Nepal Travel News

Asian Trekking said rescuers discovered Tomaz Humar's body during an aerial search of the 7234-metre Langtang Lirung peak early today.

Ameet Gautam, one of two Kathmandu-based members of the racket who have been running the business through a portal, nepalsexguide.com, for four months, was ambushed at Naxal by a team from the Metropolitan Police Range Kathmandu.

A Pakistani couple have been found to be involved in running a fake Indian currency network in Nepal.

Mr Bhandari is waiting for an apology Local government offices in a southern district of Nepal have shut down in protest after a visiting minister beat up the most senior local official.

Conger, Cristen. "How has Mount Everest tourism affected Nepal?." 01 April 2008.

The bus service between Kathmandu and Lhasa, which has remained defunct for the last three years, will resume from February 2010, according to reports.

After the Underwater cabinet meet at the bottom of South Asia, a cabinet meet at Everest at the top of South Asia Immediately after the news about Nepal's plan to hold a cabinet meet on the base camp of Sagarmatha flashed today by AFP, Nepalis from all over the world expressed their tongue-in-cheek reactions offline and online.

The bus was heading from Gokhunga village towards Sandhikharka, the main town in Arghakhanchi, one of the hardest-hit districts during the Maoist insurgency, when it plummeted almost 500m below the road.

The Nepalese government is to hold a cabinet meeting on Mount Qomolangma to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen.

Nepal has more tourists visiting now than it has had in more than a decade, but the opposition Maoist party may put a damper on peak season with a series of anti-government protests in Kathmandu.

Once the destination of trekkers and pilgrims, the Himalayan Shangri-la of Nepal is now becoming a hub of foreign sex workers with a bustling network of international procurers and clients.

By Shweta Srinivasan, Kathmandu/Pokhara, Nov 5 : 'Heading for Nepal? Be sure to hit the casinos.' These words of encouragement came from family and friends urging me to chance a game or two at the famous gambling destinations in Nepal.

Until a week ago, the concept of a computer was alien to them. "It looked like a TV at first," said Archana, one of the students.

The Nepali government is to hold a cabinet meeting on Mt. Qomolangma to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen, a minister said Monday.

Nepal's Cabinet will hold a meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the threat from global warming, which is causing glaciers to melt in the Himalayas, an official said Monday.

Kathmandu, Oct 29 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on a three-day pilgrimage-cum-official tour to Nepal, met Maoist supremo Prachanda here today.

Fri, Oct 30, 2009, 07:10 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 30, Lumbini, Nepal: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, who is currently on a tour in Nepal visited Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, Friday morning.

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Oct 30 : Ahead of their announced blockade of government offices, the Kathmandu valley and Nepal's only international airport, the republic's former Maoist guerrillas Friday asked neighbour India not to intervene, saying it was an internal matter of Nepal.

KATHMANDU: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Wednesday called on the Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and discussed with him the current political situation as well as the peace process in the Himalayan Kingdom.

Wed, Oct 28, 2009, 10:08 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 28, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to leave for Nepal tomorrow on a two-day official visit, the Presidential Media Unit said.