The Himalayan Rescue Association Nepal (HRA) has begun preparations for its annual temporary health camp at Gosainkunda to provide medical care and raise awareness about altitude sickness among pilgrims visiting the high-altitude religious site during the Janai Purnima festival.
Ambassador of Japan to Nepal Maeda Toru today honoured the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) for successfully marking the platinum jubilee of the first ascent of Mt. Manaslu.
The Um Hong Gil Human Foundation has welcomed its new Country Director for Nepal, as the organization prepares to build on nearly two decades of supporting the country’s underprivileged communities in health and education.
The Himalayan Rescue Association Nepal (HRA) has begun preparations for its annual temporary health camp at Gosainkunda to provide medical care and raise awareness about altitude sickness among pilgrims visiting the high-altitude religious site during the Janai Purnima festival.
Ambassador of Japan to Nepal Maeda Toru today honoured the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) for successfully marking the platinum jubilee of the first ascent of Mt. Manaslu.
The Um Hong Gil Human Foundation has welcomed its new Country Director for Nepal, as the organization prepares to build on nearly two decades of supporting the country’s underprivileged communities in health and education.
The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has begun the second edition of its Summer Skill Course for Professional Mountain Guide (PMG) Training, with participants set to undergo theoretical and field-based training in Kathmandu and the Kanchenjunga region of Taplejung.
The Um Hong Gil Human Foundation has welcomed its new Country Director for Nepal, as the organization prepares to build on nearly two decades of supporting the country’s underprivileged communities in health and education.
The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has begun the second edition of its Summer Skill Course for Professional Mountain Guide (PMG) Training, with participants set to undergo theoretical and field-based training in Kathmandu and the Kanchenjunga region of Taplejung.
Those who have long been waiting to complete their 14 peaks above 8,000m after scaling Mt. Cho Oyu or Mt. Shishapangma in Tibet will have to wait at least another year, as China has reportedly continued its ban on foreign climbers running expeditions on the Tibetan side throughout 2026.
Nepal is showcasing its tourism destinations, culture and hospitality at the PATA Travel Mart (PTM) 2026 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, with a 17-member delegation representing 10 Nepali tourism companies.
With the opening of a new museum in the sacred area of Mustang district, local stakeholders hope that the new initiative will become a major attraction for tourists visiting the area.
Nepal is putting communities at the centre of efforts to preserve its living cultural heritage, with a new UNESCO-supported programme training local participants to document traditions, rituals, languages, food, music and other cultural practices.
A US-manufactured drone has successfully completed high-altitude supply flights on Ama Dablam, months after Nepali authorities blocked a similar American drone from operating on Everest amid regulatory concerns and a broader US-China contest over drone technology in the Himalayas.
The Nepal government has extended fee waivers for international flights at Pokhara International Airport (PIA) and Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) in Bhairahawa by two years, to mid-September 2028, in a renewed push to draw foreign carriers to the two long-underutilized airports outside the capital.
Maheshwor Bhakta Shrestha has been appointed as Executive Chairman of Nepal Airlines Corporation, with the additional responsibility of Managing Director, as a Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday at Singhadurbar decided.
The Airlines Operators Association of Nepal (AOAN) and the Aeronautical Society of Nepal (AeSN) have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the unified development, safety, and modernisation of Nepal's aviation sector, the two organisations announced.
Seventy volunteers removed 55 sacks of waste from trekking routes around Pisang in Manang during a one-day cleanup campaign, covering ground from Swargadwari Bridge to Ngoro Danda and from Upper Pisang to the Pisang-Ghyaru Bridge.
A wildlife survey in the Manang Ngisyang Block has found the Blue Sheep, locally known as Naur, population to be healthy and stable, a result conservationists say reflects sustained habitat protection efforts in the Annapurna Conservation Area.
The Annapurna Conservation Area Project's Unit Conservation Office in Manang has completed a three-day cleanup campaign along one of Nepal's most popular trekking routes, collecting around 75 sacks of waste from the trail between Tanki Manang and Thorong La Pass.
As the dust settles on the busiest climbing season Mt Everest has ever seen, the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) has wrapped up its Spring 2026 cleanup campaign with a staggering 90,329 kg of waste hauled off the world's highest mountain, and a clear signal that Everest rangers will remain at the centre of its strategy going forward.
Hundreds of mountaineers, family members, friends and well-wishers gathered in Kathmandu on Thursday to pay their final respects to veteran Nepali mountain guide Pur Bahadur "Yukta" Gurung, whose body was brought home from Pakistan a week after he was killed in the deadly Broad Peak avalanche.
Nima Sherpa, a promising Nepali high-altitude mountaineer who rose from a humble farming family in Sankhuwasabha to scale some of the world's highest peaks, was among the 10 climbers killed in the devastating Broad Peak avalanche in Pakistan on July 30.
Here is a brief profile of renowned climbers who put their lives at risk while retrieving the bodies of climbers from the treacherous slopes of Broad Peak on August 5.
U.S. Soybean Export Council successfully conducted a 'Soy for Nutrition & Innovation' workshop in Kathmandu, featuring regional stakeholders and experts.
Visiting United States Special Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor on Friday officially unveiled the “Ultra X Gen 2” American cargo drone built by Freefly Systems at Everest Base Camp.
The installation of the world’s highest automatic weather station had made headlines globally in 2022, but it turned out to be rubbish in just four years.
The US Nepal Climbers Association (USNCA), a New York-based organisation, held a memorial and candle-lighting ceremony in tribute to mountaineers who lost their lives during the Broad Peak (8,047m) expedition in Pakistan, according to the association.
Nepali scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs, engineers and healthcare professionals from across the United States convened in Austin, Texas on July 18 and 19 for the NRNA Knowledge Convention 2026, organised by the Science, Technology and Innovation Committee of the Non-Resident Nepali Association USA.
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