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Nepal's forgotten cultural revolution

Nepal, June 27 -- The schoolteacher walked ahead of me through the terraced hillside above Dullu in the west of Nepal, and paused where the path crests a small rise to gesture at a clearing below. We ... Read More


Climate change adds risk for migrants

Nepal, June 26 -- As temperatures soar to deadly levels across the globe, countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are exposing migrant workers to another deadly summer without adequate occupat... Read More


Nepal's emerging silver economy

Nepal, June 25 -- Over the past 70 years, Nepal's elderly population (aged 60+) has grown 7.3 times while the total population grew only 3.5 times. In 2023, Nepal quietly crossed the international thr... Read More


It's a Messi situation in Nepal

Nepal, June 24 -- he Jhamsikhel restaurant screening the 2026 World Cup Argentina vs Austria match exploded on Monday night. It was a sea of blue and white striped jerseys, there was wild cheering and... Read More


Indian off-season tourism boom in Nepal

Nepal, June 23 -- India has reimposed restrictions on export of Nepal's tea, but here in the tea gardens of Ilam the roads are jammed with Indian vehicles bringing tourists to the cooler mountains of ... Read More


Securing Nepal's fertiliser future

Nepal, June 22 -- Nepal faces a recurring and worsening fertiliser crisis that has shifted from a seasonal inconvenience into a deep structural malady. Timely and affordable fertiliser is not just an... Read More


Nepali duo goes from Kathmandu Valley to Silicon Valley

Nepal, June 21 -- wo young Nepalis have founded an AI company that is on the cusp of takeoff after getting funding from a top accelerator program in the United States. Sudip Rokaya and Kartikesh Mish... Read More


Markets and monasteries of the Manang mandala

Nepal, June 20 -- Every November, the Manangi community in Kathmandu pools social and material resources to organise a three-week-long fasting retreat in Swayambhu, where participants chant, prostrate... Read More


Nepal's PM pushes trekking with viral post

Nepal, June 17 -- A social media video repost by Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah of people playing cricket at one of the remotest corners of mountainous Nepal may help diversify the country's tre... Read More


Balancing conservation conservatives with pragmatism

Nepal, June 16 -- AG Krishna Menon is an urban planner and conservation consultant based in New Delhi who was invited to examine strengthening and rebuilding in Kathmandu after the 2015 earthquake. He... Read More