Nepal clamped its first Covid lockdown on 24 March 2020, and five years later many have forgotten what it was like
Lukla used to see up to 35 flights full of tourists daily till March 2020. This year there are only 2-3 flights a day, with mostly locals.…
Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra at a press meet. India has donated 1 million 1 million Covidsheild vaccines to Nepal, which…
The crew with their boat as they train for the rowing challenge. Photo courtesy: ASHLEY JONESThe four crew members have completed military tours…
The Covid-19 infection rate in Nepal is much higher in younger age groups but most fatalities are of people in their sixties and above. However,…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAWith the pre-winter resurgence of Covid-19 around the world and in Nepal, pressure is mounting on governments to procure…
Photo: BIKRAM RAIThe coronavirus used to be imported, from Europe, China or India. No more. It is now here among us, and this Dasain it could be…
Lalu and her neighbours collectively harvest fodder grass in Udaypur. With menfolk away, women have formed savings and loans cooperatives to…
Nepal’s capital has run out of affordable ICU care for Covid-19 patients, but public health experts warn that the worst is yet to come with the…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe vote of no-confidence this week by former UML leaders of the Nepal Communist Party of (NCP) in Karnali Province…
Since insurance companies in Nepal announced Covid-19 schemes in April, more than 1.4 million applied, but many patients are having payment…
Two weeks to go to Dasain, a feckless government and reckless citizens are dragging Nepal headlong into a health emergency. Even as the total…
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAWhen Nepal recorded its first Covid death in May, a 29-year-old woman who had recently given birth to a baby boy…
Nepal has a female president and a Constitution that reserves positions in government and legislatures to women, and in the foreign service…
All photos BIKRAM RAISix months after being grounded due to the Covid-19 lockdown, Nepal’s domestic airlines took to the air again on Monday,…
A poster for the film Mulan, which was the coming attraction at QFX Cinemas before they were closed down in March. All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAThe…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALANepal’s Internet speed was slow to begin with, but with surging demand for bandwidth as people spend more time at home, it…
Signs for seven provinces at Kathmandu airport. All photos: BIKRAM RAIThe jumbled up signs for seven provinces at Kathmandu airport is symbolic…
Stranded Nepali workers who have been unemployed since March, staging a protest in a labour camp demanding to be repatriated home.Hundreds of…
Nepal’s history shows that nature matters in dealing with epidemics but, social differences do, too
Recurring epidemics shaped the course of history in the Himalaya in unexpected and important ways
We have long speculated on the moment when the shift of global leadership from the United States to China would take place. From Washington to…
Sooner or later, governments around the world have to decide between economic survival and public health. The choice for politicians is between…
