It has had its share of the travel limelight over the years, but the declaration of Pokhara as the tourism capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal will bring it fully under the spotlight. The ...

Recently, international media, including The New York Times, Business Standard and Deccan Herald, reported on the grave corruption contentions associated with the construction of Pokhara Airport. The ...

Nepal’s connectivity with the rest of the world has been deepening since the country’s opening up in 1990, the year that democracy, which had been suspended in 1960, was restored. As Nepalis started ...

Thailand-based hotel operator Centara Hotels & Resorts will enter the Nepal market in January 2026 with the opening of ...

Nepal’s dream for a second airport in Pokhara has turned into a concern for some – Thanks to China’s pursuit of regional influence. Pokhara’s Decades-Old Dream for an International Airport & Chinese ...

Scores of rescue workers and onlookers crowded near a steep gorge outside a resort town in central Nepal where a regional passenger plane crashed Sunday, as rescuers combed the wreckage on the edge of ...

The stakeholders– local leaders, development partners, social campaigners and entrepreneurs already involved in recycling and upcycling waste, especially plastics– said their joint efforts would be ...

Nepal took loans from China to build an international airport in the scenic city of Pokhara. Not a single international scheduled flight has taken off from there since its inauguration on January 1, ...

Hemanta Dhakal, an ornithologist based in the Nepali town of Pokhara, monitors vultures daily from his rooftop near Nepal’s new international airport, documenting bird movements and aircraft ...

After a Times article about the cost and quality of Pokhara airport, which Chinese state-owned firms financed and built, Nepal’s anti-corruption agency said it was looking into the project. By Daisuke ...

Tomato BETWixt TWO BOULDERS: Two Chinese Air Force Y-20 transport aircraft at Pokhara airport in November (left) that brought 50 tonnes of relief for Jajarkot earthquake survivors. Photo: CHEN SONG/X ...