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
Kathmandu, May 30 -- While Nepal was hosting the Sagarmatha Sambaad international climate conference in Kathmandu this month, on Mt Everest it was pretty much business as usual. The signs of climate... Read More
Kathmandu, May 23 -- A growing number of adult adoptees of Nepali origin have started returning to the land of their birth, and seeking not only emotional reconnection but formal recognition through t... Read More
Kathmandu, May 19 -- Prabal Gurung left Nepal for New York in 1999 to escape years of bullying, sexism and homophobia, and to pursue his dream of becoming a fashion designer. He realised his dream, bu... Read More
Kathmandu, May 19 -- Janmu Sherpa was a grandmother with a dozen goats and a tea house in Donggang in the Rolwaling Valley. Her stopover served trekkers en route to Tso Rolpa Glacial Lake and the trai... Read More
Kathmandu, May 16 -- Nepal's Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel is a Red. And as Finance Minister in a coalition led by his Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) he has the unenviable job of... Read More
Kathmandu, May 16 -- Many events are planned this year for the 75th anniversary of the first ascent of Annapurna, and the 70th anniversary of the first successful expeditions on Kangchenjunga and Maka... Read More
Kathmandu, May 15 -- In the week that US President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia to sign deals worth hundreds of billions of dollars, a rights group published its investigation of deaths of migran... Read More
Manila, May 9 -- The Rato Matsyendranath Chariot Festival started in Patan this week, one of the longest such carnivals in the world. Matsyendranath is a festival that spans South Asia and is revered... Read More
Kathmandu, May 7 -- Nepal's public sphere is replete with tales of corruption in high places and the powerful stealing the hard-earned deposits of cooperatives. But there are ordinary Nepalis showing ... Read More