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Nagarkot Kathmandu: The second Nagarkot festival is to be held to make the Visit Nepal Year-2020 a success. The main slogan of the festival is, “Natural heritage, art, and culture and tourism development; bases for Nagarkot progress’. Preparations are over for the festival to be held at Batase hill on…

Krishna Dawadi Kathmandu: Whereabouts of four Korean and three Nepali nationals, who went missing in avalanche in Annapurna trekking zone, are still unknown.  They lost contact following the occurrence of avalanche around Hinku Cave located at an altitude of around 3,200 meters at 10.00 am on January 17.  The trekkers…

Buddha statue (108 feet) in Birendranagar Kathmandu: A ‘Dhhama Deshana’ or Buddhist education preaching began here on Saturday to raise funds for the Buddha Sarowar or park in Birendranagar. The site will also have for the first time a 108 feet tall statue of Gautam Buddha in the country. Initiating…

Kathmandu: Visit Nepal Year, 2020 has been inaugurated in Malta and Northern Ireland amidst various programs.  At an event organized on the occasion in Malta in coordination with the Nepali Embassy in London and attended by various Nepali organizations there, Nepal’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Dr. Durga Bahadur Subedi…

Rescue team deployed for missing trekkers Kathmandu: At least seven trekkers including four South Koreans and three Nepalese are reported to be missing after they were swept away by an avalanche on Friday near the Annapurna Base Camp according to online news sources. The missing Korean and Nepali trekkers are…

Kathmandu: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai, has said that there is a positive impact of the Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign across the world and it has further encouraged and increased the excitement.  Inaugurating the 53rd annual general assembly of Nepal Association of Tour and…

Kathmandu: Adverse weather caused by winter rainfall for a couple of days has affected operations of domestic flights at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).  The international flights are, however, regular, the TIA Office said. According to TIA general manager Devendra KC, domestic service at TIA has been partially disrupted due to…

Kathmandu: One hundred and eighty-eight climbers who were permitted to climb 25 mountains in autumn have successfully climbed the mountains according to the Department of Tourism. The Department of Tourism had issued permissions to at least 1210 climbers (417 male and 118 female) to attempt different 53 mountains including Mt.…

Kathmandu: Nepal’s province no -5 Chief Minister Shankar Pokhrel has said there is a need for collaboration and cooperation for making relations between Lumbini and the heritage sites of China. The Chief Minister expressed this during a meeting with Ambassador of China to Nepal, Hou Yanqi, at the Office of…

Tharus celebrating Maghe Kathmandu: Nepali people are celebrating the festival of Maghe Sankranti on the first day of Magh (on 15th January 2020) on the auspicious beginning of the Nepali month Magh. The indigenous Tharu community of Nepal observes the day of Maghi festival as a gala making day for…