The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has rescheduled its second Summer Skill Course for Professional Mountain Guide Training 2026, with the programme set to resume from August 17 after being previously postponed for technical reasons.
The body of Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi, who was among 10 climbers killed in the massive Broad Peak avalanche on July 30, has been recovered by a team of local volunteers from Shigar.
The US Nepal Climbers Association Inc is mulling setting up a high-level independent council to support mountain climbers, high-altitude workers and their families, as well as to facilitate the Nepal government in the formulation of mountaineering-friendly policies.
The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has rescheduled its second Summer Skill Course for Professional Mountain Guide Training 2026, with the programme set to resume from August 17 after being previously postponed for technical reasons.
The body of Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi, who was among 10 climbers killed in the massive Broad Peak avalanche on July 30, has been recovered by a team of local volunteers from Shigar.
The US Nepal Climbers Association Inc is mulling setting up a high-level independent council to support mountain climbers, high-altitude workers and their families, as well as to facilitate the Nepal government in the formulation of mountaineering-friendly policies.
Nepali mountaineer and international IFMGA Mountain Guide Abiral Rai is now one peak away from completing the Seven Summits, after successfully climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, on Tuesday.
The body of Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi, who was among 10 climbers killed in the massive Broad Peak avalanche on July 30, has been recovered by a team of local volunteers from Shigar.
The US Nepal Climbers Association Inc is mulling setting up a high-level independent council to support mountain climbers, high-altitude workers and their families, as well as to facilitate the Nepal government in the formulation of mountaineering-friendly policies.
Nepali mountaineer and international IFMGA Mountain Guide Abiral Rai is now one peak away from completing the Seven Summits, after successfully climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, on Tuesday.
Trekkers planning the Dharapani-Larke Pass route in Manang have been advised to avoid the trail for now after heavy rainfall damaged a section of the trekking route and destroyed a suspension bridge.
Training aimed at enhancing the culinary, hygiene and service skills of cooks and field staff working in Nepal's trekking sector has begun as the number of South Korean tourists visiting Nepal grows.
The first-look poster and official teaser of ‘Road To Everest’, a new documentary tracing a real-life journey from sea level to the summit of Mount Everest, have been released ahead of its Nepal premiere later this month.
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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