(AP)  In the shadow of Mount Everest and its magnetic lore, a cross-border route with a grand name, the Great Himalaya Trail, is being touted as an epic, untapped alternative to the bucket-list trek to base camp on the world’s highest mountain. Trekking this trail is an odyssey, not a routine vacation, and even promoters [...]

A Thai woman was arrested in possession of 1 kg of cocaine from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu on Wednesday night. Suparerat Mcintosh, 36, a Thai passport holder with number Y951544, was arrested by the TIA security during the regular baggage check at 11:30 pm yesterday. The contraband was concealed in her luggage inside [...]

The hazy weather of the Kathmandu valley witnessed for the past few days was the result of the sudden dip in the mercury, said meteorologists. According to meteorologists,  it will take at least a week to improve the weather condition of the Kathmandu valley. The weather condition of eastern part of the country is fine [...]

Maoist combatants who were disqualified during the verification process conducted by the then United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) have withdrawn all the protest programmes they have been organising since the past two weeks after reaching an agreement with the government on their demands on Thursday. The former fighters who were discharged from the cantonments [...]

Tourism is Nepal’s golden goose. The country has been named as one of the best countries for adventure destination by the National Geographic Society and one of the 50 places to see before you die by BBC Holiday. The sector accounts for nearly seven pc of Nepal’s GDP. But despite best intentions, the country’s plan [...]

Main Bahadur Shahi, chief of the nomadic Raute community, is struggling to keep his people together these days. As a tribe leader, he no longer holds sway over his people. “My people no longer heed my words. Things have changed and the people are divided into several groups,” he said. The Raute people, known for [...]

Three women have lost their lives, after they fell prey to the herd of wild tuskers, in Prithivi Nagar of Jhapa district, Thursday morning. The two deceased have been identified as Durga Pandey and Aaita Maya Rai, while the identity of the third woman is yet to be ascertained. With this, the death toll by [...]

In a bid to conserve rare rhino, women in Agheuli VDC of Nawalparasi have been proactive in formulations of local-level policies and patrolling. They have formulated a rule to esquire anyone including those entering the village without showing identity, on suspect of rhino poaching. Women have also started day-to-day patrolling in the village and forest [...]

A vicious fight among inmates armed with makeshift knives, clubs and even stones left 31 people dead in a prison in a drug cartel-plagued state in northern Mexico, authorities said. Another 13 prisoners were wounded in the brawl in the penitentiary in the Gulf Coast city of Altamira, Tamaulipas state’s Public Safety Department said in [...]

A Cambodian riot police officer fires tear gas at residents during a forced eviction at the Borei Keila complex in Phnom Penh.