Paddy transplantation races ahead as monsoon rains revive

Kathmandu, Aug. 2 -- A revival in monsoon rains has accelerated paddy transplantation by nearly 10 percentage points from last year's pace, raising hopes of increased output of Nepal's key summer-sown... Read More

Nirmal Purja, who redrew the limits of human endurance and reshaped Nepali mountaineering, dies in Broad Peak avalanche

Kathmandu, Aug. 1 -- Nirmal Purja, the Nepal-born former special forces soldier who stunned the mountaineering world by summiting all 14 of the planet's 8,000-metre peaks in six months, has died in an... Read More

Four bodies recovered after avalanche hits Broad Peak, Nirmal Purja among climbers missing

Kathmandu, July 31 -- Four bodies have been recovered by ground rescue teams following an avalanche on Pakistan's 8,047-metre Broad Peak on Thursday, according to Irfan Arshad Khan, president of the A... Read More

Extreme heat threatens Nepal's economy as warming accelerates

Kathmandu, July 30 -- In the scorching mid-June afternoon, as temperatures hovered around 40 degrees Celsius, 67-year-old Gopal Damai was still pulling his rickshaw through the streets of Mahendranaga... Read More

Cabinet clears bill raising domestic airline liability to $100,000

Kathmandu, July 29 -- The Cabinet on Wednesday gave in-principle approval to table in Parliament a long-pending bill governing domestic airlines' liability and insurance responsibilities, reviving a r... Read More

Lawmakers seek government control of hotel room rates. Hoteliers call it regressive

Kathmandu, July 22 -- Lawmakers have proposed allowing the government to regulate the room rates charged by star and other classified hotels under amendments to Nepal's proposed Integrated Tourism Bil... Read More

Lawmakers seek tougher Everest climbing rules with 263 amendments to Tourism Bill

Kathmandu, July 22 -- Several lawmakers have proposed significantly tightening the qualifications required to climb Mount Everest as Nepal's Integrated Tourism Bill enters a parliamentary committee fo... Read More

Foreign tourists are staying longer, but spending less in Nepal

Kathmandu, July 21 -- Foreign tourists are staying in Nepal longer than ever, but they are spending less each day, raising fresh concerns about the country's ability to attract high-value visitors des... Read More

Nepal civil aviation reform bills up for public feedback

Kathmandu, July 11 -- The government has unveiled draft bills to split Nepal's aviation authority into two separate entities-one responsible for aviation regulation and the other for airport operation... Read More

Late monsoon slows Nepal's paddy transplantation, but experts say there's no need to worry

Kathmandu, July 6 -- The delayed and sluggish advance of the southwest monsoon has begun taking a visible toll on Nepal's agriculture, with fresh government data showing that paddy transplantation has... Read More

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