far-west-nepal

Paddy production falls in west Nepal

Harvest decline will worsen food insecurity, especially in far west Nepal

Post-monsoon rain ruins Nepal’s crops

Still reeling from a disastrous monsoon season, Nepal has been hit with unseasonal downpours that have dumped more rain on rice crops that...

At the Covid-19 frontlines in rural Nepal

Nepal’s rural health system, already underfunded, understaffed and overstretched, is struggling with the enormous added burden of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Having barely...

At the Covid-19 frontlines in rural Nepal

Nepal’s rural health system, already underfunded, understaffed and overstretched, is struggling with the enormous added burden of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Having barely...

Epicentre of two disasters in West Nepal

With the detection of three new COVID-19 cases in Kailali district on Saturday, one of them the country’s first case of community transmission, western...

Sonia Awale

No conceivable reason for unwanted pregnancies

Lack of access to and awareness of family planning, the prevalence of unhealthy superstitions and taboos, and the desire to produce a...

Go easy on the booze this holiday season

https://youtu.be/1jdbg4DVyecPeer pressure drove Sudip to start drinking at a young age. Soon, he was an addict and lost his job at a...

Sonia Awale

Fasting, feasting and festivities of Gaura

https://youtu.be/4adGA4P0k54The buses to Darchula, Baitadi, Doti or Dadelhura were all packed last week for the annual Gaura Festival of womanhood, celebrated in Western Nepal, and wherever people from...