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Will suspension bridge connecting Baglung and Parvat create world record?
Photo: RSS Galkot: The process has begun to register the 567-meter long suspension bridge connecting Baglung and Parvat in the Guinness book of world records. Baglung Municipality claims that this suspension bridge is the longest bridge in the world which is built across the river of Kaligandaki. That’s why the…
Read More »18 dead bodies brought home from Malaysia
Kathmandu: Nepal Airlines has brought home 18 dead bodies of migrant Nepali workers stuck in Malaysia on Saturday. According to Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) authorities, the corporation’s-wide-body -B-300 brought home the dead bodies of Nepali workers from the capital Kuala Lumpur at Tribhuvan International Airport on Saturday morning. One more dead…
Read More »Nepal Airlines to bring home 17 dead bodies stuck in Malaysia
Kathmandu: Nepal Airlines is to bring home at least 17 dead bodies of Nepalis stuck in Malaysia on Saturday. According to Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) authorities, the corporation’s-widebody -B-300 will fly to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur tonight at around 11 pm from Kathmandu. The NAC aircraft will return and…
Read More »Encountering Mt Gyachung Kang (7952m)
Nepal offers a unique and rare opportunity for people with adventurous spirits and undaunted energy to explore nature and culture with more than 1310 mountain peaks to climb and see the world from a different angle and observe how nature has abundance beauty. The alluring mountains of Nepal have attracted…
Read More »Multiple entry fees hamper tourists in Annapurna region
Pokhara: Tourism entrepreneurs have expressed their disgruntlement against the entry fee for tourists taken at the Annapurna region. They complained that the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) has not made tourist-friendly entry fees for the Annapurna region. The tourism operators associated with various trekking agencies demanded that the tourists going…
Read More »Jugal Himal trekking near Kathmandu
Jugal Himal (6151m) or also popularly known as Gyalchen peak is the shortest trekking destination near Kathmandu valley which can be enjoyed within 15/16 days only. This peak came to sudden limelight immediately after mountaineer Maya Gurung summited this peak for the first time along with her associates on April…
Read More »Resumption of visa-on-arrival for tourists suggested
Kathmandu: Nepal’s tourism entrepreneurs along with Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) have collectively suggested to the government to resume the visa-on-arrival service for tourists in the wake of decreasing cases of Covid-19 in the country. NTB and tourism operators suggested that visas on arrival should be immediately initiated to pave the…
Read More »Humde of Manang and Thame of Solukhumbu to host Ice Climbing Festivals
Kathmandu: Ice climbing festivals are to be hosted not only in Humde of Manang but also in Thame of Solukhumbu from this year. Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) is the chief organizer of this event while Nepal Climbing Team has also been holding an ice climbing festival in Humde of Manang…
Read More »Qatari climber scales Mt Ama Dablam
Photo courtesy: thepeninsulaquatar.com Kathmandu: Qatari climber and adventurer Fahad Badar has reportedly climbed Mount Ama Dablam recently according to thepeninsulaqatar.com on Monday. “Badar, the first Arab man to summit Everest and Lhotse in a single trip, reached the summit of Ama Dablam on Jan 14,” wrote the Qatari online media.…
Read More »Spanish climber breathes his last while climbing K2
Photo courtesy: Instagram Kathmandu: While 10 Nepali climbers created a world record by climbing the second highest peak of the world K2 in Pakistan in this winter season, a Spanish climber Sergi Mingote is reported to have met with a tragic death while climbing the K2 on Saturday. Spanish Prime…
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NMA Introduces Revised Curriculum for Professional Mountaineering Training
Kathmandu: The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has introduced a revised curriculum for its Professional …
