Tourism entrepreneurs in Rupandehi have long expressed frustration over mismanagement at the Belahiya border point-Nepal's ...

The Lumbini project: China’s $3bn for Buddhism. East Asia’s atheist superpower is investing in a religious tourism venture in Nepal, to build a temple, hotels and an airport in the Buddha’s ...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the Mayadevi temple at Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, on May 16 which happens to be Buddha Purnima. However, instead of ...

Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Monday inaugurated the country's second international airport built by China that will help connect Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha and a major ...

The new airport in Bhairahawa, 19 kilometres from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Lumbini, is funded by the Manila-based Asian Development Bank and OPEC Fund for International Development but ...

As the birthplace of the Buddha, Lumbini is among the four holy sites that pilgrims from the world over travel to during their lifetime. But the nativity site in Nepal is in a sad state, and needs to ...

The terminal, also known as Bhairahawa Airport, lets tourists fly directly to Lumbini instead of travelling 250km (155 miles) by land from the capital, Kathmandu.

The Gautam Buddha International Airport was opened in 2022 in the nearby city of Bhairahawa, and a highway now connects the airport to Lumbini. Rising reported from Bangkok.

Rs 11 billion has been demanded to expand the airports of Surkhet and Jumla in Karnali Province and the Tarigaon airport, Dang in Lumbini Province. Section officer at Tourism Ministry, Prakash ...