Two decades after Maoists promised prosperity, this Dalit village in Nepal has been forgotten
Photo: UNICEF NEPALWhile ‘long-Covid’ has come to mean lingering symptoms among survivors of Covid-19 infections, in Nepal it connotes the…
Newly constructed public toilet in Patan Dhoka is being inagurated on 19 November, World Toilet Day. Photo: KUNDA DIXITThe tactile pavement…
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…
All photos: KARUN DEWANWhen NASA explores other planets, the test of whether there is life, is to detect the presence of water. Here on Earth,…
It's business as usual at the Behaliya checkpoint in Rupandeni district near the Indian border. Photo: MUKESH POKHRELAs the number of cases and…
Nepal has had three months of lead time to study the coronavirus pandemic and behaviours that have been associated with flattening the curve of…
One of the best and nearest hiking trails from Kathmandu is the Champadevi-Chandragiri walk – it offers a splendid view of the Himalaya as well…
Nepal must ensure progress in water, sanitation and health continues, so children stay in school
Pic: Sneha KCThere was great hope among Nepalis that the first local government elections in two decades, in 2017, would finally improve…
On the face of it, when 41% of Nepalis in a public opinion poll say the country is headed in the right direction it could be taken as a decent…
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…
RAW FOOTAGE: A drainage pipe emptying raw sewage into the Manohara River in Kathmandu on Thursday morning. Swollen with overnight rain, the…
As Nepal reaches the goal of sanitation for all, the next health challenge is to make latrines…
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…
