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
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
Kathmandu, April 12 -- On World Health Day on 7 April this week, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Kathmandu exceeded 300 - one of the dirtiest in any city in the world. Breathing was literally lethal. ... Read More
Kathmandu, March 28 -- In the past year, about 260,000 Nepali workers flocked to Malaysia to work in factories, service stations, and palm and rubber plantations. A similar number were preparing to go... Read More
Kathmandu, March 25 -- One in every three Nepalis carries the tuberculosis bacillus. There may be no active symptoms, but they can at any point progree into a full blown infection. TB kills up to 47 ... Read More
Kathmandu, March 15 -- ECONOMIC POWER: An electric bus and bicycle lane in Lalitpur on Thursday morning. Reducing Nepal's petroleum import bill should be a priority for sustained growth. Photo: GOPEN ... Read More
Kathmandu, March 8 -- Nepal's rulers have been suffering from an affliction called Serial Coalition Syndrome. Symptoms include: inability to see beyond personal greed and ambition, amnesia about the n... Read More
Kathmandu, Feb. 8 -- The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is a test that those who want to practice medicine in America have to pass. A growing number of Nepalis have been taking th... Read More
Kathmandu, Feb. 2 -- Even before the controversy over Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) building football fields in Khula Manch had died down, New Road traders this week closed shutters in protest aga... Read More