Nepal News

In the wake of the death of 16 sherpas in the Khumbu Icefall on the south side of Mount Everest last Friday, Base Camp is in turmoil.

Kathmandu - Nepal's Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey lauded the dynamic of change taking place in Morocco under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, describing the ties between Kathmandu and Rabat as "amicable and harmonious."

Hari Man Lama is the Executive Chairman of Incentive Tours and Travels, which is the GSA of Malaysia-based long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X. Involved in the tourism business with his Incentive Group of Companies for the last 18 years, Lama is a very dynamic personality with a strong vision to drive his business forward and ensure growth.

Nepal was left reeling when a sudden ice avalanche slammed down onto a group of Sherpa guides on Friday and killed 16 in the deadliest single disaster on Everest.

N athan Dolbeare and his wife, Kris, took a journey to Nepal almost a month ago to climb two of the highest mountains in the world: Mount Labouche and Mount Everest.

In the hillside farming village of Mahadev Besi, west of Kathmandu, half a dozen middle-aged Jews from Jerusalem sit cross-legged on the floor of a bamboo shed, listening to the local women.

A walkout by Sherpa mountain climbers following the tragic deaths of 16 guides on Mount Everest will certainly have an impact on the Nepalese economy.

The Government of Japan ha agreed to provide a grant assistance of Rs. 1.475 billion for the restoration of the micro hydro projects in western region.

A fundraising father and son have arrived safely back in Britain after descending from Base Camp Everest hours before an avalanche killed 16 Sherpa climbing guides.

It was the latest in a surge of attacks as Iraq gears up for parliament elections next Wednesday.

Tensions continue to rise in the wake of last week's tragic serac avalanche on Mount Everest, which killed 16 men, all of them professional Nepalese climbing Sherpas.

Thirteen Sherpa and Nepalese were killed in the avalanche, and another three remain missing, presumed dead.

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A group of University of Waterloo students may "only" be going to Everest base camp, but that means they face an 18-day round-trip hike, half the oxygen they're used to and temperatures fluctuating from 30C in Kathmandu to -10 at their highest altitude.

Kathmandu, April 22: All casinos in Nepal have been shut down since Monday after their managements failed to heed the government's repeated warnings over their outstanding tax and royalty dues, the ministry of culture said Tuesday.

The world's 14 "eight-thousanders" -- mountains taller than 8,000 meters -- are all located in Asia.

Nepalese guides on Mount Everest said Tuesday they would abandon this year's climbing season to honour 16 colleagues killed in an avalanche last week, throwing hundreds of mountaineers' plans into chaos.

Family members of the Mount Everest avalanche victims were lighting oil lamps Sunday at a Sherpa Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The celebration of Earth Hour on March 29 this year by over 7,000 cities across the world as well as the celebration of Equinox Earth Day on March 20 and Earth Day on April 22 by Earth Day Network are some of the landmark events that make us aware of our responsibilities towards our planet.

Implementing peace agreements is inherently a political process and this often remains true when a peace agreement is founded on political negotiations reached to terminate armed conflict.