Nepal has waived climbing fees for 97 mountains, officials said on Wednesday, hoping to steer people to its lesser-known peaks and boost local economies ....
By focusing on the lesser-known peaks, including those in remote regions like Manang and Dolakha, Nepal hopes to shift attention from just Everest and its immediate neighbours ... .
But Nepal, which has long sought to diversify its tourism offerings beyond showpiece Mount Everest, has come up with a new plan to attract travelers to less expensive, less visited regions of the country ...Tourism is big business in Nepal.
At a Kathmandu seminar, Nepal’s advisor warned Pakistan-based terror groups pose risks to India, with ISI using Nepal for infiltration, fake currency smuggling, and terror funding, prompting heightened Indian security and NIA action ... .
... syndicate with links to Pakistan and Nepal ... Investigators have alleged that NazarSaddam, along with Waris and Zakir Hushain, played a direct role in bringing the FICN from Nepal into Indian territory.
KATHMANDU — Nayaram Sunar vividly remembers the day at the end of monsoon season in 2019, when rain was pouring in relentlessly on his sister’s corn field in the village of Madhuwan in western Nepal’s Bardiya district.