The Latest Breaking News from Kathmandu

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 shook Nepal on Sunday morning. Read more on Dynamite news:

Nepalese authorities recently called out security forces to help clear the garbage from Kathmandu after protesters blocked access to landfills accusing authorities of ignoring health concerns of residents living near the stinking mountains of trash.

KATHMANDU: Nepal's army said on Monday it had located the crash site of a plane that went missing with 22 people on board during cloudy weather on Sunday.

Ukraine’s Antonina Samoilova unfurled her country’s flag on Mount Everest earlier this month as Nepal opened its mountains to foreign climbers and set up a new airport to boost its lifeline tourism business which went into deep freeze during the pandemic.

The plane lost contact with the control tower five minutes before it was due to land at Jomsom after taking off from the tourist town of Pokhara, 125 kilometres west of the capital, Kathmandu.

The small aircraft is carrying 19 passengers and three crew members disappeared on Sunday morning as it flew over a remote mountain range in Nepal.

A Nepali rapper Balendra Shah has been elected as the mayor of the capital city Kathmandu. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dor Bahadur Khapangi measures a height of 73.43cm (2ft 4.9in) and was given a Guinness World Records certificate during an awards ceremony in Kathmandu on Monday

Nepal is putting a 21st-century spin on a tourism sector dominated by activities unchanged for generations as it looks to boost a vital part of an economy decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic and soaring import bills.