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ICYMI: Here are our top stories from Friday, May 17
Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (May 17, 2019).Post Report
Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (May 17, 2019).
This is what it’s like to trek the mighty Manaslu Circuit
Manaslu Circuit is an exercise in extremes, where one's limits—and resolve—are constantly put to the test by the trails. The Post’s Thomas Heaton spent nine days traversing the rare virgin landscape that has come to be known as one of the best trekking routes in the country.
The monochromatic landscape is interrupted by flashes of colour under headlamps, revealing fluorescent jackets in the distance. The day’s walk began at 4 am, under the safety of darkness and away from the slush-inducing sun. Gravity feels a lot stronger up here. With falling snow and a cloud-shrouded view of the horizon, the sun is slowly starting to pierce through the fog. It’s now barely 8 am, the snow is still structurally sound, and it’s morbidly silence.
As ruling party marks one year of merger, leaders still undecided on political ideology
The ruling Nepal Communist Party is marking the first anniversary of its merger on Friday, but concerns have grown whether the two leftist forces—the erstwhile CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre)—have indeed become one—ideologically.
The UML and the Maoists were poles apart when it came to the party ideology. But in the lead-up to the two major elections, they decided to join hands in October 2017. They were handed a huge mandate. Subsequently, they announced their merger last year.
Upper Trishuli 3A hydroelectric project starts churning out 30 MW
Nine years after construction work began on the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project, the first of its two turbines roared into life on Thursday, injecting 30 MW into the national grid.
The 60 MW scheme located 95 km north of Kathmandu in Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts is the largest hydel plant to come into operation this year. This brings the total amount of power delivered to the grid in the first 10 months of the current fiscal to 71 MW.
20-year-old woman battles for life after her husband hurled acid at her
Jenny Khadka, a 20-year-old woman from Kalopul, was attacked with acid by her husband on Wednesday, making it the fourth such attack this past year.
Khadka was attacked by Bishnu Bhujel, her husband, in Ratopul at around 7:55 pm, and is currently undergoing burn treatment at Kirtipur Hospital.
Social media changing the fortunes of new entrepreneurs
Social media has become an effective way to promote products and services especially for small and medium entrepreneurs thanks to a rapidly growing number of social media users in Nepal.
Radha Dhakal Sapkota, the owner of Eagle Eyes Fashion House and Beauty Parlour, started her boutique business in 2012. She said that after creating a Facebook page for her boutique five years ago, the number of business inquiries has increased along with a surge in sales.