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A 10-day Basic Canyoning and Leadership Development Training kicked off at Besisahar of Lamjung on January 14. The training is being organized by Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN). Nepal Canyoning Association (NCA), District Development Committee (DDC) Lamjung and Dip Jyoti Club are the co-organizers. A total of 13 underprivileged youths, mainly from Lamjung, are...Read More

Works have started on renovation and painting at the Bouddhanath Stupa, a world heritage site, after fifteen years. The Bouddhanath Area Development Committee under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism started the renovation works and painting the Buddha temple. Under the renovation works, the outer layer of plaster of Paris on the dome of the...Read More

The crowd has gone crazy when a bull enters the sand-covered arena running full speed before locking horns with another half-ton beast. You might think we are in Spain, but this is bullfighting right into the Himalayan foothills. Betting is illegal in Nepal, but police often turn a blind eye towards it during the annual...Read More

Nearly 500 salt lakes were found after a recent field survey held in Tibet, Chinatibetnews.com reported. The lakes cover an area of 6,000 square kilometers, and 220 of them are larger than one square kilometer with mineralization degree higher than 50 grams per liter. The survey and sampling work were made by an eight-man group...Read More

China will establish an archive for the Thangka culture of Tibetan ethnic group to rescue and protect the unique culture in Tibetan Buddhism. Altogether 16 volumes will be compiled in the archive, according to a recent press conference on a field survey workbook of the archive held in the Tianjin University. “The protection and inheritance...Read More