Mobile phone connection restored in disaster-hit Thame Mobile phone service, which was disrupted due to massive flooding in Thame of Khumbu Pasang Lhamu rural municipality-5 in Solukhumbu, has been restored. Nepal 19 Aug, 2024
Stakeholders express concerns over fragile Everest base camp condition Stakeholders have expressed extreme worries over the rapid degradation of the current Everest base camp, where over 2,000 people are now camping for this year's spring climbing season. Nepal 16 May, 2024
New signboard at Everest Base Camp sparks strong reactions The new signboard erected at the Everest Base Camp (EBC) by the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality about a week ago has sparked a range of strong reactions. Nepal 28 Mar, 2024
Lhakpa Sonam suggests Everest solutions Senior tourism entrepreneur Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa has just returned from the world’s highest peak after spending nearly two months in the Mt Everest region. Nepal 31 May, 2023
EDITORIAL: Save mountains Marking the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt Everest, around 1,000 people, including the former prime minister of New Zealand and hundreds of earth scientists, have appealed to all the governments and communities to save the snow-capped mountains from global warming. Opinion 30 May, 2023
Mountain communities urge world leaders to decarbonise Everest Seventy years after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa first scaled Mt Everest, the Earth’s tallest mountain is undergoing unprecedented and largely irreversible change caused by global warming. Nepal 29 May, 2023
Climbers celebrate Mount Everest 70th anniversary amid melting glaciers, rising temperatures Recent research found that Mount Everest’s glaciers have lost 2,000 years of ice in just the past 30 years. Nepal 28 May, 2023
NatGeo announces installation of world's highest operating weather stations on Mt Everest KATHMANDU: The National Geographic Society today announced the successful installation of the world's highest operating weather stations on Mt Everest to provide researchers, climbers, and the public with near real-time information about mountain... Travel 13 Jun, 2019
EDITORIAL: Melting ice There is no alternative but for the inhabitants of the region to adapt to climate change and its aftermath It is almost a foregone conclusion that glacier melt will accelerate in the Himalayas as a result of climate change, with severe consequences... 13 Jun, 2019
Scientists find warm ice in world�s highest glacier Kathmandu, June 11 Ice temperatures of Khumbu glacier in the Mt Everest region have been higher than expected, a scientific research has found, indicating that floods and droughts are likely to become more common, and glacial lake growth along with... Art & Culture 12 Jun, 2019
Everest Marathon: Nepal Army runners win Full Open and Extreme Ultra categories KATHMANDU: With Nepali runners dominating the open categories of full and ultra marathons, the 14th edition of Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon concluded on the lap of Mt Everest in Solukhumbu district on Sunday. Nepal Army's Bed Bahadur... 29 May, 2016
Gorkha quake caused 4,312 landslides in Nepal: Report NEW DELHI: Almost a year after the devastating 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, a new international report says a staggering 4,312 landslides were triggered by the temblor and aftershocks. It says the major destruction by the landslides was of... Art & Culture 20 May, 2016
