New monsoon safety directive imposes stricter operating rules on airlines

Kathmandu, June 6 -- The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has issued a special monsoon safety directive requiring airlines, pilots and aviation personnel to follow stricter operating procedure... Read More

Lost on Everest for six days, Sherpa found alive

Kathmandu, June 5 -- In what many are calling a miracle in Mount Everest's Death Zone, Nepali guide Dawa Sherpa (Hillary) was found alive six days after vanishing on the world's highest mountain. The... Read More

Sherpa guide missing on Everest found alive in Khumbu Icefall after six days

Kathmandu, June 4 -- A mountain Sherpa guide from Okhaldhunga, who had been missing for six days on Mount Everest, has been found alive in the Khumbu Icefall, expedition officials said. Dawa Sherpa w... Read More

Nepali mountain guide missing during Everest descent

Kathmandu, June 2 -- A Nepali mountain guide has gone missing while descending Mount Everest as climbers rushed to conclude their expeditions ahead of the end of the spring climbing season. Dawa Sher... Read More

Government aims to remove Nepal from EU air safety list by mid-January 2027

Kathmandu, May 30 -- The government has prioritised tourism and civil aviation as key drivers of economic transformation in the budget for the fiscal year 2026-27, introducing a new "wellness tourism"... Read More

$30,000 award established for Himalayan mountaineering contributors

Kathmandu, May 30 -- A $30,000 (around Rs4.6 million) award has been established to recognise individuals and organisations contributing to the development of Nepal's mountaineering sector and Himalay... Read More

Everest spring climbing season sets new record with 1,008 successful summits

Kathmandu, May 29 -- A record 1,008 climbers successfully summited Mount Everest during the 2026 spring climbing season, according to Nepal's Department of Tourism. Officials said the figure is the hi... Read More

First woman to scale all 14 eight-thousanders without supplemental oxygen says courage has no gender

Kathmandu, May 28 -- Renowned Chinese mountaineer He Jing, the first woman to climb all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres without supplementary oxygen, said in Kathmandu on Wednesday that courage should nev... Read More

Chinese climber sets historic double Everest and Lhotse summit record

Kathmandu, May 27 -- Chinese climber Gexi Luori has set a new chapter in mountaineering history by successfully summiting both Everest and Lhotse twice in a single climbing season. This achievement, c... Read More

Russian climber with no legs scales Mt Everest on his arms alone

Kathmandu, May 26 -- Rustam Nabiev, a Russian ex-soldier who lost both legs when a military barracks collapsed in Russia in 2015, has stunned the world by scaling Mt Everest, the world's highest peak,... Read More

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