News Nepal Traffic: Monsoon season 2019: 2 million in danger as floods ravage India, Nepal and Bangladesh
Officials in Nepal said flooding and landslides killed at least 67 people ... floods or mudslides and attempts were being made to clear the debris and open them for traffic. In Bangladesh, at least a ...
News Nepal Traffic: Heavy rain leaves scores dead in Nepal, India, Bangladesh
The center said nine key highways remained blocked by floods and mudslides, and attempts were underway to open them up for traffic. Among them is the East-West Highway, which connects Nepal's southern ...
News Nepal Traffic: In India, Bangladesh and Nepal, transgender communities exist on margins of society, waiting for change in public opinion
and sex reassignment procedures are illegal in Nepal. People must travel to India or Thailand, and because they are usually poor, that’s hard to achieve.” Elyn Bhandari, 27, is a good example of that. ...
News Nepal Traffic: Concor may soon lose monopoly on India-Nepal cargo movement
The container depot to which the Nepal-bound trains run is located in that country. Industry sources say the Indian Railways has earlier resisted moves to open up the route to private container train ...
News Nepal Traffic: Nepal looks to limit Everest access after deaths, but doubts linger
Under pressure after a deadly season on traffic-clogged Mount Everest, Nepal is considering tightening access to the world's highest peak, but mountaineering experts fear the proposed changes could amount to little more than lip service. "People who know nothing of climbing, never been on a
News Nepal Traffic: Can't promote Bimstec at the cost of Saarc: Nepal
Nepal's position is at odds with India which believes Pakistan, the venue for the delayed summit, has not done enough to address the issue of cross-border terrorism. Modi is unlikely to travel to ...
News Nepal Traffic: New Sino-Nepal friendship bridge comes into operation in Kathmandu
A new Sino-Nepal "friendship bridge" that links the Himalayan nation with Tibet has been formally opened to traffic, four years after the old bridge was damaged in the massive 2015 earthquake. The Nepal-China Friendship Bridge (Miteri bridge) was constructed with Chinese aid at the Rasuwagadhi border point in Rasuwa district after the old bridge was damaged in the earthquake. The new bridge was constructed just five metres north-east from the damaged bridge.
News Nepal Traffic: Nepal Says Everest Rules Might Change After Traffic Jams and Deaths
KATHMANDU, Nepal — After human traffic jams at the top of Mount Everest and an aggressive, unruly atmosphere that has been likened to “a zoo,” Nepalese officials said on Wednesday that they were ...
News Nepal Traffic: How tourism is helping women reclaim their rights in Nepal
To travel to Kathmandu and to visit and learn how to make momo dumplings is a must do. This is followed by a delicious Nepalese lunch, with all proceeds go directly to the SASANE programs. Make a ...
News Nepal Traffic: Nepal bans China's Alipay and WeChat Pay
"Chinese tourists want to eat at Chinese restaurants, travel with Chinese guides and stay at Chinese hotels so not even a penny enters Nepal," said convenience store owner Sudeep Pradhan. ...
News Nepal Traffic: Nepal bans Chinese digital wallets
Tourism is a major revenue-earner for impoverished Nepal, home to eight of the world's 14 peaks over 8,000m. Tourism contributed 7.8 per cent to the Himalayan nation's economy in 2017, creating over a ...
News Nepal Traffic: Changing travel: the sustainable startups boosted by awards from Booking.com
Sasane Sisterhood Trekking and Travel is based in Nepal and trains female human-trafficking survivors to become trekking guides Digital travel firm Booking.com has announced the sustainable travel ...
News Nepal Traffic: Nepal’s Supreme Court orders ISPs to restore PUBG game access
The ban went into effect on April 11 and resulted in the Nepal Telecommunications Authority ordering all ISPs in the nation to block traffic from PUBG servers. The Supreme Court’s reversal order was ...
News Nepal Traffic: Nepal deports US citizen, arrests four on allegations of converting people to Christianity
Image: Nepal police on duty at Fulpati at Kathmandu Durbar Square ... “I was visiting a church program in Dang [district] with my travel agent and some friends,” she added. “No one was engaging in ...
News Nepal Traffic: Indefinite shutdown of India’s Jet Airways puts passengers traveling to and from Nepal in a fix
Jet Airways’ decision to suspend all operations has left many passengers flying to and from Nepal through the airline in a bind. Travel agencies in Nepal are scrambling to find alternate flights ...