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Good COP, bad COP

Just as the deadlocked climate summit in Glasgow was being extended by a day last week, Kathmandu was once again shrouded in smoke and...

Sonia Awale

Schools of the Air

For nearly 18 months, regular educational activities of children across Nepal have been disrupted. The closure of schools to reduce the spread of Covid-19...

Aid pours into Nepal, but where be vaccines?

The United States, the EU, Australia, China, Singapore are all flying in emergency supplies to help Nepal battle a fierce Covid-19 second...

Sonia Awale

Aid pours into Nepal, but where be vaccines?

The United States, the EU, Australia, China, Singapore are all flying in emergency supplies to help Nepal battle a fierce Covid-19 second...

Aussie paraglider to jump off Everest

Approaching 62 years old, and after retiring from a police rescue squad in 1996, Ken Hutt needed some adrenaline replacement therapy.He had...

The strangest Anzac Day ever

Marking the WWI anniversary in Kathmandu through earthquakes and lockdowns

Lisa Choegyal

Nepalis trapped Down Under

A statement last week statement by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison advising students not able to support themselves to consider returning to...

Aussies and Kiwis homeward bound from Nepal

The saga of getting back home down under after Nepal suspended all international flights

Lisa Choegyal

Nepal COVID-19 lockdown extended till 7 April

The Nepal government decided on Sunday to extend its national lockdown by another week till midnight 7 April, and to continue the...

Nepal Airlines to fly stranded Australian tourists to Sydney

Nepal’s Coronavirus Control High-level Task Force decided to extend the lockdown by another week, and allow rescue flights to take tourists stranded...