Thursday, August 14th, 2014
The Nepalese government has announced plans to develop infrastructure in the area by building the first hard surface road into the region, the Tourism Ministry announced in local media on Tuesday, August 12. In a country where...
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Nepal has ordered a new survey of Mount Everest to end the "confusion" over the exact height of the world's highest mountain, a government spokesman has said. The official overall height of Everest is designated as 8,848m (29,029ft). But...