Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (April 6, 2019).
This is what it takes to get a foreigner to Everest
Behind the herculean task of putting together an expedition to climb the world’s tallest peak are nearly a hundred people, from porters and guides to chefs and sherpas. Tsering Ngodup Lama brings you the logistics behind the Everest climb.
After mega projects, government assigns Army to construct homes
Amid widespread criticism that the Nepal Army is increasing its commercial activities, the government on Thursday decided to award yet another project to the national defence force. It will now take the lead in the construction of houses for hundreds of windstorm victims in Bara and Parsa districts, who lost their residence in the disaster. More on that by Binod Ghimire here.
Miss Nepal judge tells contestant to look pretty before feeling pretty
A video of a judge chastising a Miss Nepal aspirant for not wearing makeup and showing up in glasses instead of contact lenses for the audition has outraged Nepalis, many of whom went online to comment on the hypocrisy of the pageant. More by Bhrikuti Rai.
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