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No freedom after expression

Kathmandu, June 12 -- On World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Reporters without Borders issued a map of the world with the status of press freedom in each country. Most Asian countries had restrictions o... Read More


America no longer prime destination for Nepali students

Kathmandu, June 11 -- Thousands of Nepali students dreaming of an American education have been forced to look elsewhere as the Trump administration's visa restrictions make their future uncertain. Th... Read More


Repatriation for reconciliation

Kathmandu, June 10 -- An international conference on looted cultural objects in Nepal was strategising about how to repatriate sacred icons, when news broke that a 400-year-old jewel studded gilt-copp... Read More


Federalism Express

Kathmandu, June 9 -- This week, all seven of Nepal's provincial governments announced their annual budgets even as debate in the federal parliament over the central budget has been stalled for two wee... Read More


Drugs vs Bugs

Kathmandu, June 8 -- Widespread abuse of antibiotics has led to patients not responding to treatment because bacteria causing infections have developed resistance to the drugs. In 2021 alone, the la... Read More


From deterrence to disarmament

Kathmandu, June 7 -- Marking 80 years since the dawn of the nuclear age, peace advocates, diplomats, educators, and atomic bomb survivors from around the world gathered for the 'Choose Hope' Symposium... Read More


Song of work and freedom

Nepal, June 6 -- This is the 68th episode of Diaspora Diaries, a Nepali Times series in collaboration with Migration Lab providing a platform to share experiences of living, working and studying abroa... Read More


Asma BK hits the ground running

Kathmandu, June 5 -- Asma BK has been running all her life: she ran away from her home in Rolpa at age 13, became a child worker in a brick kiln in Kathmandu, ran from job to job. Rescued by a child s... Read More


The loss of an identity

Kathmandu, June 3 -- Israel's ongoing war of annihilation in Gaza has wiped out hospitals, schools, homes, water, and food, reducing the Palestinian territory to a wasteland and leaving a death toll o... Read More


Community reduces wildfire risk, increases wellbeing

Kathmandu, June 2 -- With forests covering 43% of the country's territory, Nepal's dry season from February to June sees multiple wildfire emergencies that consume human lives, destroy ecosystems, dis... Read More