Kathmandu, May 23 -- Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (May 23, 2019).

In a new record, over 200 climbers summit Everest in a single day

More than 200 mountaineers ascended Mount Everest on Wednesday, setting a new record for the highest number of climbers to stand on top of the world in a single day.

Conditions were exceedingly favourable on Tuesday night and Wednesday, leading to a 24-hour window-the longest ever single-day weather window in history-and what has been called a 'marathon climb'.

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Brief Candle is as burlesque as it is tragic

A cast of eight, deftly directed by Rose Schwietz, delivers a production that sometimes sags under the weight of sentimental cliches but more often it rises to ...