Kathmandu, Sept. 2 -- Nepal officially enforced new climbing permit fees for Everest and other peaks on Monday, marking the first such hike in a decade. The last revision came on January 1, 2015, whe... Read More
Kathmandu, Aug. 28 -- Nepal received record-high foreign direct investment (FDI) commitments in the past fiscal year, which ended mid-July. But despite the promises, the actual inflow of FDI was less ... Read More
Dhanusha, Aug. 24 -- On a scorching afternoon at Birendra Bazar in ward 3 of Ganeshman Charnath Municipality in Dhanusha, a modest mud house with a tiled roof stands quietly in the heat. Inside its tw... Read More
Kathmandu, Aug. 19 -- In 2013, the release of the Chinese movie Up in the Wind sparked an unexpected surge of interest in Nepal among Chinese travellers. Filmed in Kathmandu, Pokhara, and Chitwan, the... Read More
Kathmandu/bhairahawa, Aug. 18 -- In 2017, the government floated the idea of allowing the private sector to operate the Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa under a public-private partner... Read More
Kathmandu, Aug. 12 -- The heavy downpour last week has raised renewed hopes for a significant recovery in paddy harvests in Madhesh and Koshi provinces, Nepal's top food-producing regions. These two ... Read More
Kathmandu, Aug. 9 -- On September 1, the cost of climbing the world's highest mountain will rise steeply. Nepal has announced that the per person Everest climbing permit fee will jump from $11,000 to ... Read More
Kathmandu, Aug. 4 -- Imports of raw and processed agricultural goods have started to surge again following India's easing of export restrictions on key food items. This uptick has been further fueled... Read More
Kathmandu, July 22 -- In a landmark verdict, the Kathmandu District Court has ordered Dhaka-based US-Bangla Airlines to pay full compensation to the families of victims who died in the crash of Flight... Read More
Kathmandu, July 19 -- The pilots of a Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft operated by Saurya Airlines that crashed at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu in July last year, killing 18 of the 19 peopl... Read More