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Preparations for the Ratnanagar Mahotsav have been expedited, which is scheduled to be held from January 11-19, 2012. The festival would be organized in Tikaulichaur of Ratnanagar Municipality-7. Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai is scheduled to inaugurate the festival. Coordinator of the organizing committee, Dipak Kumar Karmacharya said, as many as 350 stalls would be kept in the festival. Ratnanagar Chamber of Commerce and Industries and ... Full story

Recently, Kathmandu Metropolitan City had planned to raise the tourist entry fee in Kathmandu Durbar Sqauare, but with some pressure from the private business firms KMC has agreed to extend the deadline.However the new fare will be posed after December of this year. KMC revoked its decision to increase the tax keeping in mind the decision ... Full story

A small plane carrying foreign tourists crashed in a hill south of Kathmandu airport early on Sunday, killing all 19 people aboard including the crew members.The accident site, Kotdanda, lies between Lamatar and Bisankhunarayan VDCs in Lalitpur, around 15 kilometers south of the Tribhuvan International Airport.Eighteen dead bodies were recovered from the site and one ... Full story

Simrik Air has bought two new AS 350 B3e helicopter from Eurocopter South East Asia Pvt. Ltd. Simrik Air Executive Chairman Rameshwor Thapa and Eurocopter South East Asia President Bernhard Brenner signed an agreement to this effect on Friday in Kathmandu. Simrik Air is the first company outside the West to acquire ... Full story

Nepal had been known as one of the economical destination as fooding, lodging and tour packages are comparatively cheaper, however the airfares has made Nepal an expensive destination. Airfare to Nepal is 50 per cent expensive than the airfare to India, and the visitors  from European countries are forced to pay extra airfare of $1,000 to visit Nepal from other foreign airlines whereas, if had enough ... Full story

BHAIRAHAWA: Fifty thousand foreign tourists have entered Nepal from Belahiya transit point over the last seven months of this year. According to the Immigration Office, Belahiya, 54,001 foreign tourists entered the country from this check point from January till July, 2011.This number is nearly 10,000 more than the number of tourists entering the ... Full story

There is no doubt that Nepal is one of the few naturally gifted countries in the whole world. With different species, unique herbs, lakes, mountains and many more. Still ,many people  around the world don’t know that a country called Nepal exists. Globally, Nepal has been promoting itself as “NATURALLY  NEPAL”  and this is indeed a ... Full story

His dream was of imposing height — to scale the highest mountain in the world and set a new world record by becoming the oldest man on the top of Mt Everest. But fate had something else in store for him. Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay (82), a former minister, died today on ... Full story

NextYatra.com - an online travel planner - has started offering attractive abroad holiday packages on easy installments. To start with, the company has launched two packages - ´Wow Guangzhou´ and ´China Facets´. ´Wow Guangzhou´ is a six-day package priced Rs 66,666 per person. The package covers airfare on Kathmandu-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Kathmandu ... Full story

UnitingNepal and Nepalese community in Sydney successfully completed Nepal Promotion programme today by distributing thousands of Flyers. And have decided to continue this event tomorrow as well near Townhall and Central. People were so excited to know about Nepal and Nepal Tourism year 2011. We got overwhelming participation from few Australian People as ... Full story