| Nagarkot hotels back in business |
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| Hotel and restaurant workers in Nagarkot on November 27 called of their strike following Prime Minister-level talks to solve the row between them and the management of the hotels. |
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| NTNC to declare more conservation areas |
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| Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Kiran Gurung on November 27 said that the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) was preparing to declare four more conservation areas in the country. |
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| Nepal participates in China travel fair |
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| A delegation of Nepali tourism entrepreneurs, led by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), participated in the China International Travel Mart (CITM) 2008 organized in Shanghai from November 20 to 23. |
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| TAAN organises skill development workshop |
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| In a bid to enhance competence of its member agents, Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) on November 23 organised a business skill development workshop in Kathmandu. More than 100 participants, representing different member agents of TAAN, took part in the workshop. |
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| NTB celebrates 10th anniversary |
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| Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) celebrated its 10th anniversary amidst a function organised at its premises in Bhrikutimandap on November 18. Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Hisila Yami said that that the new tourism policy, to be enforced soon, would put tourism sector in the government priority. “The present scenario is favorable for the development of tourism industry. However, local community need to be given a lead role for sustainable tourism development,” Yami said. |
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| Representatives of the private sector in the Board of Directors’ of the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) tendered their resignation on November 17. |
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| Vintage cars arrive in Kathmandu |
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| Owners of 32 vintage cars arrived in Kathmandu on November 16 as a party of Himalayan Classic Trail 2008 that began from the Netherlands in October. The rally entered Nepal from Gaddachouki entry point in Kanchanpur district on November 14. |
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| Nepal participates in WTM London |
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| A delegation of Nepali tourism industry led by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) participated in World Travel Market (WTM) in London, the United Kingdom from November 10 to 13. |
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| Conference on bio-diversity kicks off |
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| A three-day ‘International Conference on Mountain Diversity’ kicked off in Kathmandu on November 16. The conference is being organized by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and hosts of other international organizations working on bio-diversity conservation. |
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| The nation-wide tiger census began from November 15. Some 170 people, including exerts, officials, volunteers, are taking part in the census being carried out in protected areas and government and community forests throughout the country. |
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| Kansakar appointed new MD in NAC |
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| Sugat Ratna Kansakar has been appointed as the new managing director of state-run Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC). A cabinet meeting held on November 5 appointed Kansakar to the top position of the national flag carrier. |
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| Chinese, Japanese riders dominate 14th Asian Mountainbike C’ship |
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| Chinese and Japanese riders dominated the 14th Asian Mountain Bike Championship organized in Chobhar, Kathmandu, on November 8 and 9. |
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| Lurie targets Everest for his next |
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| The world famous artist and political cartoonist Rana Lurie is planning to organize the installment of his major art, the Uniting Art, on Mount Everest.Lurie plans to put an actual UN canvas, directly brought from the UN headquarters in New York, on Everest identifying it as the next source of the Uniting Painting that will embrace the world under the umbrella of art. |
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| Himalayan Whitewater Challenge from Nov 28 |
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| The Nepal Association of Rafting Agents (NARA) is organizing 8th Mountain Dew Himalayan Rafting Challenge in Trishuli River from November 28 to 30. The three-day event will be organized from Charaudi in Dhading district to Kurintar in Chitwan. |
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| Chitwan declared no-strike district |
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| Representatives of different political parties, students’ unions and civic society in Chitwan have declared the district as a no-strike district effective from November 8. Chitwan is the second district, after Parbat, to declare itself as a no-strike district. |
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