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New Tourism Bill requiring 7,000m Everest prerequisite heads to House committee for final deliberations
8 July 2026The new Tourism Bill, which incorporates many changes to the existing Tourism Act, has been sent to a House Committee for a thorough discussion.
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Travel & LeisureFrom Sundarijal to Pangsam Okhreni: A waterfall hike worth the rain
8 July 2026A short bus ride out of Kathmandu and a trail that wound through forest, past smaller waterfalls and through a quiet hillside village took my three friends, and me to Pangsam Okhreni Waterfall on a recent hike — a day that delivered fresh air, good company and, by the time we turned back, an unplanned lesson in why a raincoat beats an umbrella on the trail.
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ClimbingSinger Raju Lama among seven Nepalis who make history with first large-team ascent of Mt Elbrus
6 July 2026Seven Nepali climbers, including renowned singer Raju Lama, have summited Mt Elbrus (5,642m), Europe's highest peak, in what organisers are calling the first time such a large Nepali team has scaled the mountain together in a single push.
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T3 SpecialTwo sacred statues come home: A 13th-century Padmapani and a dancing goddess return to Nepal from the United States
6 July 2026They were taken decades ago — one from a Buddhist monastery in the heart of Kathmandu, the other from a sacred courtyard in Patan.
