KATHMANDU, April 17: Nirmal Purja, also known as Nims Dai, has set a new record in climbing the world's highest peak above 8000 meters. On the day of Nepali New Year, he made a record by ascending the 8,000-meter-high peak 44 times.

KATHMANDU, March 11: The price of gold has hit a new record of Rs 82,700 per tola (11.664 grams) in the domestic market on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Dec 29: A U.S. astronaut set a record Saturday for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission.

GENEVA, Nov 26 : Greenhouse gas emissions surged to a record level last year and world temperatures could rise more than twice the globally agreed warming limit if nothing is done, a U.N. report showed on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 24: Sayed Hamza Shah set a new record in swimming breaking the record created by Aanand Lepcha twenty years ago.

KATHMANDU, Aug 6: People rushed to the gold dealers and jewelry shops on Monday to sell gold as price of the precious metal marched to record new high of Rs 67,800 per tola (11.664 grams) in the domestic market on Monday. The price increased by Rs 1,500 per tola in a day.

KATHMANDU, July 20: Gold was traded at Rs 65,500 per tola (11.664 grams), the highest price in the Nepali market, on Friday. It was priced at Rs 65,000 the previous day.