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Trial By Fire

Nepal, Sept. 11 -- Many young Nepalis at the GenZ rally on 8 September carried banners that read: 'Enough Is Enough'. But by the end of the day and into 9 September, the arson and mayhem had gone out... Read More


What next, Nepal?

Kathmandu, Sept. 10 -- As this story is being uploaded on Wednesday evening, sloganeering is going on outside the gates of the Nepal Army headquarters in Kathmandu between various GenZ groups about wh... Read More


Nepal's 8 September massacre

Kathmandu, Sept. 8 -- A rally organised by young Nepalis across the country against corruption, impunity and restrictions on freedom of expression on Monday turned into one of the deadliest days in th... Read More


The first freedom

Kathmandu, Sept. 5 -- Today, migration is no longer about awe-inspiring journeys of Xuanzang, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, or James Cook. They ventured across oceans and deserts in expeditions into unknow... Read More


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