Tag: Nepal
Salman Khan’s Nepal tour called off due to security concerns
KATHMANDU: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s 'Da-Bangg - The Tour' show in Kathmandu, which was scheduled to be held on March 10, has been called...
PM Abbasi to visit Nepal on Monday
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will pay a two-day visit to Nepal on Monday, the Embassy of Pakistan in Kathmandu confirmed.
The embassy...
How Nepal’s Goldstar shoes went from Maoist symbol to hipster accessory
Long maligned as the footwear of choice for Nepal’s Maoist guerillas, Goldstar sneakers are undergoing a revival in the Himalayan nation, fast becoming a...
Nepali Maoist Oli to ‘balance China, India’ as new PM
KATHMANDU: Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Thursday appointed moderate communist K P Sharma Oli, who led an alliance with former Maoist rebels to...
Pakistanis can travel to these countries visa-free or get visa on...
The Pakistani passport is ranked the third-last in the world (93), above only Afghanistan and Iraq in 2018.
Passport Index recently released the list of...
Female Sherpa from Nepal breaks stereotypes and scales new heights
KATHMANDU: When Dawa Yangzum Sherpa first set her sights on being a mountain guide, she was told it was no job for a girl....
Nepal bans solo climbers from Everest
KATHMANDU: Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents, an official said Saturday.
The cabinet...
Nepalis vote in key general elections
Manang, Nepal - Polls opened in Nepal's northern mountain districts as the country voted in the first parliamentary and provincial assembly elections since a new...
Nepal chooses 3-year-old as new ‘living goddess’
KATHMANDU: A three-year-old girl has been named the new Kumari of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu after her predecessor retired when she reached puberty, continuing an ancient...
Eye Health Hero Award for Pakistani surgeon
LAHORE: International Agency for Prevention Blindness (IAPB) has awarded Prof Asad Aslam Khan with Eye Health Hero Award in recognition of his meritorious services in...
Nepal terms calling off SAARC Summit ‘very unfortunate’; asks India, Pakistan...
Terming the calling off of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit “very unfortunate,” Nepal, which chairs the grouping, said that India...
21 dead as bus plunges into Nepal river
A packed passenger bus plunged into a river early Friday in central Nepal, killing 21 people, a senior local official said.
Rescuers struggled to recover...
Nepal, India floods leave more than 90 dead; at least 2...
Floods and landslides in Nepal and India have killed more than 90 people in recent days, with at least two million residents forced to...
Nepal gets first woman chief justice
Sushila Karki became the first female acting Chief Justice of Nepal’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, ending the male domination of top posts in the...
Sartaj, Sushma hold informal talks in Nepal
PM’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Wednesday had an informal meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the Nepalese city...
Saarc summit: Pakistan, India FMs to meet in Nepal
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s top foreign policy aide and India’s external affairs minister are likely to meet on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting...
Nepal’s ‘ice doctors’ return to Everest after avalanche
Nepal’s experienced “ice doctors” were preparing Sunday to return to Everest to ready the mountain for the upcoming climbing season, almost one year after...
