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Nepal built a digital identity app. So why do government offices still want the paper?

Kathmandu, March 23 -- On March 5, Nirmal Gaihre posted a review of the Nagarik App on the Google Play Store, questioning the app's worth. "I am very disappointed with the Nagarik App," Gaihre wrote. ... Read More


Escaping poverty at home, Nepali women fall into the Gulf trap

Kathmadnu, March 16 -- Sabina Gurung, 32, travelled to Kuwait in 2021 to work as a domestic help. By 2024, after around three years on the job, she began asking her employer for permission to return t... Read More


Mali Guthis are gradually expanding women's roles

Kathmandu, March 7 -- When Sanju Maharjan married into the Mali community two decades ago, she quickly learned that women's voices were limited. "If I said anything, I was told, 'You're a woman, so p... Read More


Voting wasn't easy for Nepalis with disabilities

Kathmandu, March 7 -- They walked for hours through rugged hills and navigated narrow voting spaces. On Thursday, many persons with disabilities across Nepal made determined efforts to cast their ball... Read More


Netflix and Amazon Prime Video thrive in Nepal's grey market

Kathmandu, Feb. 28 -- When Juna Bastola paid Rs350 for a month of Netflix and Rs300 for three months of Amazon Prime Video via a digital service platform (premiumsewa), she knew she was not buying fro... Read More


Nepal's IT exports near $1 billion. Can the momentum be sustained?

Kathmandu, Feb. 25 -- Nepal's information technology industry reached a symbolic economic milestone in 2025, with sector representatives estimating that service exports crossed the $1 billion mark, mo... Read More


Freedom feels temporary. So we must keep resisting

Nepal, Feb. 23 -- More than a decade after her voice became a symbol of protest during the Arab Spring, Tunisian singer-songwriter Emel Mathlouthi continues to carry the spirit of resistance across bo... Read More


Nepal should make judicious investment in higher education

Nepal, Feb. 16 -- With more than 30 years of experience, Jamil Salmi is a specialist in higher education policy who has collaborated with numerous governments, universities and international organisat... Read More


The murky business of room finding in Kathmandu

Kathmandu, Feb. 15 -- Last December, after leaving their jobs in Morang, Jeebika Sapkota and her sister arrived in Kathmandu hoping for a fresh start. But their room search became more exhausting than... Read More


Legal safeguards fail to curb abortion prosecution

Kathmandu, Feb. 8 -- Kalpana, a resident of Siraha, was not seeking to abort the child. She was seeking medical care. After a miscarriage, Kalpana, who the Post is identifying with a pseudonym to pro... Read More