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Sex and the city of Patan

Kathmandu, Sept. 4 -- Yog Narendra Malla became king at age 18, and ruled Patan from 1684-1705 - his reign marked by a cultural and architectural renaissance of the city state. He put up a statue of ... Read More


Nepali zero waste art in Zurich

Kathmandu, Sept. 4 -- East meets west, traditional meets modern at a gallery in Zurich, where two Nepali artists are exhibiting their art using digital frames cycling multiple works in a single slides... Read More


Taking STEM to the grassroots

Kathmandu, Sept. 3 -- Durga Buda is in Grade 10 in a school in the remote mountains of western Nepal. Not long ago, she saw a personal computer for the first time. Many young women in this socially c... Read More


Big, beautiful Bills A new draft Bill in Nepal seeks to further constrict the civil society space

Nepal, Aug. 29 -- It cannot be a coincidence that after pushing bills to constrict freedom of expression and allow greater surveillance of citizens, Nepal's government is now tightening controls on ci... Read More


Warning breathing is hazardous to health

Kathmandu, Aug. 28 -- An average Nepali could live 3.3 years longer if air pollution is reduced to meet the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline, according the annual Air Quality Life Index 2025 ... Read More


Reluctant truth-tellers and institutional fragility

Nepal, Aug. 27 -- In democracies under strain, the most important truths often arrive too late, uttered hesitantly by those who should have spoken earlier. A striking case occurred on 5 July 2025, whe... Read More


Lipulek dispute explainer

Kathmandu, Aug. 26 -- India and China have a long-standing border dispute along their Himalayan border which has erupted in violent skirmishes. But Indian and Chinese officials last week agreed to ign... Read More


Nepal's five little railways

Kathmandu, Aug. 25 -- This is the first instalment in a new limited series in Nepali Times on the historic transportation infrastructures of Nepal. Nepal's Forest Railways As India's railway network... Read More


When Xi meets Modi and Oli

Nepal, Aug. 21 -- That Beijing has once again ignored Nepal's claims on the Limpiyadhura Triangle vis-a-vis New Delhi points to need for urgent diplomacy by Kathmandu to arouse sensitivityWith Xi Jinp... Read More


Command and control

Kathmandu, Aug. 19 -- In July, the government announced an amendment to Nepal's Printing and Publication Act, reportedly without the knowledge of the Minister for Communication and Information Technol... Read More