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Noted climber Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mt Everest for the 28th time on Tuesday. He reached the summit of the world's highest peak at 9: 23 am today. With this, he broke his previous record of the highest number of ascents on Mt Everest. This is his second expedition to the world's highest peak this spring. He scaled the peak for the 27th time just a week ago on May 17. The 53-year-old climber has a record of 40 summits to the mountains above 8, 000 meters including Choyu (eighth time), Manaslu (three times), Lhotse and Mount K2. He celebrated his first summit to Everest on May 13, 1994. Likewise, Pasang Dawa Sherpa has a record of climbing the world's highest peak for the 27th time. The 46-year-old scaled Everest for the second time this spring on May 22, equalizing the record with Kami Rita. Now, Kami Rita broke his own record by reaching the top of the world for the 28th time. In Nepal's 70-year-old expedition history, the Department of Tourism issued the highest number of permits for mountain climbing this spring. According to the Department, 478 climbers of 44 expedition teams acquired permission for climbing mountains in Nepal.    

Police have submitted a report on the fake Bhutanese refugee scam to the District Attorney’s Office on Monday. The District Police Range, Kathmandu submitted the report to the District Attorney’s Office this afternoon. The police, who started the investigation from March 26, submitted the report to the District Attorney’s Office nearly two months later. So far, police have arrested 16 individuals including former deputy prime minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and former home minister Bal Krishna Khand. Police have concluded that at least 32 people were involved in the incident. Police have recommended the District Attorney’s Office to file cases under treason, fraud and organized crime against those involved in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam.

A female elephant has been found dead at the Adarsha Community Forest in Charchabari of Buddhashanti Rural Municipality-3, Jhapa. The local residents informed the police after they saw the elephant dead this morning. Tirtha Timsina, a local resident, said that Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Division Forest Office officials have reached the site. No electric fence was fixed on the site where the elephant was found dead. The reason behind the death has not been ascertained yet. So far, two elephants died in Jhapa in this fiscal year while five persons died from the elephant attacks, according to the Division Forest Office.

A Nepali migrant worker died in Portimao city of Portugal on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Ganeshman Sarangkoti (33) of Chandranagar in Khajura Rural Municipality-1, Banke. Sarangkoti, who went to bed after returning home from work on Thursday night, was found dead while asleep the next morning, said Rabin Adhikari, President of Non-Resident Nepali Association of Portugal. He arrived in Portugal after working in Dubai and Malta. His body has been kept in the hospital mortuary in Portimao. At the request of the family, necessary preparations are being made to send his body to Nepal, said NRNA Portugal Chair Adhikari. A fund-raising campaign has been started to collect funds to send the body to Nepal.