The Latest Breaking News from Kathmandu

In Nepal's capital, piles of garbage put off tourists and residents

British tourist Richard McSorley walked past a stinking heap of garbage in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Thursday, reminiscing the much cleaner temple-studded city he had visited decades ago for the first time.

Reuters · Jun 9, 2022

Thane family’s last rites held near Pashupatinath temple

KATHMANDU: The last rites of the four members of a Thane family who were killed along with 18 others in the Tara Air plane crash in Nepal’s mountainous Mustang district were performed on Thursday on the banks of River Bagmati near Pashupatinath temple here.

The Times of India · Jun 3, 2022

Family's nod to cremation of the Odia persons that died in Nepal air tragedy

BHUBANESWAR: The bodies of four members of an Odia family, who died in a plane crash in Nepal on Sunday, have been identified by their relatives. They have been brought to Kathmandu from the crash site and kept at a morgue in a hospital there. Ashok Kumar Tripathy, his wife…

The Times of India · Jun 1, 2022

Western climbers rush to Himalayan peaks as Nepal reboots tourism

Ukraine’s Antonina Samoilova unfurled her country’s flag on Mount Everest earlier this month as Nepal opened its mountains to foreign climbers and set up a new airport to boost its lifeline tourism business which went into deep freeze during the pandemic.

Radio France Internationale · May 29, 2022

Nepal Air flight goes missing in bad weather with 22 people onboard after taking off from tourist town

The plane lost contact with the control tower five minutes before it was due to land at Jomsom after taking off from the tourist town of Pokhara, 125 kilometres west of the capital, Kathmandu.

ABC News · May 29, 2022

Passenger plane vanishes moments after take-off with 22 people on board

The small aircraft is carrying 19 passengers and three crew members disappeared on Sunday morning as it flew over a remote mountain range in Nepal.

Daily Record · May 29, 2022

Nepal: Rapper Balendra Shah becomes new Mayor of Kathmandu

A Nepali rapper Balendra Shah has been elected as the mayor of the capital city Kathmandu. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · May 27, 2022

World's shortest teenager named as 18-year-old from Nepal measuring 2ft 4.9in

Dor Bahadur Khapangi measures a height of 73.43cm (2ft 4.9in) and was given a Guinness World Records certificate during an awards ceremony in Kathmandu on Monday

Daily Mirror · May 24, 2022

Visitors trickle back, but climbing mecca Nepal seeks more

Nepal is putting a 21st-century spin on a tourism sector dominated by activities unchanged for generations as it looks to boost a vital part of an economy decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic and soaring import bills.

Reuters · Apr 28, 2022

Irishman found dead at Nepal hotel swimming pool

Local police reportedly responded to the discovery of the man's body, which was found at the pool on the first floor of the Hotel Manang in Kathmandu, on Wednesday afternoon just after 3pm

Dublin Live · Apr 21, 2022