News
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More than 70 lives have already been lost to this past week’s rains with the toll only expected to rise.
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COVID19
News
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The Valley’s CDOs got the government’s green light to clamp strict measures on account of rising case numbers
News
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Villages routinely get swept away in Nepal’s most landslide-prone district because locals, fed up with government apathy, are building settlements in risky locations
Perspectives
Opinions
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Development and environmental preservation are not antithetical goals
Perspectives
8 min read
Connecting and improving green open spaces can provide exponential benefits for the people and the environment, and allow a suffocating Kathmandu to breathe freely.
Perspectives
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Bagmati’s wastewater is perhaps the largest biological threat to public health in Kathmandu and as Covid-19 has shown, threats to public health affect everyone.
Perspectives
8 min read
Mayor Balen Shah’s commitment to improving Kathmandu’s solid waste management system is cause for optimism. But there are no overnight solutions, and the spotlight must stay on the issue.
Features
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Where the federal government has failed, local governments have stepped in
COVID19
News
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A daily summary of Covid19 related developments that matter