Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

Kathmandu, April 22 -- Sudarshan Dhakal crouches next to a motorcycle, carefully runs his fingers over its engine, finds the faulty part and removes it. He gets a spare part and replaces the compone... Read More


Disastrous preparedness

Kathmandu, April 21 -- The 7.2M Taiwan earthquake on 3 April was a reminder for us here in Nepal about the importance of preparation with up to code infrastructure, earthquake early warning sensors ho... Read More


The return of the natives

Kathmandu, April 20 -- Born in Khandbari in eastern Nepal, Parashuram Pathak helped his family around the farm, sold what they grew in the market and lent a hand in the kitchen. After working as a c... Read More


Pandemic of drugs overuse

Kathmandu, April 20 -- A new mother in Kathmandu took her two-month-old baby to hospital to treat an infection. The doctor diagnosed upper respiratory infection (URI) and prescribed half a dozen medic... Read More


A taste of our own medicine

Kathmandu, April 19 -- DRUG MONEY: Patients stand in line to purchase medicines at the Bayalpata Hospital Pharmacy in remote Achham District (left) and over the counter in Kathmandu (right). In the te... Read More


The rise of high-rises

Kathmandu, April 19 -- For a year or two after the 25 April 2015 earthquake, the residents of Kathmandu were too terrified to return to their high-rise apartments. None of them collapsed in the 7.8 di... Read More


Turkish to Denver

Kathmandu, April 18 -- Starting 11 June, Turkish Airlines will be flying nonstop to Denver from Istanbul with three flights a week. Denver is the 14th North American destination that the carrier has a... Read More


Going up in smoke

Kathmandu, April 17 -- The natural world does not respect manmade boundaries. We demarcate rivers as the frontiers between nation states, but they change their course in open defiance of cartographers... Read More


Autism awareness with art

Kathmandu, April 16 -- Orange, yellow and brown. Sama Bajracharya fills the canvas with colours, her forehead creased in concentration and a smile playing at her lips. Sama is 47 and has autism, a ne... Read More


Fuel of the future is here

Kathmandu, April 14 -- A year-and-a-half after the Nepal Green Hydrogen Summit, Kathmandu University (KU) last week successfully tested a hydrogen fuel cell car for the first time in Nepal. KU's Gre... Read More