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Flights at TIA affected due to bad weather
Kathmandu: Flights at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) have got affected due to bad weather, said the TIA office. Due to low visibility, both domestic and international flights are not able to take off on time, and some international flights are on hold in the sky, said TIA general manager…
Read More »1009 climbers get permission to climb mountains of Nepal
Out of the 1009 men receiving climbing permits from 79 countries, 779 are men and 230 are women. The department says, there has been a sudden rise in the number of foreigners arriving in Nepal to climb mountains this year in this spring season. The number of Chinese climbers has also…
Read More »NAC aircraft makes successful test flight at Resunga Airport
Kathmandu: A plane of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) made a successful test flight at Resunga Airport at 7:39 am today. NAC’s plane (9N-ABT) departed from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Kathmandu, and landed at Resunga Airport located at Simichaur of Resunga Municipality-10 in Gulmi. The NAC made a test flight today…
Read More »Sherpa awarded for installing high altitude weather station on Everest
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Tenzing Gyalzen Sherpa, a veteran mountaineer has been awarded for creating a world record by installing a high-altitude weather station on Everest. Sherpa was awarded the Guinness World Record for leading an expedition team of 14 members that installed a high-altitude weather station on Bishop’s Rock, a slab…
Read More »Over 400 granted Everest climbing permit
Kathmandu: More than 400 climbers have been given permits for Sagarmatha (Everest) climbing in the wake of the Spring Season. The Tourism Department informed that 463 climbers from 42 groups took the climbing permit so far. An officer at the mountaineering section of the Department, Bigyan Koirala, informed that now…
Read More »Tourism business back on track in Helambu
Rupak Puri The tourism business in Helambu which was hard-hit by the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic after that has made a rebound in recent months. The number of both domestic and foreign tourists coming to this picturesque typical mountain settlement has gone up after the reconstruction of…
Read More »Fly Dubai plane lands safely in Dubai airport
Kathmandu: Fly Dubai plane which was reported to have flown from the Tribhuvan International Airport with a problem with its right engine safely landed at Dubai International Airport on Tuesday according to the spokesperson of the Fly Dubai plane. The Dubai-bound plane which took from Kathmandu was seen flying with…
Read More »Westerly wind likely to cause light rainfall
Kathmandu: Now the country has witnessed the influence of Westerly wind and local wind. It has caused rain in some parts of Sudurapschim Province, Karnali Province, Gandaki Province, and Bagmati Province with partial to general changes across the country, according to the Weather Forecasting Division. This afternoon there is a…
Read More »300 climbers reach Everest base camp
Kathmandu: At least 300 climbers have already reached the Everest base camp on Sunday to climb the Everest summit this spring season according to the Department of Tourism. Most of the climbers have reached the base camps while some are waiting for climbing permits said the department sources. The department…
Read More »Shey-Phoksundo National Park records 90 snow leopards
Kathmandu: The population of snow leopards has reached 90 in Shey-Phoksundo National Park, a survey carried out by government agencies and development partners revealed. The counting of snow leopards was carried out through a systematic camera trap revealing that there are around 90 snow leopards in Shey-Phoksundo National Park with…
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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 …
