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Reconstructing the China India climate diplomacy

NEPAL, Nov. 18 -- How China and India address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have a significant impact on the planet's future, given their growing economic and demographic wei... Read More


The Bon Po way of life

NEPAL, Nov. 18 -- As people move out of Nepal's trans-Himalayan districts, their faiths migrate with them to the cities and all over the world. The ancient animist faith of Bon Po predates the advent... Read More


Global warning bell in Belem

Kathmandu, Nov. 17 -- At the opening plenary of COP30, which stands for the convolutedly named 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in ... Read More


Party Time

Kathmandu, Nov. 14 -- New and old, businessmen and former diplomats, engineers and academics - they have all been trooping to the Election Commission to register political parties ahead of the Sunday ... Read More


Cinema's shared language

Kathmandu, Nov. 14 -- The 14th instalment of the European Union Film Festival brings to Nepali audiences European storytellers, emerging Nepali filmmakers and their work in celebration of the shared l... Read More


The politics behind photographs

Kathmandu, Nov. 13 -- The sixth edition of PhotoKTM will mark a decade of visual storytelling and continue its role as a vital platform for photographers and visual artists to explore the politics of ... Read More


Climate of tragedy and apathy

Kathmandu, Nov. 12 -- You do not have to be a climate expert or atmospheric pandit to claim that Nepal is not pulling its weight on the grand narratives of the Anthropocene. As a heavily populated 'co... Read More


Hydropower on thin ice

Kathmandu, Nov. 11 -- Under the October sun, workers rest on boulders by the banks of the Rolwaling Khola. They are building what they already know may not last: a temporary bridge between the village... Read More


Chronic instability in the Madhes

Kathmandu, Nov. 11 -- It was pure drama: the political transition in Madhes unfolded by the dawn's early light. At around 4AM on Monday, Province Head Sumitra Subedi Bhandari quietly departed Janakpur... Read More


Nepal haemorrhaging nurses

Kathmandu, Nov. 7 -- A month after September's GenZ movement in Nepal, nurses working in private hospitals took to the streets demanding better work conditions, and salaries equal to what government n... Read More