Headline
Nation
Mount Everest often gets bad press for commercialisation and the lack of morality of its climbers. However, Nepali Times mountaineering correspondent and climber, Billi Bierling, saw a different side on the way to the summit this spring.
A rare policeman in a far-flung district tries to do good
KUNDA DIXIT in ARGHAKHANCHI
Biratnagar braves floods, crime and power cuts to keep on going
KONG YEN LIN in ACHHAM
If you are tired of Kathmandu's seedy airport, wait it out on the upper deck
BIZ BRIEF
Constitution Supplement
Interview
After completing his MBA in Sydney in 2001, Roshan Bahadur Thapa returned to Nepal to start the South Asia School of Tourism and Hotel Management (SASTHM) in Biratnagar. Thapa was warned that Biratnagar was not a tourist-friendly city but eight years later, he says he made the right choice. Extracts of interview:
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