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Nepal's peace score takes historic hit after Gen Z unrest

Kathmandu, July 21 -- Nepal has suffered the largest deterioration in peacefulness of any country in the world over the past year, according to a new international index. The 2026 Global Peace Index ... Read More


Having built a hybrid engine, Nepali engineers prepare for 4.1-metre rocket's vertical test flight

Kathmandu, July 19 -- For a few seconds, Nepal's space ambitions burned inside a metal chamber. During a series of ground tests, a hybrid rocket engine roared to life as sensors measured pressure, co... Read More


Jack Dai and the search for the 'real Nepal'

Pokhara, July 6 -- In one video, he stands in an open field with a guitar, singing into the wind. In another, he carries a doko on his back, laughing through the strain of a task familiar to rural Nep... Read More


How Nepal became the developing world's bridge builder

Kathmandu, July 3 -- When Padam Gurung was 13, a river stood between him and school. Growing up in a small village in Sindhupalchok, crossing the river was part of daily life. Then one monsoon, torre... Read More


How Nepal's electrical accident compensation system leaves survivors paying the price

Kathmandu, July 1 -- On a Saturday afternoon in April, 2014, Sabita Thapa was watching television at her family's home in Gothatar, Kathmandu, when the electricity began flickering. She was 11 years o... Read More


Meet the Nepali designer building a career with America's most iconic brands

Kathmandu, June 27 -- A shopper browsing a Ralph Lauren store in Manhattan might pause over a handbag before glancing over a belt or a wallet, unaware that part of its journey began thousands of miles... Read More


Nepal's LGBTQI+ rights gains remain out of reach for many

Kathmandu, June 17 -- As transgender mountaineer Nilam Paudel stood atop Mount Everest, she fought back tears. "I was crying on Everest," Paudel recalled at a Pride Month celebration and national dia... Read More


Rights advocates appeal to UN as Nepal moves to dissolve National Child Rights Council

Kathmandu, June 11 -- As Nepal moves forward with plans to dissolve the National Child Rights Council, a growing coalition of child rights advocates, civil society organisations and lawmakers is urgin... Read More