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History lovers will be excited to learn that Nepal is preparing to open four new museums in the near future. This thrilling new development was recently announced by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal during his inspection of the Janajati ethnic museum that forms part of the Nepal Tourism Board in Bhrikutimandap.
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In a new initiative aimed at helping Nepal to become better established as a prime holiday destination, the Nepali government has announced a goal of reaching one million tourists by 2011. The year has been earmarked as Nepal Tourism Year and officials are doing everything in their power to make sure that it is a massive success.
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Never in the history of Nepal had any aircraft been designed, built and flown in the country. So when two Pulchowk Engineering Campus students began to think about what their final year project would be for their academic exams, the idea of designing and building an aircraft came to mind. Ganesh Ram Sinkemana and Bikash Parajuli established the Danfe Aircraft Fabrication Group and enlisted the help of six other students, namely Rabindra Shrestha, Ramesh Ranabhat, Anil Maharjan, Prasant Malla, Dipesh Poudel and Baburam Kharel.
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Nepal is renowned as an adventure sports destination, filled with beautiful scenery. From trekking to mountain biking in the Himalayas, such activities have always attracted thousands of visitors to Nepal each year, and will always remain famous for the treacherous test of human endurance in the form of Mount Everest. Many climbers have lost their lives on the mountain whilst desiring to conquer their fears and fulfill their dreams, and many more will still try. However, putting Mount Everest in a new light while creating a new adventure sport in the country was the aim of Everest Sky Dive 2008.
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Nepal may be a small country with a reputation for rural villages and large mountains, but that has not stopped it from getting involved in the Olympics. This year at the 2008 Summer Olympics, no less than eight different athletes will be representing their homeland in the bright and colorful city of Beijing. They were carefully selected by the official Nepalese Olympic Committee (NOC) for their excellence in their particular sporting fields.