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Enter Ashim Shakya’s pixelated Nepal

Enter Ashim Shakya’s pixelated Nepal

Imagine stepping into a digital village where fire-spitting demons lurk behind pixelated trees. Or, a Lakhe hides in the shadows, ...

TU teaching hospital successfully performs first gender-affirming surgery

TU teaching hospital successfully performs first gender-affirming surgery

Tribhuvan University (TU) Teaching Hospital has performed gender-affirming surgery for the first time. Although the hospital had previously conducted various ...

Bye, Bad Bricks. Hello, Sustainable Good Bricks!

Bye, Bad Bricks. Hello, Sustainable Good Bricks!

Bricks have been a fundamental building material for centuries, shaping both ancient monuments and modern cities worldwide. The brick industry ...

Hydropower in Nepal: A long overdue potential flooded with challenges

Hydropower in Nepal: A long overdue potential flooded with challenges

Even with vast water resources and hydropower beginning in 1911, Nepal has only tapped into a fraction of its capacity. ...

Dashboard launched to monitor air pollution levels in Kathmandu

Dashboard launched to monitor air pollution levels in Kathmandu

Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has launched the ‘Kathmandu Metropolitan Air Quality Monitoring Dashboard’ to monitor air pollution levels in the ...

Keepers of an Ancient Call: The Pheriwala Jogis

Keepers of an Ancient Call: The Pheriwala Jogis

The Pheriwala Jogis were ghostbusters in Nepal, Sikkim, and Darjeeling, India, long before jump scares were a thing in horror ...

Two arrested for attempt to steal red panda

Two arrested for attempt to steal red panda

On May 13, late into the night, a group of four captured the red panda and packed it into a ...

Legalising Cannabis: A Promising Industry Caught between Uncertainties

Legalising Cannabis: A Promising Industry Caught between Uncertainties

The saying goes, "The grass is greener on the other side." In Nepal, however, green exists in a grey area ...

Transport entrepreneurs agree to call off strike

Transport entrepreneurs agree to call off strike

Transport entrepreneurs have agreed to call off the ongoing public transport strike.  The Nepal National Federation of Transport Entrepreneurs decided ...

From Holy to Wholly Polluted: The Tale of Bagmati River

From Holy to Wholly Polluted: The Tale of Bagmati River

The 204-kilometre-long river, flowing through Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park, stretches through eight districts. Revered as the link between heaven and earth, ...

Bhoto Jatra: The Sacred Vest that Waits

Bhoto Jatra: The Sacred Vest that Waits

After transforming the alleys of Lalitpur, the Rato Machindranath festival ends with the chariot festival of Bhoto Jatra as the ...

Birdwatching beyond binoculars

Birdwatching beyond binoculars

Who wouldn't want to quietly walk through a forest, hoping to glimpse a rare bird or animal? Well, with rich ...

Education is the topmost priority in the new budget 

Education is the topmost priority in the new budget 

Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel presented a budget of NPR 1.964 trillion (USD 14.34 billion) for the upcoming fiscal year in a joint ...

‘Everest Man’ sets a new record

‘Everest Man’ sets a new record

Kami Rita Sherpa, known as the “Everest Man,” has climbed Mt. Everest for the 31st time, breaking his own world ...

Nepal in Frames: An Archival Journey

Nepal in Frames: An Archival Journey

Long before urbanisation transformed the capital, Kathmandu appeared simpler and quieter. Though smartphones didn’t exist back then, tourists and locals ...

The urgency of indigenous language revival  

The urgency of indigenous language revival  

With its remarkable linguistic diversity, Nepal is home to 123 languages, according to the 2011 census, making it a haven ...

Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival from May 28

Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival from May 28

The 22nd edition of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) will take place from May 28 to June 1 ...

Estimated two million Nepalis to be affected by monsoon 

Estimated two million Nepalis to be affected by monsoon 

Nepal is receiving above-average rainfall in the pre-monsoon phase. It is estimated that this year’s monsoon will affect two million ...

Meteorology Department predicts higher-than-average rainfall 

Meteorology Department predicts higher-than-average rainfall 

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has projected that most parts of the country will receive more rainfall than average ...

Nepali Migrant Workers: The Cost of Lost Dreams 

Nepali Migrant Workers: The Cost of Lost Dreams 

Nepali migrant workers leave behind family and community to endure unimaginable hardships abroad. The statistics overshadow their sacrifices, revealing the ...

Wheels of Faith: The month-long Rato Machhindranath festival

Wheels of Faith: The month-long Rato Machhindranath festival

In the alleys of Patan, as early May scorches the Valley, a towering wooden chariot leans against brick homes: silent ...

British team sets Everest record, sparks controversy

British team sets Everest record, sparks controversy

Four former British special forces soldiers have set a new Everest climbing record. The team of Major Garth Miller, Colonel Alistair ...

Rethinking Nepal’s medical pluralism

Rethinking Nepal’s medical pluralism

As children, the moment one of us had a cold or a sniffle, our mothers would run to grab Tulsi ...

SAARC has become irrelevant, says BJP leader during Nepal visit

SAARC has become irrelevant, says BJP leader during Nepal visit

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dr. Vijay Jolly has stated that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has ...

Nearly half of Musahar women yet to get citizenship

Nearly half of Musahar women yet to get citizenship

Chief Minister of Madhesh Province Satish Kumar Singh has said that about 40 per cent of women in the Musahar ...

More than mountaineers, Sherpas are due for recognition

More than mountaineers, Sherpas are due for recognition

Native to the mountain regions, Sherpas are more than mountaineers. Named by the Tibetan word for eastern people, their rich ...

HoR approves Water Resources Bill

HoR approves Water Resources Bill

Nepal’s House of Representatives (HoR) has passed the Water Resources Bill 2025. Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Minister Deepak Khadka’s motion to pass ...

The valley unveils purple hues every spring

The valley unveils purple hues every spring

Amidst the bloom of spring, the striking purple flowers of the Jacaranda, also known as Hawaiian Mimosa, transform the urban ...

Mad Honey: A concoction of culture and communal healing

Mad Honey: A concoction of culture and communal healing

The remote, picturesque village of Ghale Gaun in Nepal's Lamjung district hosts a remarkable tradition centred around "mad honey", locally known as ...

Nepal leads global production of ‘large cardamom’

Nepal leads global production of ‘large cardamom’

Although history points to the Indian subcontinent as the spice trade hub, today, one of cardamom’s strongest possibilities lies in ...

What glows in the dark? Light pollution.

What glows in the dark? Light pollution.

The starry night sky, once a familiar sight, is becoming increasingly on the move. As urban areas continue to flood ...

Searching for Shaligrams in a changing river

Searching for Shaligrams in a changing river

If you happen to be strolling along the banks of the Kali Gandaki River, which originates in the Mustang region, ...

Trailblazing women who conquered Everest

Trailblazing women who conquered Everest

For a country that worships goddesses, Nepal holds a strange contradiction. While women are celebrated in temples, many still face ...

Journey through time : Kingdom of Mustang

Journey through time : Kingdom of Mustang

Tucked beyond the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri ranges lies Mustang, an enigmatic land also known as the "Forbidden Kingdom". Stretched into ...

Dolpa gears up for a new Yarsagumba season

Dolpa gears up for a new Yarsagumba season

The highland pastures of the Dolpa district will be opened for Yarsagumba collection from May 18. A multi-stakeholder meeting held ...

Highlights from Nepal Gov’s policies and programmes for 2025/26

Highlights from Nepal Gov’s policies and programmes for 2025/26

President Ramchandra Paudel presented the Nepal Government’s policies and programmes for the upcoming fiscal year 2025-26 to the joint session ...

Ripples of a labour strike

Ripples of a labour strike

"Your Highness! Some so-called leaders employed in my various factories have led the workers. They are now staying in the ...

The many faces of Goddess Parvati

The many faces of Goddess Parvati

Goddess Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva, holds a special place in Hindu mythology as the embodiment of divine energy, ...

Himalayan Java: Brewing Nepal’s Coffee Revolution

Himalayan Java: Brewing Nepal’s Coffee Revolution

In a nation where tea once reigned supreme, a revolution brewed when Himalayan Java planted its first coffee seeds in ...

Human rights situation in Nepal worsened in 2024, says Amnesty International

Human rights situation in Nepal worsened in 2024, says Amnesty International

Amnesty International has stated that the human rights situation in Nepal has further deteriorated. Releasing its report on the state ...

US-deported Bhutanese refugees return to camps

US-deported Bhutanese refugees return to camps

Four Bhutanese refugees deported from the United States, who were in the custody of Nepal police, have returned to the ...

Patan Durbar Square

Patan Durbar Square

Two consecutive earthquakes shattered the glorious historic centre of Patan in 2015. It took seven years and hundreds of devoted ...

Nepal hosts 10 per cent of the world’s snow leopards

Nepal hosts 10 per cent of the world’s snow leopards

Just 0.1 per cent of the world's landmass, yet over 10 per cent of the global snow leopard population, Nepal ...

Earthquake memories, a decade later

Earthquake memories, a decade later

“What were you doing then?” It is perhaps the most quintessential Nepali icebreaker since the devastating 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck ...

Lessons from South Korea’s cultural wave for Nepal

Lessons from South Korea’s cultural wave for Nepal

Do you know that South Korea becoming a global cultural powerhouse was strategic? The entertainment industry had strong government support. ...

Nepal observes Loktantra Day

Nepal observes Loktantra Day

‘Lok’ is a Nepali word for ‘the people.’ People across the country are celebrating 19th Loktanra Day (Democracy Day) on ...

Ang Dolma Sherpa

The street dogs of Kathmandu

Foreign visitors walking the streets of Thamel, Kathmandu's tourist hub, can hardly fail to be aware of the presence of ...

Teachers don’t give up

School teachers from across Nepal continued their protest in the capital for the 21st day on Tuesday. Nepal Teachers Federation, ...

Mustang cleanup concludes

Mustang cleanup concludes

A five-day cleanup and public awareness campaign in the Himalayan Mustang district of Nepal concluded on Saturday. The campaign slogan ...

Celebrating World Heritage Day!

Celebrating World Heritage Day!

On April 18, Nepal observes World Heritage Day with a symbolic heritage walk from Swayambhu to Hanumandhoka. It aims to ...

Flash flood in a Himalayan district

Flash flood in a Himalayan district

A rain-induced flood on Thursday morning damaged shops and houses in Srinagar Bazaar, the center of Adanchuli Rural Municipality in ...

A new bird species in Nepal

A new bird species in Nepal

Nepali and Malaysian ornithologists have found a new species of bird in Nepal. Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus), a bird known ...

Sunita Dangol

KTM Deputy Mayor in WEF’s Young Global Leaders

Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s Deputy Mayor, Sunita Dangol, has been selected as a Young Global Leader 2025 by the World Economic ...

Celebrating differences with one too many New Years

Celebrating differences with one too many New Years

When is New Year? Baisakh first, January first, or Magh first? In Nepal, you never know which one to pick. ...

Nepali Tea

Nepali Tea

Tea production is experiencing difficulties, but experts see chances for a resurrection. The fine quality of Nepali tea should be ...

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