Kathmandu: An attempt has been made to steal the crown of the former king displayed in the Narayanhiti Durbar Museum.



Khem Bahadur Gharti, 25, of Rukum West Musikot Municipality-11 had tried to break the glass by removing a khukuri from the room where the crown is being placed.



However, the security forces took him under control and handed him over to the police.



He later explained to the Metropolitan Police that he tried to wear the crown as he thought he will become king after wearing the crown. The police have suspected if he is mentally ill. However, the investigation is underway and Gharti is currently under the custody of the police.

Police arrests a boy attempt to wear Narayanhiti's crown

Kathmandu: Considering the easing situation of covid-19 in the country, the government has decided to resume on-arrival visa service to the foreigners. However, Nepal will not provide an on-arrival visa facility to citizens of 12 countries. According to the Department of Immigration, citizens from pandemic-affected countries will not receive on-arrival visas.



Nepal had opened on-arrival visa from Thursday to foreign nationals who have completed 14 days after receiving full vaccination against COVID-19. The department had decided to issue the visa from the immigration point if the PCR report is brought within 72 hours.



But according to the list released by the department, citizens of Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Cameroon, Somalia, Liberia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan and Syria will not receive on-arrival visas at Nepali immigration points.



They must come to Nepal with a visa from a designated Nepali diplomatic mission abroad. For this, even the emergency passport holder must obtain a visa from a diplomatic mission, according to a notice issued by the department.

Citizens of 12 countries not to get on-arrival visas in Nepal

Kathmandu: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he is ready to further promote relations between Pakistan and Nepal.



During a meeting with Nepal's Ambassador to Pakistan Tapas Adhikari on Tuesday, he said he was keen to work with Nepal to promote bilateral relations, according to the Nepal Embassy in Islamabad.



Recalling his visit to Nepal as an independent citizen, Prime Minister Khan said there are many similarities between Pakistan and Nepal due to cultural and geographical diversity.



Talking about the cordial relations between Nepal and Pakistan based on goodwill, mutual trust and cooperation, the Ambassador said the founders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) have similar views in the United Nations and other important forums.



Stating that there is ample potential for the promotion of cultural and adventure tourism between Nepal and Pakistan, he expressed his determination to make every effort for that.



Ambassador Adhikari expressed his gratitude for Pakistan's moral and financial support in Nepal's fight against the Covid epidemic.

Pakistan wants cooperation with Nepal: Pakistani PM Imran Khan

Kathmandu: The government has decided to recall all ambassadors appointed on the basis of political appointments.



Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Gyanendra Bahadur Karki informed that the cabinet meeting on Tuesday decided to recall all the ambassadors appointed by the previous government on the basis of political appointments.



After the decision of the Council of Ministers, all Nepali ambassadors working in China, India, United States and other countries will have to return however, ambassadors from the Foreign Service will not return. Nepali Ambassador to the United States Yubaraj Khatiwada, Nepali Ambassador to China Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, Nepali Ambassador to India Nilambar Acharya including, Nepal's ambassador to the UK, Lokdarshan Regmi, should return immediately.



Similarly, Nepali Ambassador to Oman Sharmila Parajuli, Nepali Ambassador to Japan Pratibha Rana, Nepali Ambassador to Qatar Narad Bhardwaj, Nepali Ambassador to Spain Dawa Futi Sherpa, Nepali Ambassador to Malaysia Uday Raj Pandey will also have to return.



Similarly, Nepali Ambassador to Israel Anjan Shakya and other ambassadors will also return. The previous government had decided to appoint some persons as ambassadors contrary to the criteria for the appointment of ambassadors. The present government has even reversed that decision.

Ambassadors from different countries to return

Kathmandu: Mountain flight, which was suspended due to the Corona epidemic, has resumed. Airlines have been offering mountain flights with a view of the mountains, including Mount Everest.



As the Corona epidemic subsides, Buddha Air has announced on Tuesday that it will fly to the mountains every Saturday. According to the company, the ticket price has been fixed at Rs 9,999 for two passengers. Aircraft ATR-72 will be used for mountain flights.



After a flight of about an hour from Kathmandu Airport, the aircraft lands at Tribhuvan International Airport. During this flight, about two dozen main peaks, including Mount Everest, can be closely observed.



As the weather approaches, the companies have started flying in the mountains. Meanwhile, so many airlines are going to operate mountain flights on Saturday and Sunday. According to company spokesperson Sudarshan Bartaula, the flight will start next Saturday. It will sell two tickets for Rs 8,848.

Mountain flight resumes

Kathmandu: Classes will be conducted in all the affiliated colleges of Tribhuvan University from Friday with physical attendance.



According to the Tribhuvan University Information and Public Relations Division, the classes will be conducted in physical presence with special vigilance to avoid the possible risk of corona epidemic. The meeting of the TU Executive Council has decided to conduct the class in physical presence.



It has been stated that the colleges under TU will be operated within the time limit and criteria specified by the municipality. Earlier, online classes were being conducted keeping in mind the risk of epidemics.



At present, there are 1,425 TU-affiliated campuses in Nepal.

TU to resume classes physically

Gandaki (Rashtriya Samachar Samiti): The Annapurna base camp closed due to Corona will be open from the last week of September. The base camp foot trail will be opened as soon as the religious, cultural and tourist destinations of the country start opening.



Secretary of the Chomrong Tourism Management Committee Dilip Gurung said that the trekking is being started following health standards in the base camp area which is one of the top 10 foot trails in the world.



"We are planning to open the area from the last week of September for the purpose of trekking," he said.



The uniqueness of this foot trail is that you can walk by looking at the mountains up close. Entrepreneurs have been active in expanding tourism infrastructure to provide adequate facilities to the visitors, said Lalit Gurung, coordinator of Annapurna Century Tourism Festival.



Twenty-six hotels in the area are serving tourists. Four decades ago, tourists visiting the base camp were forced to stay in the huts of sheep called Bhendigoth.



The hotels have come into operation in the area after 2,049 BS on the initiative of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) established in 2043 BS. According to the criteria set by ACAP, the hotel had run to Sinuwa, Bambo, Himalayan, Dobhan, Deurali, Machhapuchhre and Annapurna base camps. As per the criteria, each hotel can accommodate tourists in 156 rooms.



Annapurna Century Tourism Festival has been started in 2074 BS with the objective of helping in its proper management and promotion in view of the growing tourist attraction in the region which is visited by 80,000 internal and external tourists in the year before the commencement of Corona. The festival has been postponed for the last two years.



On June 3, 1950, the team of Maurice Herzog of France set a world record by climbing the Annapurna First Mountain. On May 29, 1953, Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary climbed the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, following the success of the 8,091-meter summit.



In 1966, a decade and a half after the Annapurna ascent, the world-famous hiker Eric Sipton trekked to the Annapurna base camp at an altitude of 4,130 meters, making the area an excellent tourist destination. The journey from Ghandruk to Annapurna base camp usually takes four days by outsiders and three days by internal tourists.



In the past, foreign tourists were forced to eat local delicacies. In recent years, hotels here have also started serving foreign dishes.



ACAP has been imparting training to the locals from time to time. The hotel has started keeping cooks that can make foreign dishes. With the expansion of the hotel's capacity, there is growing interest in further managing the ancient shrines at Buddhakruti, Dobhan and Himal in the hills to the east of Deurali in the footpath area, as well as the 108 streams seen from the temple premises and the pool at Tatopani in Jhinudanda.



Som Thapa, former chairman of the Pokhara Tourism Council, said that the tourism sector should be restored to its original condition. "Tourist destinations are starting to open in the world market with standards. We should not close tourist destinations anymore," Thapa said.

Annapurna base camp to open from end of September

Kathmandu: The government has decided to conduct a joint market monitoring in Kathmandu Valley ahead of festive season.



According to the Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection, a joint team led by the department including District Administration Office, Department of Food Technology and Quality Control and Weights and Measures and Nepal Quality Department will conduct the inspection.



The joint monitoring team will be mobilized to monitor fraud cases in the food, clothing and service sectors.



The department has stated that the procedure has been made to involve the consumer rights activists and media persons in this year's festive season targeted monitoring.

Joint market monitoring to begin ahead of festive season

Kathmandu (Rashtriya Samachar Samiti): Four workers stranded in Qatar without money to buy air tickets have been rescued at the initiative of the Nepali Embassy and the Non-Resident Nepali Association, Qatar.



Bikas Shahi from Bajura, Asmita Lama from Kathmandu, Mohan Poudel from Bhojpur and Uday Kumar Yadav from Mahottari have been sent to Nepal by the association after they lost their jobs in Qatar.



According to Santosh Chhetri, spokesperson of the association, Shahi and Yadav arrived in Kathmandu on a Nepal Airlines flight at 9.00 am on Friday. Lama and Poudel had returned to Nepal on August 17. "Legal arrangements were made by the embassy. The association manages the air ticket and sends them home," Chhetri said in a telephone interview.



Shahi, who left for Qatar six months ago, said he had to leave work and return to Nepal due to health reasons. "I worked for the first two months, then fell sick," he said. "After the company refused to send me, I came to Nepal with the help of the embassy and the NRNA." He says that the NRN has made an unforgettable contribution by helping in the crisis. Shahi said that he went to his birthplace Bajura after landing in Kathmandu.



The association has said that many stranded workers have been rescued and assisted since the outbreak of the covid-19 epidemic. Spokesperson Chhetri said that the rescue operation was being carried out in coordination with the Nepali embassy. A large number of Nepali workers lose their jobs abroad during the epidemic.



The National Coordinating Council of the association of Qatar has formed a rescue committee to help the Nepali workers with their problems. "The association will help any Nepali who is in trouble," said spokesperson Chhetri.

Nepali workers stranded in Qatar rescued

Kathmandu: Former Ambassador to India Rukmashamsher Rana has passed away. Rana has died last night at his residence in Battisputali at the age of 85.



He had been undergoing regular dialysis after the kidney transplant. Rukmashamsher, the youngest son of Nepali Congress founder Shuvarnashamsher, was India's ambassador from 2009 to 2011. He was also twice a member secretary of the National Sports Council, the apex body of Nepali sports.



He was the honorary chairman of the Olympic Committee.

Former Ambassador Rukmashamsher Rana passes away

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged the people not to engage in unnecessary politics regarding the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the US aid project.



Addressing a meeting of the Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party on Tuesday, Deuba said that those who did not understand the MCC had made more noise than those who understood it.



Prime Minister Deuba also stressed on the need to understand and explain the development and benefits of the MCC project in Nepal as a grant from the United States for the improvement of power transmission lines and roads.



A meeting of the federal parliament has been called for Wednesday. While the MCC's proposal is expected to be tabled at the convention, Prime Minister Deuba today gave necessary instructions to the lawmakers in this regard.

PM requests to speak about MCC with reasonable argument

Kathmandu: Three hundred and eighty-two houses have been inundated in Kathmandu due to floods. Police have rescued 138 people till afternoon from the flood.



The riverside settlements have been inundated due to the rains since last night. The residents of the settlement were rescued by the police and taken to a safe place.



According to Kathmandu Police, Balkhu's vegetable market, Kuleshwor's housing area, Koteshwor's Narephant area, Balaju's Nepaltar's lower area, Shankhamul Park and Kalimati's vegetable market area have been inundated.



No casualties were reported so far.

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