Nepal Highlights

Tamang Heritage Trail is an alternative trekking route in Rasuwa which offers trekkers a unique opportunity of learning about the Tamang culture while trekking. Although, trekking in the eastern parts of Rasuwa including the Langtang and Gosaikunda area was popular since many years, the western Rasuwa was relatively under shadow for many years. It has many beautiful villages like Goljung, Gatlang, Chilime, Brimdang, Tatopani, Thuman and Timure. The government of Nepal has started a programme to promote this part of Rasuwa as a home-stay tourism destination. It has constructed lodges and hotels in these villages. The villagers have been trained for hospitality. In Tatopani of Chilime, trekkers can enjoy a great hot water bath in the natural hot water spring flowing from the mountain. Up in Nagthali on the way to Thuman from Tatopani, trekkers can enjoy great views of the mountains with Langtang Lirung standing right in front of it. Further ahead of Timure, there is Rasuwagadhi, t...

There are many mountains in Nepal. Base Camp Treks are popular among those trekkers who wish to summit the mountain but lack the expertise, time and guts to scale them or have a close-up view of the mountains. Theoretically, there can be as many Base Camp Treks, as the number of mountains. However, Everest Nepal Base Camp Trek is the most popular one, Everest being the highest mountain in the world. Everest Nepal Base Camp Trek is not just popular due the glamour potrayed by Mount Everest in the world, but also due to the unique Sherpa culture one goes through in this trekking route. The second popular base camp trek in Nepal is to the base of Annapurna. While Everest basecamp trek takes longer and more effort, Annapurna basecamp can be easily reached in about 6 days from Pokhara. People who have less time and yet wish get the fullest possible experience of trekking in Nepal, often choose the Annapuran Nepal base camp trek. There are also other base camp treks in Nepal. Peop...

Endowed with diverse mountainous terrain and a varying climate, Nepal is undoubtedly one of the best trekking destinations in the world. Some of the most popular trekking trails (or rather area) are in Annapurana, Langtang and the Everest region. In addition to this, more ambitious treks can be organised in the areas of Dolpo, Kanchenjunga and Upper Mustang.

Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu has recommended to the government to work out the necessary regulations and stipulate a Red Light Area in Kathmandu to curb sex related crimes.  Speaking at a press conference called to inform journalists of the the campaign Kathmandu police is launching to control sex related crime and illegal sexual activities in Kathmandu, Kathmandu police chief SP Ramesh Kharel said, illegal sexual activities and sex related crime would reduce a lot if a commercial sex was defined by some regulations and designated at some specific places.  Kharel also said, Kathmandu police had intensified operation against illegal sexual activities. It has keep some areas like Thamel, Sorhakhutte, Naya Buspark and Gongabu as hot areas and started keeping vigil in suspicious places.  Commercial sex is being operated in Kathmandu in the veil of massage parlours, dance and cabin restaurents, hotels and guest house and by taking an independent flat. 

Nepali Congress youth leader Man Mohan Bhattarai will become a new Constituent Assembly member in the place of Late Girija Prasad Koirala. NC parliamentary party decided to forward Bhattarai's name to the CA for the vacant position Thursday. 

One of the three youth leaders of Nepali Congress, Ram Chandra Pokhrel, Man Mohan Bhattarai and Sunil Bhandari is likely to become a Constituent Assembly (CA) member to fill up the vacant position left by Girija Prasad Koirala.   Nepali Congress (NC) parliamentary board is meeting Thursday to pick up a new candidate as a Constituent Assembly (CA) member to fill up the position laid vacant after the demise of Girija Prasad Koirala. Top three leaders of NC, Sushil Koirala, Ram Chandra Poudel and Sher Bahadur Deuba have forwarded their own candidates to for the position of CA member.  Sher Bahadur Deuba has proposed Man Mohan Bhattarai, Sushil Koirala has proposed Sunil Bhandari and Ram Chandra Poudel has proposed Ram Chandra Pokhrel for the vacant CA seat. A central working committee meeting of the party likely to take place later this afternoon will approve the nominations after the parliamentary board picks up one of the three candidates. 

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has extended the mandate of United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) by another four months, Wednesday.  With the latest extension UNMIN will remain  in Nepal till September 15. Its current mandate is ending Friday. This is the sixth time UNMIN's term has been extended. The government of Nepal had written to the UNSC last week to extend the current mandate of UNMIN.  A meeting of the UNSC at New York, Wednesday, voted unanimously for UNMIN's term extension. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had endorsed extending the mandate of UNMIN.  While extending the mandate, UNSC also called on Nepal government to work with Maoist combatants "to agree and implement a timetabled action plan with clear benchmarks for the integration and rehabilitation of Maoist army personnel." Some of the members of UNSC also called Nepal to start working on UNMIN's exit plan. A resolution drafted by Britain calls on Nepal to "immediately be...