KATHMANDU — Two elite mountaineers will next month attempt to climb one of the deadliest Himalayan peaks, Annapurna, as they vie to become the first woman to scale the world's 14 highest mountains. South Korea's Oh Eun-Sun and ......

People from Newar community in traditional attire take part in a rally to mark the launch of Nepal Tourism Year 2011, at Sainik Manch in Kathmandu on Friday.

Rescue workers search for missing German tourist Christoph Andreas Sattler, 26, at Phewa Lake in Pokhara. Twenty-six-year-old Sattler went missing in the lake on Friday while performing a paragliding stunt. The Germa ......

Nepal Tourism Year 2011 (NTY-2011) was formally launched at a special programme on Friday. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal launched the formal beginning of NTY-2011 by lighting a peace lamp brought from Lumbini at ......

Political leaders, private sector and tourism entrepreneurs, representatives of the film Industry and sportspersons have expressed commitment to make NTY 2011 a grand success. They vowed to support the NTY 2011 durin ......

A group of Nepalese ministers reached the Mount Everest region Thursday for a Cabinet meeting being billed as the highest ever — a stunt meant to highlight the threat global warming poses to Himalayan glaciers.

SYANGBOCHE (SOLUKHUMBU), DEC 04 - The much-hyped Cabinet meeting is underway in Kalapatthar plateau near Mt. Everest Base Camp at an altitude of 5,242 metres (17,192 feet)on Friday.

Twenty-four Cabinet minister ......

KATHMANDU, DEC 02 - Jet Airways, India's premier international airline, on Wednesday started flights between Kathmandu and Mumbai, its third service to Nepal's capital from India with state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 ......