Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters At least 38 people have died after a commercial plane crashed over a football pitch in Nepal on Monday. The plane, operated by Bangladeshi airline US-Bangla, veered off the runway while landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport in the capital city around 2 p.m. local time (NPT), the BBC reported.See the rest of the […]
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Prominent Russian daredevil base jumper dies in Nepal
Published time: 13 Nov, 2017 00:53 Russian extreme sportsman Valery Rozov died in Nepal while jumping from Ama Dablam, a 6,812-meter-high mountain in the Everest region Saturday. Rozov’s body has still not been recovered. The circumstances around the tragedy is still unclear. The daredevil sportsman was pursuing a quest of the ‘Seven Summits,’ which involved […]
Nepal to measure Everest again after devastating 2015 earthquake
Published time: 18 Jun, 2017 17:09 Nepal will spend two years measuring Mount Everest to find out the actual height of the world’s tallest mountain, after fears the 2015 earthquake may have affected its stature. The Nepali government will conduct the measurement itself even though Chinese, Indian and other institutions offered to measure the height […]
‘Total lack of sensitivity:’ German pupil’s deportation to Nepal leaves classmates ‘traumatized’
German authorities came to a school and took a teenage pupil away right from her classes to deport her to Nepal later the same day, provoking an angry reaction from her classmates and teachers, who said they were “traumatized” by the incident. The ninth-grade pupil, identified as Bivsi Rana, 14, was deported from Germany to […]
Nepal tourism SOARS to higher levels than BEFORE the devastating earthquake
Two years ago, the scenic mountainous landscape of Nepal was destroyed by a severe earthquake. It killed 9,000 people and damaged more than 800 monuments with its powerful force. The tragedy significantly impacted Nepal’s tourism industry, with many visitors suddenly too fearful to go. Tourism, which accounts for four per cent of the country’s gross […]
