The other day there was a helicopter crash in Nepal, and it killed 7 including a tourism minister. The minister was an activist for repairing pour airports in more remote areas of Nepal. This issue hit its peak when over 50 people were killed in a malaysian airline crash in Nepal last year. There have been several other crashes in… Read more »
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s minister of tourism and six other people were killed on Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in an eastern region of the Himalayan nation, police officials said. The helicopter, operated by Air Dynasty, crashed in the mountainous district of Taplejung while on a trip to look at the feasibility of constructing an airport in the area. Everyone… Read more »
KATHMANDU: India will reconstruct 72 education facilities in Nepal that were damaged during the devastating April 2015 earthquake that saw the death of over 9,000 people and colossal damage to many of its infrastructures. The decision is part of an agreement signed between Indian Embassy in Kathmandu and the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Rourkee that will see the reconstruction… Read more »
Smiling toddler twins Nima and Dawa are ready to leave their temporary Aussie home for a new start as individual girls in Bhutan. Five months after they arrived in Melbourne as conjoined 15-month-olds, the adorable tots have been given the medical green light and are due to jet to their Himalayan home on Wednesday. Surgeons at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital… Read more »
KATHMANDU: Nepal has chosen a railway-track gauge used by China for its network and not the main one India uses citing lower costs, a minister said on Tuesday, a setback for India as it tries to limit Chinese involvement in the Himalayan country. Last year, India proposed laying a broad-gauge (1,676 mm) rail link from Bihar’s Raxaul to the Nepali… Read more »
A man was killed last week in an explosion the left three others injured. The attack was the twelfth bombing in there area near NCELL Telecommunications. The motives of these explosions are unknown but with a mans death the search for the reasoning will probably increase. “No individual or group has claimed responsibility, but the government suspects that the semi-underground… Read more »
When border guards stopped her escape to India, Maheshwori Nepali was furious. “I felt very angry that they were holding me up and asking me so many questions,” she says. Born into one of Nepal’s lowest castes — the Dalits — she was seeking the promise of a better life over the border. “In my village, we have very severe… Read more »
hailand are now the only unbeaten team in the tournament and stand at the top of the table ahead of UAE and China by virtue of their superior net run-rate. UAE had been the early pace-setters in the ICC Women’s Asia Qualifier 2019 which is being held in Bangkok until 27th February but their hopes of winning the competition and… Read more »
A series of coordinated explosions targeting telecommunication towers in at least a dozen places across Nepal Friday night has fuelled speculation that there may be a political agenda behind the blasts. The explosions resulted in the death of one person, while at least three others were injured.Advertising Bahadur Gurung, a Nepali citizen who retired from the Singapore police service a… Read more »
Uzbekistan has aspirations to become a second Mecca, a destination for pilgrims from all over the world. Central Asia’s most populous country boasts a wealth of well-preserved mosques and shrines in famous silk road cities like Samarkand and Bukhara. For millions of Uzbeks these are sacred places. But for the Uzbek government they also represent an opportunity to boost tourism… Read more »