Tourist arrivals soared in July

Kathmandu, August 17 Hinting at positive vibes in the domestic tourism industry, the country witnessed exponential growth in the arrival of international visitors in the month of July. The inflow of foreign tourists to Nepal (via both land and...

18 Aug, 2018

PM releases rosy picture of govt performance

Kathmandu, August 13 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today released a 74 -page report card painting a rosy picture of the work his government has done in the last five months. The government came up with its report card at a time when the main...

Horoscopes 14 Aug, 2018

Modality on building Nijgadh airport to be finalised soon

Kathmandu, August 13 Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Rabindra Adhikari today said the government would soon finalise the construction modality of Nijgadh airport, the second international airport of Nepal, to be constructed in...

Travel 14 Aug, 2018

�Govt to attract 2 million tourists�

Pokhara, July 7 Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari today said the government was working to attract more than 20 lakh tourists from India and China in 2020, which would be marked as Visit Nepal Year. Speaking at...

Travel 08 Jul, 2018

EDITORIAL: New air routes

That the deal has been reached, focus now should be on early operationalisation of the new air paths Nepal and India have agreed to open three new air routes – from Biratnagar, Janakpur and Mahendranagar – in a major breakthrough for the...

18 Jun, 2018

India agrees to provide additional air routes to Nepal for int'l flights

KATHMANDU: India has agreed to provide additional air routes to Nepal for the operation of international flights. Issuing a press release, Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) informed that agreement to this effect has been signed between CAAN...

Travel 16 Jun, 2018

Meeting on new air route feasibility kicks off

Kathmandu, June 14 A meeting between officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) and Airport Authority of India (AAI) has begun here today to outline the possibility of adding new air routes between the two countries. The two-day...

15 Jun, 2018

NAC in third position

KATHMANDU: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) — the national flag carrier — is in the third position in terms of carrying passengers from Nepal to various destinations and vice versa via air route. According to a three-month data maintained by...

07 Jun, 2018

Nepal-India technical committee meet in June third week

Kathmandu, June 1 A meeting of Nepal-India joint technical team has been scheduled here for the third week of June to discuss the possibilities of opening new air routes between the two countries. Following the decision made by executive heads of...

02 Jun, 2018

Nepal-B'desh commerce secy-level talks kick off

Kathmandu, May 30 A two-day commerce secretary-level talks between Nepal and Bangladesh kicked off here today. The meeting hopes to support the agreements on special market access for the products of each other's country. The bilateral meeting has...

31 May, 2018

Almost half of foreign tourists in 2017 hailed from five countries

Kathmandu, May 28 Foreign tourists from five countries accounted for 47 per cent of the total foreign tourists that visited Nepal in 2017, according to the recently unveiled Economic Survey by the government. A total of 940,217 foreign...

29 May, 2018

WHO says Congo faces "very high" risk from Ebola outbreak

GENEVA/KINSHASA: Democratic Republic of Congo faces a "very high" public health risk from Ebola because the disease has been confirmed in a patient in a big city, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, raising its assessment from "high"...

Women 18 May, 2018