Kathmandu, July 5 -- The news headlines this week said: 'The House of Representatives passed the Nepal Citizenship (Second Amendment) Bill that now makes acquiring citizenship through the mother as eq... Read More
Kathmandu, July 4 -- She made headlines in 2014: a young woman from the mountains of eastern Nepal had just won the 50km Himalayan Outdoor trail race. Mira Rai was 23 then, the only Nepali female in ... Read More
Kathmandu, July 4 -- Last year, under a scorching September sun, Jupiter Ghimire, 30, took a few minutes off from his food delivery work in Qatar's oppressive heat to scroll through Facebook. His fee... Read More
Kathmandu, July 2 -- Some seek solitude, some the company of others, still others find a balance between the two. Yet, we all long for someone to go home to and share our smiles and sorrows. Kalina a... Read More
Kathmandu, July 1 -- The debate about who is less accountable to the public: politicians or bureaucrats is as old as Nepal's democracy itself. Some blame politicians for being beholden to the busines... Read More
Kathmandu, June 29 -- The monsoon this year arrived on time, and brought life-giving rain - irrigating paddy terraces, recharging groundwater, reviving springs, and increasing electricity generation. ... Read More
Kathmandu, June 28 -- A Nepal-based ethical migrant worker recruiter has created waves internationally to be only the second company worldwide to be certified recently under the International Recruitm... Read More
Kathmandu, June 28 -- They say you can choose your enemies, but not your neighbours. This rings true especially for small nation states bordering much larger ones. And that is also what Mao Zedong to... Read More
Kathmandu, June 27 -- Ukraine. Sudan. Gaza. Iran. This may not seem like a world war, but we are getting dangerously close to one. Here in Nepal, we may think we are far removed from it all, but the... Read More
Kathmandu, June 26 -- With forests covering 43% of the country's territory, Nepal's dry season from February to June sees multiple wildfire emergencies that consume human lives, destroy ecosystems, di... Read More