Meeting General Wangdu in Kathmandu in 1974 before his fate was sealed GUERRILLAS IN THE MIST: One the last photos of the Khampa leader Wangdu taken at the Hotel de l’Annapurna garden in Kathmandu in March 1974. By August the same year he would be dead. Photo: LISA CHOEGYAL In…
A visit to an eye camp in Hetauda where eyesights have been restored to thousands of elderly Nepalis since 1997 The grey mist hangs heavy in the early morning, wrapping the trees, silencing the birds and reducing the sun to an orange disk. We all shiver in the damp air,…
Shyam Bahadur Panday’s hotel was a favourite haunt of the early expatriates in Nepal Creator of the successful Shangrila hotel group, with properties in Kathmandu, Pokhara, and soon in Chitwan and Begnas, renowned tourism veteran Shyam Bahadur Panday died last week after a long illness. In a double hit for…
Khumjung Secondary School established by Edmund Hillary sees a 100% SEE pass rate Khumjung Secondary School became the the top-performing school in Solukhumbu district last week in the 2024 Secondary Education Examination (SEE), achieving a 100% pass rate with exceptionally high personal scores. Khumjung’s 27 students, comprising 15 girls and…
Khumjung Secondary School established by Edmund Hillary sees a 100% SEE pass rate Khumjung Secondary School became the the top-performing school in Solukhumbu district last week in the 2024 Secondary Education Examination (SEE), achieving a 100% pass rate with exceptionally high personal scores. Khumjung’s 27 students, comprising 15 girls and…