tourism sector under the heading of…

Kathmandu -Everest Day (Sagarmatha Diwas) is being observed across the nation on May 29. The day commemorates the first-ever summit of the highest peak of the world- Mt Everest (8848.86m) by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa on May 29, 1953. It may be recalled that the Nepal government…

Kathmandu. Hundreds of climbers preparing to climb the highest peak, Mount Everest, are confused due to inclement weather. Heavy snow has been falling at the Everest base camp for the past 24 hours. Some climbers are still waiting for the weather to clear from the base camp to the second…

Devraj Subedi The Himalayan Great Trail, a trekking route that is under construction in Helambu in Sindhupalchok district, has been the attraction of the district. The federal and provincial government would provide budget to construct the trail resembling China’s 60 kilometers Great Wall, said Nima Gyaljen Sherpa, chair of Helambu…

Kathmandu: The umbrella organization of hotel entrepreneurs, Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) has demanded that the government introduce a holistic plan to restore tourism, which has been dented badly with COVID-19. Arguing that tourism sector is the most affected one in the pandemic, the upcoming budget should bring the programmes…

Kathmandu: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Bhanubhakta Dhakal has said the government was actively working to carrying out scientific exploration, excavation and conservation of the historical heritages related to the Buddha and Buddhism found in the Greater Lumbini Area on a priority basis. He said the government was…

CB Adhikari  Kathmandu: A feasibility study conducted by a team of four mountaineers, two foreigners and two Nepalis, have concluded that Mera Peak is suitable destination for ski mountaineering. The study team found out the 6,473-metre high peak was apt for ski mountaineering. Leonardo Bernard, 35, and 40-year-old Deidrick Bhan…

Kathmandu: Gusty winds, rain and snowfall has been forecast beginning Tuesday due to the cyclone that has developed in the low pressure system over the east central part of the Bay of Bengal. The Meteorological Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has forecast that the low pressure…