Newly constructed public toilet in Patan Dhoka is being inagurated on 19 November, World Toilet Day. Photo: KUNDA DIXITThe tactile pavement…
Photo: HIMALMEDIAA white-coated nurse holding a blue and white, half-litre bag of milk stands in front of a small group of mothers seated near…
Nepal has had one emergency heaped on top of another for more than a year now. The Covid-19 emergency, wildfires, and now floods.Political flux…
Period stigma has long blighted the lives of young women and girls in Nepal, but the pandemic is making things worse. If action isn’t taken to…
Hand-washing and masks will help Nepal cope with infectious diseases that pre-date COVID-19
Four Mahottari prison inmates watch television in the room also used for worship. Photo: KIRAN PANDAY/Nepali Times ArchiveEven before the…
Nepal has been spared so far, but it is better to be prepared for the worst
Nepal has had three months of lead time to study the coronavirus pandemic and behaviours that have been associated with flattening the curve of…
Eco Soap Bank Nepal's Nicky Lama teaching a student about hand hygiene. Photo: ECO SOAP BANK NEPALMany Nepalis woke up on Wednesday to an…
Nepal must ensure progress in water, sanitation and health continues, so children stay in school
Photo: SONIA AWALEFor someone who jet sets around the world, hobnobbing with governments and scientists to promote affordable and ecological…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezfdhBKEtsEGrowing up in Chitwan, Radha Paudel’s father used to tell her stories of faraway Jumla: how it took…
DEFYING TRADITION: This cow shed in Kailali used for menstural banishment. It has now been turned into a store room for rice husk.Media reports…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIThe practice of chhaupadi in which women in western Nepal are banished to cow sheds during their periods grabs a…
It is a sight repeated tens of millions of times every morning across northern India: groups of women carrying water lota making their way to…
If you ask people what they know about menstruation in Nepal, the first answer will be the practice of chhaupadi, the menstruation exile. Most…
Solving the problem of diarrhea among Himalayan hikers changed travel medicine around the world
A villager in Maspur, Humla weaves a doko basket from strips of bamboo.“Jai grihasthi” is a greeting heard often in the Far West and Karnali…
RAW FOOTAGE: A drainage pipe emptying raw sewage into the Manohara River in Kathmandu on Thursday morning. Swollen with overnight rain, the…
Bikram RaiAt personal, family, community or national levels, we Nepalis are generally not given to maintaining high hygienic standards. Waste…
LOADS OF CRAP: Asmin Lama came back from the Gulf to start a septic tank emptying venture. He has been so busy servicing clients, he hasn’t even…
