Corruption and commerce threaten World Heritage Site status of Lumbini and Pashupati
Private developers with political patronage still trying to turn the Buddha’s birthplace into Disneyland
Sacred cranes decline as urbanisation destroys their habitat at the Buddha’s birthplace
To make a country great again, one prerequisite is that citizens must respect their leader.The Chinese people hold President Xi Jinping in high…
Micheal Croft. Photo: UNESCOMichael Croft, UNESCO Representative to Nepal, spoke to Nepali Times on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti to discuss…
Kapilvastu-Tilaurakot is 2,700 years old, and is the most well preserved archaeological site in South Asia
All photos: RAJENDRA SUWAL/WWF NEPALThe region around Lumbini is an important wildlife habitat, but is facing an imminent threat because of…
On new year’s day, President Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated Visit Nepal Year 2020, aimed at attracting 2 million tourists this year, at a…
ForKathmandu airport is congested and saturated. It is now surrounded by the city and is not safe. Nepal urgently needs an alternative…
President Bidya Devi Bhandari concluded her four-day state visit to Burma on 19 October by inaugurating an exhibition on Lumbini, a UNESCO World…
2,563rd Buddha Jayanti on 18 May is being celebrated throughout the country with peace rallies, donation campaigns and meditation programs. The…
Photo: KUNDA DIXITIt is easy to be disappointed by Lumbini. Scruffy, dusty and unbearably hot this time of year, it looks from the outside like…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBmGxGmpg8E&feature=youtu.beWhen the Burmese Buddhist Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant, visited…
There must be a moratorium on new construction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k1Yv6mNZ_wAs the birthplace of the Buddha, Lumbini is among the four holy sites that pilgrims from the world…
Korean Ambassador to Nepal Park Young-sik, spoke to Sangmin Kim of Nepali Times about tourism, Nepali workers, development assistance,…
CRANING ITS NECK: A still from the new documentary Sanctuary showing a caged crane at a monastery in Lumbini.New York-based ecological artist…
Co-founder of the International Crane Foundation George Archibald with Vice Chair of of the Lumbini Development Trust Awadhesh Tripathi. Photo:…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaEnGCn6SeQ&t=38sRows of palm trees greet visitors on arrival, lining both sides of the driveway to the entrance…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaEnGCn6SeQ&t=38sEarth movers are at work trying to make up for lost time in completing what will be the Gautam…
At long last, Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump had their summit in Singapore, and half of the locals interviewed on international tv were happy and…
Photos: Deepak GyawaliBuddha Jayanti, which falls on 30 April next week, is once again an annual reminder of the decades of political neglect…
Annapurna Post, 12 April A group of 40 Taiwanese pilgrims last month buried the mortal remains of their family members at the holy Mayadevi…
