Kathmandu, Oct. 24 -- This year, the United Nations is marking its 80th anniversary and it is being celebrated with special events across the world to commemorate its establishment on 24 October 1945.... Read More
Kathmandu, Oct. 24 -- There was a time when journalism stood as the last wall between power and the people. Facts were sacred, truth was slow but solid, and credibility was the journalist's only curre... Read More
Kathmandu, Oct. 23 -- Nikita Gautam was watching angry street protests from the terrace of her home in Gaushala on 9 September when a group started attacking the police station across the road. Soon, ... Read More
Kathmandu, Oct. 23 -- The winter air pollution season started early this year with emissions, Diwali firecrackers and crop residue burning making the air unbreathable across north India. Much of the ... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 22 -- From the suffering of breeding dogs in puppy mills, or the abandonment and neglect of street dogs, or the cruelty that is often inflicted upon these innocent animals, we come across ... Read More
Kathmandu, Oct. 22 -- From the suffering of breeding dogs in puppy mills, or the abandonment and neglect of street dogs, or the cruelty that is often inflicted upon these innocent animals, we come acr... Read More
Kathmandu, Oct. 22 -- The United Nations turned 80 this year. What should have been a moment of pride and celebration at the high-level session of the UN General Assembly in September 2025 turned inst... Read More
Kathmandu, Oct. 21 -- In 2004, Poet Durga Lal Shrestha asked me to translate 223 little poems from Newa into English. They were each written as sestet-- terse in their form but heavy in imagery and se... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 16 -- Between Dasain rites and Tihar lights, the 21st edition of Surya Nepal Jazzmandu ended with a hearty deusi jam session at The Malla Hotel on Wednesday. The festival began last week ... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 16 -- In the very first page of the first chapter of Nepal 2043: The Road to Prosperity are two maps. The first places Nepal right at the epicentre of Asia, and in the second the Kathmandu... Read More