Nepal Travel News

A top Nepali comedy actor told yesterday how he helped his son become one of the countrys first post-operative transexuals and a perfect lady with a $26,000 sex change.

The meeting of Nepal-US Council on Trade and Investment under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement has been postponed to Sept.

Education Minister Dina Nath Sharma inaugurated Education UK Exhibition 2012 being held from 10th -11th, February at DECC, United World Trade Centre, Kathmandu on Friday.

At 56 centimetres tall, Chandra Bahadur Dangi comes up to my knee. If experts from the Guinness World Records confirm his height, he will be declared the shortest man ever measured.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, today inaugurated the fourth meeting of the South Asian Forum for Health Research in New Delhi.

In the fall of 2011, Framingham town counsel Chris Petrini fulfilled a lifelong dream to hike in the Nepal Himalayas, the Rooftop of the World .

In the village of Pithauli, surrounded by ripening mustard fields, a woman hauls a cow carcass on a trolley, drops it in an open field, then runs and hides in a nearby hut as dozens of vultures swoop down.

The United States on Tuesday welcomed the release of the first batch of former Maoist combatants from the cantonments, defining it as a "historic moment" in the ongoing peace process.

With dizzying performances of the students of China's Hebei University of Economics & Business, the audiences in Nepal were enthralled in the Nepal Academy hall here on Monday.

Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Maria Otero and Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr.

Represented as Pune FC 'A' at the 10th Aaha Gold Cup, the Under-19s impressed on international debut with a solitary goal win over Sahara Club, Pokhara and make it to the semifinal round.

As the strict anti drink-driving drive launched by the traffic police continues for the third month, a new trend of visiting bar during daytime has seen a rise in Kathmandu.

Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Lokendra Bista Magar urged the Chinese government and its Embassy in Nepal to extend their support for the success of Visit Lumbini Year 2012 .

In the corner of my bedroom in Kathmandu stands an antique object, about three feet tall and a foot wide.

RAK Airways, a national Airline of United Arab Emirates formally announced start of its flights operation between Kathmandu and Ras al-Khaimah, the UAE from February 15 on Wednesday.

Culture, nature and adventure are three wonders Nepal offers its visitors. Eight of the 14 highest peaks in the world situated in the country and many Unesco World Heritage Sites offer tourists an exciting journey, finds Raynald C Rivera.

House of Music, supported by the United States Embassy, is geared up to host February as the Black History Month with various music events along with documentary shows, dances and poetry recitals.

Embassy of Nepal in Paris organised a programme to mark the Visit Lumbini Year 2012 on January 27, 2012 in Paris, France.

German Agency for International Cooperation also known as GIZ Nepal, Centre for International Migration and Development and the German Embassy, Kathmandu organized a premiere screening of the documentary This is Nepal, along with panel discussion with the members of Farkeko Nepali on Tuesday, January 31 at Nepal Tourism Board.

AND so our Kathmandu dinner discussions continue, but this time virtually and through the Internet.