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Nepal launches #NepalCalling campaign to counter flood-driven tourism cancellations

Kathmandu, Sept. 3 -- After a turbulent year that saw Nepal's tourism industry battered first by the Gen Z protests and then by tensions in West Asia, Mandip Giri, managing director of Dom Himalaya Ho... Read More


Drones take on a new role in Nepal's disaster response-from delivering food to carrying bodies

Kathmandu, Sept. 1 -- On Monday, an unusual scene unfolded in the skies over Benighat, Dhading, one of the areas devastated by last week's floods. An unmanned aircraft flew overhead carrying a human ... Read More


Nepal Prime Minister: Bhotekoshi flood was one of region's largest disasters

Kathmandu, Sept. 1 -- As the search for survivors continues for the seventh day, with rescuers spending days and nights digging through rivers and hydropower project tunnels to find bodies and missing... Read More


Nepal Prime Minister: Bhote Koshi flood was one of region's largest disasters

Kathmandu, Sept. 1 -- As the search for survivors continues for the seventh day, with rescuers spending days and nights digging through rivers and hydropower project tunnels to find bodies and missing... Read More


The 'all-weather' Rasuwa-Kerung route is no more

Kathmandu, Aug. 30 -- The road to Rasuwagadhi was less a conventional highway than a narrow shelf cut into the steep walls of the Bhotekoshi gorge. In places, the asphalt clung directly to the mountai... Read More


Nepal tourism faces another setback as Rasuwa disaster exposes mountain risks

Kathmandu, Aug. 28 -- Nepal's tourism industry was entering its peak season last September when the Gen Z-led anti-corruption protests brought the sector to a sudden halt. The unrest came after years... Read More


Nearly 400 Kailash-bound pilgrims out of contact after Rasuwa flash flood

Kathmandu, Aug. 26 -- Nearly 400 pilgrims heading for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in Tibet, China, have been left out of contact in Rasuwagadhi after an early morning flash flood swept through villag... Read More


Japan to fund new ATC tower at Kathmandu airport

Kathmandu, Aug. 22 -- After nearly four decades, Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport, one of the most challenging airports to operate in the world, is set to get a new air traffic control towe... Read More


IMF mission chief Sarwat Jahan: Nepal's economy became more stable in last four years

Kathmandu, Aug. 20 -- Nepal's economy is significantly more stable than it was when its latest reform effort began in 2022, but the country must now turn that stability into stronger private investmen... Read More


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