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Civil aviation ministry introduces unified rules to streamline airline operations

Kathmandu, April 25 -- Nepal's civil aviation ministry has introduced a new regulation aimed at consolidating and streamlining the airline industry's legal framework. This comes a decade after the reg... Read More


Nepal Airlines seeks to send back rusting Chinese planes

Kathmandu, April 19 -- Nepal Airlines has formally asked its Chinese supplier to take back six aircraft delivered around a decade ago. The planes-four 17-seater Y12e aircraft and two 56-seater MA60 a... Read More


Climbers race for Everest permits before fees go up

Kathmandu, April 9 -- The number of climbing permits for Mount Everest have already surpassed 120 in the first week of April-twice as fast as last year-indicating the potential for another record-brea... Read More


Floods, airport upgrade cut GDP growth by 1 percent

Kathmandu, April 4 -- Floods and landslides in late September, followed by infrastructure upgrade at Nepal's key international airport, caused a significant dent in the country's economic growth, acco... Read More


$215.96 million new Pokhara airport sees first passenger flight

Kathmandu, April 1 -- The new international airport in Pokhara finally has a scheduled passenger flight-with at least one weekly trip. On Monday, Nepal-Tibet joint venture Himalaya Airlines took off ... Read More


Nepal's long-term growth may stall below 4 percent, World Bank warns

Kathmandu, March 25 -- Low labour productivity, weak competition in logistics and transport, subpar infrastructure, and high tariffs and excise taxes on exports are just a few of the challenges stalli... Read More


Banned but bountiful: Here's how hemp cultivation could benefit Nepal

Kathmandu, March 24 -- Hemp fibre is found to have been used in making cloth long before the advent of agriculture nine to 15 thousand years ago. Despite its historical significance, hemp cultivation,... Read More


Wildfires put 500m tonnes of carbon- and tourism-at risk

Kathmandu, March 17 -- An alarming rise in the number of forest fires has been devastating Nepal's forests and releasing massive amounts of carbon that threaten both biodiversity and the economy, acco... Read More


Nepal's two-tier airfares: Are they fair?

Kathmandu, March 16 -- tier airfare structure on the domestic sector has resurfaced after the Supreme Court issued a show cause order to the tourism ministry, acting on a writ filed by a tourism entre... Read More


5 years on ground, Chinese planes still bleed Nepal Airlines

Kathmandu, March 9 -- After several failed attempts to offload its five Chinese planes, the Nepal Airlines is now awaiting guidance from its line ministry on the next steps. The six condemned planes-... Read More