All photos and infographics courtesy of: MERCY CORPSThe news of Covid infections in Karnali do not readily reach the capital. But remote…
As a Backside columnist, it falls upon this scribe’s lap to urge readers to look at the bright side, stay bullish, be a beacon of hope, and…
Tackling tests, paperwork and conflicting emotions while flying across the world to Nepal
All photos: DOUG BINGHAM/US EMBASSY NEPAL FACEBOOK PAGEPokhara is arguably the most well-known and popular destination for international and…
The Everest Trail has been spruced up during the pandemic for a new influx of visitors expected next year. All photos: ANG RITA SHERPAThe…
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,…
One of the stories that has been making the rounds since the Covid-19 lockdown that began nearly six months ago is that the suicide rate in…
All photos: BIKRAM RAIThe Machindranath festival is usually supposed to be in May to ensure that the rain gods bring a timely monsoon. The…
Mt Manaslu (8,163m), the world's eighth highest mountain, which a Bahraini Royal Guard expedition has been given the only permission to climb in…
All photos: HEALTHY SMILESHealth care facilities are in much demand during the Covid-19 pandemic, but one branch of medicine that is not seeing…
It has become a cliché to say that every crisis comes with opportunities. But that does not mean it is not true. It is up to us to grab that…
Sunrise near Phaplu in Solu Khumbu after snowfall in January just before Nepal was closed off for tourists. Photo: MANISH PAUDELIt was Nepal’s…
Photo: AJAYA UPADHAYAYAAs serious as the rapid spread in Nepal of the novel coronavirus looks, even more frightening is what the lockdown meant…
Glimpses of the Kathmandu lockdown 2.0. Photos: MONIKA DEUPALA AND BIKRAM RAIToday, 24 August marks five months since the Nepal government…
Nepali Times: What is the collateral damage to Nepal’s airline industry from the lockdown? Birendra Basnet: We are down to zero. The worry is…
Photo: MANISH PAUDELAfter Nepal registered 1,016 new cases of Covid-19, its biggest daily rise so far, the authorities have decided to re-impose…
Room to Read's local mentors supporting girls through remote mentoring session.With schools closed for the past five months, and families losing…
Neighbouring India has banned it, the United States and Australia are about to do the same, but here in Nepal TikTok use has soared in the five…
Photo: BIKRAM RAIThe power struggle within the ruling NCP has overshadowed the country’s COVID-19 emergency. The government has no time to…
It's business as usual at the Behaliya checkpoint in Rupandeni district near the Indian border. Photo: MUKESH POKHRELAs the number of cases and…
The Nepal government has decided to officially end the COVID-19 lockdown it announced on 24 March from midnight Tuesday.A Cabinet meeting on…
Photo: GOPEN RAIOn Friday, it will be four months since Nepal closed the country down to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus strain that…
