Tag: Nepal

Nepal rescuers retrieve bodies of nine climbers died in snow storm

KATHMANDU: A rescue team Sunday began retrieving the bodies of nine climbers killed in a violent storm on Nepal's Mount Gurja, a freak accident...

Pakistan’s first blind cricket team for women announced

ISLAMABAD: Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Margaret Adamson and the Chairman of Pakistan Blind Cricket Council, Syed Sultan Shah Monday announced the formation of...

Pakistan win first football match in Asian Games after 44 years

Pakistan national football team got its first victory in Asian Games after 44 years after defeating Nepal by 2-1 on Sunday. According to media reports,...

Nepal captain on his team’s journey to ODI cricket

KATHMANDU: Nepal captain Paras Khadka details the team's triumphant and magnificent route to ODI status, reported ICC.  This has been such a long, amazing journey...

Pakistan’s Mahnoor wins Annapurna International Badminton Tournament in Nepal

KARACHI: Pakistan's national badminton champion Mahnoor Shahzad has won Annapurna Corporate Invitational International Badminton Tournament Championships 2018 in Nepal. The tournament was played in Kathmandu from July...

Lack of justice: Pakistan ranked among 10 worst in rule of...

LAHORE: Pakistan has been ranked among the 10 worst countries in the Rule of Law Index 2017-18 issued by World Justice Project (WJP) as a...

Baked goods and Wi-Fi give Everest a touch of home

EVEREST: Wi-Fi, baked goods and trendy coffee: gone are the days of deprivation at Everest base camp, with hipster perks and modern conveniences ensuring...

Russian climber dies on 4th highest mountain

KATHMANDU: A Russian climber died just below the summit of Lhotse, the world's fourth highest peak, in at least the third fatality of the...

Missing Sherpa guide on Everest presumed dead

KATHMANDU: A Sherpa guide who went missing four days ago on Everest is presumed dead, Nepali officials said Thursday, the first feared fatality of...

India’s Modi visits Nepal to restore ties

KATHMANDU: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prayed at a renowned Hindu temple with his Nepalese counterpart K.P. Sharma Oli on Friday as he started...

Islamabad mayor announces preservation of ancient Buddhist sites in capital

ISLAMABAD: Mayor of Islamabad, Sheikh Anser Aziz has said that peace, love and tolerance are hallmarks of the teaching of Gautama Buddha. These values...

Crude bomb blast at Indian government relief office in Nepal, no...

KATHMANDU: A crude bomb went off outside an Indian government relief office in Nepal causing minor damage but no injuries, officials said on Tuesday,...

Not possible to proceed with SAARC under ‘current circumstances’, says India

NEW DELHI: The Indian government has signaled that it may disrupt this year's SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) summit or even pull out...

India agrees to open waterways, rail link to Nepal capital

KATHMANDU: India agreed on Saturday to construct a rail link to Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, and to open up inland waterways in the landlocked Himalayan...

Nepal chief justice sacked for faking date of birth

Nepal's divisive Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli was sacked on Wednesday (March 14) for faking his date of birth in order to remain in office...

49 dead in Nepal’s worst plane crash in decades

KATHMANDU: Forty-nine people were killed when a Bangladeshi plane crashed and burst into flames near Kathmandu airport on Monday, in the worst aviation disaster to...

PM Abbasi’s visit to Nepal to take bilateral relations to new...

  PESHAWAR: Political and economic experts here Thursday said that the two-day official visit of Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to the brotherly country...