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Dhulikhel, February 08 – As a regular annual event, Himalayan Glacier Trekking P. (Ltd.) organized a company picnic trip with its management team, field staffs and office coworkers at Dhulikhel. While inaugurating the picnic, the company President and Founder Mr. Sagar Pandey made a welcome speech. While addressing the program, he reiterated environmental issues associated...Read More

In a significant step towards liberalization of the visa regime, the government on Wednesday cleared two initiatives: visa on arrival and electronic travel authorization for all countries barring eight “prior reference” countries including Pakistan, Iran, Sri Lanka and China. ETA will allow foreign travelers to apply for a visa from home and receive an online...Read More

Nepal has introduced an electronic device to help track the whereabouts of trekkers to ensure their safety. The devices, known as e-tags or entity tags, have been introduced with the objective of keeping track of where mountain tourists go so as to provide help if and when they need rescue. “The device will help keep...Read More

Chen Yingying, English News Editor of en.kunming.cn, a Yunnan-based digital newspaper, often logs on to Sina Weibo, a microblogging site, to get preliminary information about Nepal. “On Sina Weibo, postings about Nepal have increased of late,” says Chen. “Therefore, we rely on it to get information about Nepal.” Chen adds, “Weibo is very popular in...Read More

The population of birds in Chitwan is found to have increased by 4,046 in the past one year. A census of the birds in the district showed that Chitwan is home to 14,078 birds in compared to the 10,032 recorded the previous year, according to Bird Education Society, Chitwan. The number of water birds alone...Read More