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Nepal doubles its carbon footprint

Nepal’s per capita greenhouse gas emission may be negligible compared to industrialised countries, but it has doubled in the last seven years. This...

Nepal should now allow visa on arrival

It was exactly a year ago that Nepal went into lockdown after detecting its second case of Covid-19, devastating the tourism industry...

Sonia Awale

Nepal's glacial lakes in danger of bursting

A new report out this week warns that hundreds of glacial lakes in the Himalaya are in danger of bursting because global...

Can Nepal be the powerhouse of Asia?

Yes, by creating an environment for investment in renewable energy to meet domestic and regional demand

Anil Chitrakar

Political geography of India-Nepal-China ties

The Nepal-China agreements on trade, economy, connectivity and security signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit last week could mark the...

So, you want to quit Facebook?

Just after waking, the first thing many people across the world, and increasingly in Nepal, do is pick up their mobile phones....

God and Superman

Surrounded by overwhelmingly large ‘Sale’ signs is a tiny object in a large hall. Ang Tsherin Sherpa’s golden statue of a Tibetan...

Nepal-Malaysia Labour pact

Labour Minister Gokarna Bista and visiting Malaysian Minister for Human Resources M. Kulasegaran have signed an agreement on labour supply in Kathmandu...

The co-pilot's flight plan

Madhav Basnet in Nepal, 14 SeptemberIn the four months since the NCP formed the government, its co-chair Prachanda (Pushpa Kamal Dahal) has...