New publication says the rural-urban divide is blurring as the two feed on each other
This hidden village in the shadow of Mt Dhaulagiri is a microcosm of rural Nepal
Stone quarry in Lalitpur's Tikabhairav. All photos: SAGAR BUDHATHOKIKonjyosom Rural Municpality is just 30km south of the Ring Road, but it…
Tsering Sumjok Gurung with German plastic surgeon André Borsche (left) and Peter Hinze (right). Borsche had treated her childhood injury at the…
Photos: BRITISH EMBASSYAs the UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Girls’ Education, I am lucky enough to meet girls and governments in many…
State neglect, international apathy, and the climate crisis magnify vaccine inequity in Nepal
A student in Khijidemba of Okhaldhunga district, receives a radio set and workbooks distributed through the Promoting Stability in Education…
The Covid-19 pandemic has now killed more people than the devastating 2015 earthquake. Officially, over 9,700 Nepalis have died due to the…
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAThere is a wedding in progress in Jumla’s remote Sinja Valley, and even here guests with smartphones are taking TikTok…
All photos: HERNE KATHAThe Euro 2020 matches are live on television, and many are watching the replays the next morning. But what is really…
Photo: BIKRAM RAIOn 20 May, the Health Ministry released a condolence message for doctors including Ishwor Lal Acharya, Mukesh Chaudhary and…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASI1. Oxygen To save lives, Nepal’s most urgent need now is oxygen. Not just cylinders, but oxygen generators, concentrators…
Jugal Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchok district setting up an isolation ward with oxygen. Photos: Srijana Tamang.Setting the example for the…
Dedicated nurse returns to the village of her birth to run a birthing centre, and save lives during the pandemic
A combination of rampant corruption, wayward planning, donor interest and an utter disregard for intended beneficiaries has delayed Nepal’s…
All photos: VSODespite restrictions on gatherings, women across Nepal mark Tij this week, the festival of women, on Friday. Increasingly, Tij…
Nepalis crossing the border into the country through the Gauriphanta checkpost in Dhangadi, Far Western Nepal. Photos: DINESH KHABARA week…
Bayalpata Hospital represents a functioning model of accessible and affordable medical care in remote Nepal
Photo: PRAKASH SINGHLast month Kalpana BK delivered a healthy newborn baby on the way to Bayalpata Hospital in Achham, but her placenta did not…
Sita Pariyar is now 45, she has been married 30 years. Shanti BK married as a teen and is now 26. Asha Magar was married at 13, became a mother…
https://youtu.be/W4CZxpM1mrITen years after the government finally abolished bonded debt labour, tens of thousands of Haliyas in western Nepal…
Photo: Seetashma ThapaMore than 200 women have gathered outside the district hospital in Manma, the main town in one of Nepal’s most underserved…
