Mustang. Hotels in Lomangthang, Ward-5 of Upper Mustang's Lomangthang Rural Municipality have been filled with foreign tourists.The presence of foreign tourists who came to observe the historical and religious festival Tiji, which began on Wednesday, has filled nearly three dozen hotels in Lomangthang market with tourists.Annapurna Lomangthang Conservation Project (ACAP) informed that 307 foreign tourists entered on Wednesday to observe Tiji. ACAP Chief Umesh Poudel informed that about 350 foreign tourists have been observing the Tiji, which is about six hundred years old and reflects Tibetan culture, with interest.On the occasion of this festival, Buddhist monks have been performing prayers...
Dallas. The Consulate General of Nepal in Dallas, Texas, United States of America, has collected over five hundred thousand US dollars in revenue in approximately seven months of its operation. The Consulate General, which officially commenced services in October, has collected 530,503 US dollars in revenue in the process of fulfilling its assigned responsibilities. According to Deputy Consul General Dhana Joshi, the Consulate General has been providing services including passport services, issuance of one-way travel permits, authentication of power of attorney, facilitation of sending deceased bodies to Nepal, renunciation of Nepali citizenship, issuance of 'NRN ID card' and Nepali 'Visa'....
Paris. Nearly 1700 passengers have been held on a cruise ship in southwest France on suspicion of a potential stomach infection, gastroenteritis. The ship named Ambition had set out on a journey to France and Spain carrying passengers from Belfast and Liverpool in the UK on May 8 and 9. According to the Gironde regional health authority in France, about 50 passengers on board showed symptoms similar to gastroenteritis. Affected passengers were immediately examined by doctors and kept in isolation in their own rooms. Meanwhile, a 92-year-old man traveling on the ship died on May 10, the ship operator Ambassador...