Balendra Shah's Facebook page used to hold power to account. Now it holds power.

Kathmandu, Nov. 6 -- This essay was originally published as part of our weekly newsletter, Letter from Kathmandu. Sign up to receive this free newsletter in your inbox every Friday from The Kathmandu ... Read More

What Balendra Shah can learn from Zohran Mamdani

Kathmandu, Oct. 30 -- This essay was originally published as part of our weekly newsletter, Letter from Kathmandu. Sign up to receive this free newsletter in your inbox every Friday from The Kathmandu... Read More

It's a bird . it's a plane . it's the Indian ambassador's farewell tweets

Kathmandu, Oct. 3 -- For just over four years, Naveen Srivastava was among the most closely observed residents of Kathmandu. As the Indian ambassador to Nepal, journalists tracked his movements, rival... Read More

The floods keep coming. Nepal keeps starting over

Kathmandu, Aug. 31 -- When the flash flood tore through the Bhotekoshi corridor on August 26, it hit a road that had already been taken once. The stretch connecting Syaphrubesi to the Rasuwagadhi bord... Read More

We're changing how Kantipur is funded. Here's what it means for you.

Nepal, Aug. 25 -- For 33 years, Kantipur has arrived at your doorstep and on your screen, carrying the stories that matter to Nepal - from the halls of Singha Durbar to the villages beyond the highway... Read More

Nepal's crackdown on businessmen can't have it both ways

Kathmandu, Aug. 19 -- In early May, days after Shekhar Golchha was arrested, the Supreme Court found his detention illegal, explicitly citing the bypassing of due process. But within hours of his rele... Read More

I left New York for Kathmandu. Did the egg crisis follow me?

Nepal, Aug. 17 -- Earlier this year, I decided to move back to Nepal with the particular smugness of someone who thinks he no longer has to pay for exorbitant groceries. I'd left New York, where a doz... Read More