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  • Trilateral cooperation among China India and Nepal urged

    Nepal's three former prime ministers have called for a trilateral cooperation among Nepal, China and India in order to hasten economic development in the region. In exclusive interviews with Xinhua recently, the three former prime ministers, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Puspa Kamal Dahal " Prachanda" and Madhav Kumar Nepal, underscored the importance of trilateral cooperation among the ...

  • Air ticket shortage in Gulf route leaves thousands of Nepalese workers stranded

    Around 20,000 Nepali migrant workers have been stranded in Nepal's capital city Kathmandu due to a shortage of air tickets and an exorbitant hike in ticket prices on the Gulf route. Staffers of Nepal's foreign employment agencies and migrant workers going to countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have not been able to book tickets even for double ...

  • Nepals sherpas a hardy bunch

    His eyes are as captivating as the peaks soaring above.They glint with excitement and adventure. Crinkling at the edges, they hint of hardship on a youthful face.His smile is as frequent as the caravans of yaks along Nepal's mountain trails. Both spread wide. His round face is as dark and attractive as Kala Pattar - that extra mountain challenge for Everest Base Camp hikers. And just like ...

  • Japanese man 80 becomes oldest climber to reach top of Mount Everest

    KATHMANDU, Nepal - An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest -- although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week. Yuichiro Miura, who also conquered the 8,850-metre peak when he was 70 and 75, reached the summit at 9:05 a.m. local time Thursday, ...

  • Nepal marking diamond jubilee of mans conquest of Mt. Qomolangma

    Nepal on Wednesday officially launched events to mark the 60th anniversary of man's first ascent on Mt. Qomolangma, also known as Mt. Everest, to be observed in the foothills of the world's highest peak and Kathmandu from May 26 to 30.Nepal Tourism Board unveiled the program amid a ceremony which was participated by famous Sherpa mountaineers, tourism experts and government ...

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Varsity Blues

"Varsity Blues" is a concentrated, high-energy fusion of every hot-blooded American 18-year-old male fantasy ever imagined, all set to thumping rock-alternative music. When screenwriter W. Peter Iliff sat down to pen the script, I imagine him having a brainstorming session where he determined all the most important fantasies that would have to be included for the movie to be complete. It's not har ... ...

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  • Lack of financial aid hampers Nepalese entrepreneurs

    Female entrepreneurs in Nepal say they face many challenges, the largest being a lack of financial assistance from the government and nongovernmental organizations. There are an estimated 30,000 female entrepreneurs in Nepal. Female entrepreneurs who receive free trainings seek to empower other craftswomen by hiring them, marketing their crafts and offering alternative business ...

  • Nepal - In Nepal press faces litigation for critical coverage of courts

    Judicial authorities in Nepal should stop targeting outlets of the Kathmandu-based Kantipur Publications and dismiss a case filed against the organization and one of its journalists that accuses them of contempt of court, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on May 16, 2013.On Monday May 13, lawyer Anjani Kumar Pokhrel filed a case against Kantipur Publications and journalist Vijaya Kumar ...

  • A Himalayan flight full of fear

    The pilot drops his headset. It breaks.The co-pilot leans out of the plane. With a tissue he wipes the condensation fogging the windscreen. He looks like a maverick in chrome aviators and a leather jacket.The 16 passengers in this Tara Air plane swap worried glances. Some of them are clenching teeth, others fidgeting uneasily.As we wait anxiously for take-off on the tarmac at Kathmandu Airport, ...

  • Steven Craig is new UNHCR representative for Nepal

    Steven Craig is new UNHCR representative for Nepal The newly-appointed UNHCR Representative in Nepal Steven Craig Sanders, presented his Letter of Credence to Minister for Foreign Affairs Madhav Prasad Ghimire on Wednesday. Sanders, an American national, has worked with the UN Refugee Agency since 1992 in a number of countries including Bangladesh, Sudan, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of ...

  • 2 Chinese died climbing summits in Nepal

    /enpproperty--> KATHMANDU - Thirty climbers from China, 24 male and 6 female have been registered to scale various summits this spring but two of them have already died, officials said on Wednesday. Li Xiaoshi, 58, from Taiwan, died while attempting the 8,516-meter-tall Lhotse Mountain. ...

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