Twenty years ago, we wrote about how a malfunction in a turbine in a power plant led to power cuts across the country. The ...

Naturalist Sushila Mahatara at Bardia National Park does not agree that Nepal has too many tigers. She tells us: “Tiger ...

A survey showed that if an Airbus H123 helicopter flown by a Nepali pilot over Khumbu charges Rs145,000 per hour, only 19.5% ...

With its abundant cultural and environmental diversity, the ripples of Nepal’s aesthetic influence are being felt within the country and across the world. Creatives are constantly finding fresh ways ...

The distributor, Cimex, launched the BYD M6 electric 7-seater during the Pokhara International Balloon Festival last week.

Mithila Wildlife Trust works with the UK-based Pipal Tree Foundation in strategic reforestation, and Mandal has introduced ...

Global IME and FPAN are holding women’s health camps in rural and semi-urban areas in all seven provinces, where women can ...

Ashmita in Lalitpur, where she started to search for information. Photo: L.C Between the 1980s and 2000s, over 5,000 Nepali children were adopted abroad, primarily to the United States, France, and ...

Villages along the proposed alignment of Nepal’s ambitious east-west train project are excited about the connectivity and development it will bring. But here in Hariban village there is only ...

Prime Minister K P Oli returned from his China visit in December with the freshly re-inked Belt and Road Initiative Framework Cooperation Agreement. Ten infrastructure projects proposed by Nepal were ...

This is the 55th edition of Diaspora Diaries, a regular column about migration in Nepali Times. Trying to escape being recruited by the Maoists, and running out of options in Nepal, I dropped out of ...