Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThere is intense international diplomatic pressure for and against a $500 million American project, as Nepal’s main…
Photo: RSS The scheduled House session this week was once again postponed with Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the Maoists seemingly reneging on a deal…
The date for local elections is now set in stone: 13 May to be held at once all over the country. But the path to voting booths is a political…
PHOTO: US Embassy NepalThe US Embassy in Nepal hosted a Summit for Democracy on the eve of a Summit to be convened by President Joe Biden on…
Geopolitical and economic rivalry between China and the United States, the world’s two largest carbon emitters, distracted delegates at the…
In Nepal or the US, having an option to vaccinate or not is a matter of privilege
In the days of the absolute monarchy, every government appointment, promotion in the civil service, and ambassadorship had to be approved by the…
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact was signed in September 2017 between the US aid agency and the government of Nepal promising…
Nepal Embassy in Washington receives the 10th century Uma Maheswar statue from Denver Museum on Monday. The figure was stolen from Patan…
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/ NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESThe most tangible collateral damage of Nepal’s chronic political instability is going to be the effort…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe world is at a tipping point in the battle to contain the spread of Covid-19. Countries across Asia are struggling to…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe flood of social media posts of donated medical supplies being unloaded at Kathmandu airport every day, gives the…
Photo: PRITI THAPAWith the inauguration of President Biden on 20 January 2021, many people were excited to see what a new historically diverse…
Lo Khyi now lives in Haymarket, Virginia in the US (right) with the DeLisi family, on the other side of the Planet from his birthplace in a…
The south face of Mt Gauri Shankar (7,134m) on the border between Nepal and China is bare rock, and shows how dramatically the snowline has…
Outside my window this Saturday morning, the Seattle sky is a typical November grey. But it is such a momentous day of brightness in hope. For…
Many precincts that have the highest proportion of Covid-19 cases also voted for Trump.America’s turmoil over the past four years and this messy…
Nearly 50 years after American government pressure forced Nepal to outlaw the cultivation and consumption of cannabis, the Himalayan country is…
Social distancing upon embarking at Kathmandu Airport.After the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, it was not immediately apparent that the…
In the last few months we have witnessed the continued unraveling of the United States. Many might attribute the dismantling of what once was…
We have long speculated on the moment when the shift of global leadership from the United States to China would take place. From Washington to…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has defended President Donald Trump withholding funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) saying the UN…
In my back yard is an aging apple tree. Moss cloaked and bare, unlikely again to bear its seasonal crop of the green succulents. The last time…
