Photo Essays
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For the people living besides the Bagmati in Teku, every year the monsoon brings much devastation. And as local authorities do little to help, residents have no one to turn to but themselves.
Deewash Shrestha Deewash Shrestha is a student of Media Studies and a freelancer He can be reached via email: deewash.shrestha@yahoo.com
Features
Longreads
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Nepal is pressing ahead with controversial plans to launch commercial farming of wild animals in the country, as major traditional Chinese medicine companies seek to invest.
Features
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How Khim Lal Gautam risked life and limb to ensure Nepal would be able to calculate Mt Everest’s official new height
COVID19
News
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The disruption in the tourism industry has hit hardest those working irregularly, like porters and guides.
Perspectives
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As Nepal readies to welcome new local leaders, dialogue with residents from Tilottama in Rupandehi reveals creative ways to champion environmental programs at the local level.
Perspectives
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The longstanding ‘park-people’ conflict surrounding Chitwan National Park, which includes instances of gross human rights violations against the Tharu community, is a story that is often buried in the garb of conservation.
Perspectives
Opinions
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With Occupy Tudikhel Nepal gets an opportunity to question larger forces that are shaping it physically, and politically.
Perspectives
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Lamjung residents demand accountability from the government and European Union funders
Features
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Glaciers are retreating across the Himalaya and this is bound to have significant consequences for the ecology of the region and the livelihoods of its people.