Nepal 1980 – Annapurna Adventure
By Bernadette Rimmer Duncan (UK) : In 1980 a group of British Army Soldiers stationed in Germany got together for an adventure training exercise, called “Ex Llama Backstop” to trek around the Annapurna range and […]
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Print media on the verge of collapse
By Rup Narayan Dhakal–The history of print media is not older than 400 years in the world and 122 in Nepal. But newspapers are now struggling for survival. Some may blame Covid-19 pandemic behind the […]
Birethanti-Tadapani Virgin Trail
Background: Birethanti-Tadapani trekking trail is a newly explored virgin route in the popular Annapurna Region. This route was explored by Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) Western Regional Association Pokhara in association with Annapurna Rural […]
Nepal Literature Festival Promises to Serenade Pokhara
Pokhara : The eighth edition of IME Nepal Literature Festival (NLF), organized by the Bookworm Foundation and Random Readers’ Society, is all ready to mesmerize the Lake City of Pokhara from December 13 to 16. […]
Vulture based ecotourism in Ghachowk
By Madhuri Khadka– Nine species of vultures which account for the total number of vultures recorded in Asia till now are reported to be found in Nepal. With late 1990s keeping a mark in history […]
Swasthani fasting begins
By Rup Narayan Dhakal : Seven-year-old maid marries to a 70-year-old man and she found widow herself in fewer than one-year period but later enjoys as a mum of a king. I have been hearing […]
An itinerary of 2019
By Rup Narayan Dhakal : Welcome to 2019! but every New Year is not other than a pass over of an imaginary timeline. Time is movable and every second has its own newness and character […]
Poor rescue and information system in the Himalayas
By Rup Narayan Dhakal : Nine climbers- 5 Koreans and 4 Nepali supporters perished at Gurja Himal base camp as their tents were swept away by blizzard on October 10, 2018 in Nepal’s Myagdi district. […]
Only technology can save our federalism
By Rup Narayan Dhakal : There is now a kind of tension among the Nepali people because of the unilateral increment in tax rates following the announcement of federal, provincial and local level budgets in […]
Parking in the busy road
By Rup Narayan Dhakal–Pokhara is said to be a tourism capital of Nepal and entrepreneurs from this city also have been urging to formally declare the city as such capital but the ground reality of […]