KATHMANDU, 16 October 2020: Nepal’s Tourism and Civil
Aviation Minister, Yogesh Bhattarai, confirmed he tested positive for Covid-19
according to his Facebook page comment earlier this week.
He is the first minister in the country’s cabinet...
KATHMANDU, 2 September 2020: Nepal Airlines will resume some international services this month according to details posted on the airline's website.
The government confirmed earlier that international flights
would resume, 1 September, mainly to repatriate...
KATHMANDU, 21 August 2020: Plans to open Nepal to
international travellers particularly from low-risk countries ran into a snag
as the deadline approached 17 August.
There are very few low-risk countries left in Asia. Those that...
KATHMANDU, 2 April 2020: Stranded in Nepal a travel support network, was cobbled together in just 24 hours as Nepal embarked on an unprecedented lockdown to fight the Covid-19 outbreak.
The initiative was...