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Another bus plunges off the road

Nepal, May 10 -- Nepal has the highest per passenger kilometre traffic fatality rate in the world, with more than 4,500 people killed on its roads and highways every year. Upgrading road safety could ... Read More


A difficult test for education

Nepal, May 9 -- On a freezing recent morning in Kalikot district, the classroom is too cold to be in. So the teacher moves the lesson outside, into a small patch of sunlight against the school wall (p... Read More


Hydrocarbons to Carbohydrates

Nepal, May 8 -- Nepal needs petroleum to fuel its economy, Nepalis need food to fuel their bodies. The two are inextricably linked. The prolonged blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has led to steep fue... Read More


The landless become homeless

Nepal, May 6 -- Barely a month into office, Prime Minister Balendra Shah flattened informal settlements in Kathmandu with bulldozers, sharply dividing Nepal's cybersphere, the media, GenZ activists, a... Read More


Flow of history, GenZ and populism

India, May 5 -- The events of 8-9 September 2025 will be remembered in Nepal for a long time books for its consequential political ramifications. The House of Representatives was disbanded. The Prim... Read More


Jaar goes the extra mile

Nepal, May 4 -- Movie confronts the age old debate of love vs. norms through a strong unapologetic female character in 19th century Nepal A2025 historical that won Best Feature Film in the South Asia... Read More


Nepal's media freedom ranking in jeopardy

India, May 3 -- Nepal advanced in the annual global ranking for press freedom this year compared to last year- not because the country improved, but because others did worse. The Reporters Without Bo... Read More


Satellites are monitoring the Bagmati, why aren't we?

Nepal, May 2 -- he holy Bagmati River is in the news this week because of the eviction of settlements along its banks, but that alone will not revive the river and its tributaries that are ancient sym... Read More


Social networking and the diaspora

Nepal, May 1 -- ved money, he is now a mentor to aspirants from his community on the right way to migrate and how to avoid fraudulent agents. While building such networks is important to level the pl... Read More


Hormuz shock can hasten energy transition

Nepal, April 30 -- The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered what the International Monetary Fund calls a "global yet asymmetric" rupture, disrupting the flow of roughly one-quarter of oil, on... Read More