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Mr. Pushkar Shah, a young brave Nepalese cyclist has finally got victory upon 150 countries with his bicycle. Mr. Puskar Shah, son of a peace-keeping soldier had started his journey of world tour in 1998 and plans to secure his goal till to 2010 including the cycling tour to Everest. He speaks that the main objective of his world cycling tour is not for the ... Full story

Prime minister of Nepal, Mr. Madhav Kumar Nepal is going to present a piece of rock from Mount Everest to US President Barack Obama as a symbol of concern for the impact of climate change on the Himalayas. All head of states will attend a United Nation General Assembly meeting as well as hold talks on climate change in ... Full story

While government of Nepal is busy in strategic policy making and infrastructure make up for the upcoming event, Nepal Tourism Year 2011, the US Embassy has wished to lend Nepal a helping hand in preservation of cultural entities of Nepal. The US embassy of Kathmandu Monday announced to grant the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust USD 900,000 (NRs 6 Crore 90 Lakhs) to restore the Patan ... Full story

The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has decided today to let the hotels, lodges and resorts inside Chitwan National Park (CNP) to run until 2012 keeping in mind the upcoming Nepal Tourism Year 2011. The Committee today decided to allow all seven hotels, lodges and resorts to resume their business inside the CNP until mid July, 2012. The ban on tourism activities of these hotels ... Full story

Nepal and India have agreed to let each other's air carriers to fly up to thirty thousand passengers on trans-boarder flights per week. Which is five times more than previous number, the existing treaty only let air carriers to fly up to six thousand passengers on cross-border flights per week. Secretary-level representatives of the two ... Full story

Local residents near Gosainkunda are amazed over early snowfall, last year snowfall had started only around mid-November. This is also sign of climate change and Nepal's mountain residents are living under threat of 'Glacial Lake Outburst Flood' (GLOF). Gosainkunda is a lake in Nepal in Rasuwa District, which ... Full story

Everest climber and organizer of the Beat the GLOF Action Run, Dawa Stephen Sherpa, talks about the changes and dangers global warming is causing on the world's highest mountain. Full story

Targeting Nepal Tourism Year 2011, the Department of Immigration(DOI) is all set to introduce hassle free online visa application system for fore visiting Nepal. After implementation of new system, a tourist can apply for visa online and collect it upon arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) avoiding to ... Full story

Development and Eco Action Support (iDEAS) is going to organize The Imja Tsho Action Event 2009 to highlight a colossal threat that is lurking in the shadow of Mt Everest due to Global warming. Beat the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Action Run and Khumbhu Festival are the main events which are being held on June 18 and 19 at the Khumbu region. The key purpose ... Full story

Phurwa Tamang, 21, of Nepal has won this year’s Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon title in open category on Friday. He finished the race with the record breaking timing of three hours forty minutes and forty seven seconds. Ram Krishna Tamang and Sudip Kulung Rai, both from Nepal, were first and second runner-up respectively. Phurwa, last year’s runner-up, led the race most of the time with comfortable distance ... Full story