covid-19-lockdown

Covid fatigue drives Nepalis to nightspots

Kathmandu’s tourist neighbourhood of Thamel has been a ghost town for most of 2020, but just like Pokhara and Chitwan it is now bustling...

Unlimited flights to Nepal from 1 October

Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAAN) announced on Sunday that it will allow international carriers to resume an unlimited number of flights from...

When the sun sets, it is fun time in Nepal

The complete ban on the sale of alcohol in India’s Bihar state had fostered a booming business in bars and entertainment on...

Nepal sees drop in wildfires during lockdown

Comparisons of satellite images show that the Covid-19 lockdown has resulted in a reduction in the number of wildfires in Nepal in...

Kathmandu Lockdown 2.0

The first day of the second lockdown in Kathmandu Valley saw major intersections mostly deserted with main roads heavily patrolled by the...

Kathmandu airport reopens in 2 weeks

Although the government had announced that regular domestic and international flights would open from 17 August, the uptick in coronavirus cases in...

COVID-19 leaves millions of South Asian children hungry

Children are collateral damage in the flight against the COVID-19 pandemic: some 4 million of them in South Asia under the age of five...

Coronavirus Nepal Lockdown Month 2

After 50 days what is utterly extraordinary has come to seem normal, the unimaginable is commonplace

Lisa Choegyal

6 musk deer killed by poachers during lockdown

Poachers have killed six musk deer in the forests inside Sagarmatha National Park using the COVID-19 lockdown period in Nepal, in one of the...

Ramadan during the COVID-19 lockdown

Mohammad Jamshed Ansari, 42, and his 17-year-old son Mohammad Nurani Ansari pray in separate rooms of their house in Kumaripati on the...