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Architectural kinship between Kathmandu and Quito

Architectural kinship between Kathmandu and Quito

Mountain dwellers in the Himalaya and Andes use similar nature-based materials and design Vishad Raj Onta

Back temporarily in a new Nepal

Back temporarily in a new Nepal

Being home after two years erases the struggle, pain and separation of the past

Hari Prakash Chandara

International coalition to phase out fossil fuels

International coalition to phase out fossil fuels

57 countries launch a new drive on the energy transition against the backdrop of the Hormuz blockade

Julian Reingold

Remembering a forgotten war

Remembering a forgotten war

Twenty-two years after her husband was killed, widow raises a daughter who never saw her father

Kunda Dixit

A difficult question for David Attenborough

A difficult question for David Attenborough

Nepali researcher is still looking for answers to balancing nature conservation with human livelihoods

Bibek Raj Shrestha

Another bus plunges off the road

Another bus plunges off the road

The perils of bad roads and bad driving in Nepal is costing a tragic loss of lives

Arnav Upadhyay

Yatri, the Traveller

Yatri, the Traveller

A Nepali limousine driver in Dubai looks at life and fortune through literature and poetry

Raj Lamsal Yatri

A hard test for education

A hard test for education

Removing exams was the easy part, but nobody told Nepal’s teachers what to do next

Shalav Rana

Education for all, all for education

Education for all, all for education

Structural reform in education will take much more than ad hoc decisions

Sudiksha Tuladhar

Toyota

Toyota

Opinion/Editorial View all

Flow of history, GenZ and populism

Flow of history, GenZ and populism

The youth should be able to respond to rapidly changing global and local politics better than the older generation

Chaitanya Mishra

Putting the cart before the digital horse

Putting the cart before the digital horse

Nepal’s new tech savvy Parliament has to ask: is it wise to go for full digitalisation when cybersecurity safeguards are not yet in place?

Ayusha Chalise

Nepal tourism reels from impact of West Asia conflict

Nepal tourism reels from impact of West Asia conflict

A new survey measures fallout of the crisis, and offers long-term structural solutions

Aanandita Mathema Warmington and Sonia Timalsina

Nepal’s media freedom ranking in jeopardy

Nepal’s media freedom ranking in jeopardy

On World Press Freedom Day, an RSF survey shows the situation for journalists in the country is getting worse

Kunda Dixit

Multimedia View all

Kathmandu's squatter settlements demolished

Kathmandu's squatter settlements demolished

Valley's riverbank occupants face uncertainty as government says it will begin to identify ‘genuine squatters’

Aditya Khare

Living to tell the tale

Living to tell the tale

On the 11th anniversary of the 2015 earthquake, Dharara survivor recalls his miraculous rescue

Sudiksha Tuladhar

The long and winding road to India

The long and winding road to India

Chronology and impact of the first road linking Kathmandu to the outside world

Dan Edwards

Pāhāñ Charey पाहाँ चःह्रे

Pāhāñ Charey पाहाँ चःह्रे

Festival of the Newāh community in Kathmandu that honours female primacy

Alok Siddhi Tuladhar

Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines

Climate View all

Hydrocarbons to Carbohydrates

Hydrocarbons to Carbohydrates

Nepal faces a food crisis with higher fuel costs and fertiliser shortage due to the West Asia war

Sonia Awale

Mosquitos ascend to the base of Mt Everest

Mosquitos ascend to the base of Mt Everest

Climate change makes both the vector and virus carry dengue fever ever higher up Nepal’s mountains

Text and Photographs by Yuri Segalerba

Rangelands of the Himalayan Range

Rangelands of the Himalayan Range

Valuable documentation of the herders of High Asia who sustain its nature and culture

Saurav Thapa Shrestha

Himalayan Futures Forum 2026

Himalayan Futures Forum 2026

Climate, community, and connectivity

Sujeev Shakya

Reviews View all

Licchavi House in Boudha

Licchavi House in Boudha

A new space for young innovation and collaboration in art and culture

Alexandra Coltman

Codes of honour, shame and silence

Codes of honour, shame and silence

Jaar confronts the age old debate of love vs. norms through a strong unapologetic female character in 19th century Nepal

Alexandra Coltman

Birth sleeves and synapses

Birth sleeves and synapses

Two artists use drafting films as an interface for temporal, neurological collaboration

Niranjan Kunwar

Drawing divine femininity

Drawing divine femininity

Italian artist celebrates womanhood and shared spiritual identity in ongoing exhibition

Alexandra Coltman