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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Features
Longreads
32 min read
Is maintaining the Kodari crossing between Nepal and China as an international highway a lost cause?
Photo Essays
1 min read
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.
Features
10 min read
Turning fertile riverbeds into leasehold farms have helped farmers increase incomes but it doesn’t safeguard them from the hazards of climate change.
Features
7 min read
The government’s decision to resume the export of sand and gravel to reduce the trade deficit will lead to the wholesale exploitation of the environment, say conservationists and lawmakers
Perspectives
9 min read
A lot happened on the topic of climate change and the environment this year in Nepal. Here are the highlights.
COVID19
Perspectives
5 min read
The world’s largest missionary movement cannot be blamed exclusively for its role in the Covid19 pandemic
Features
3 min read
Lack of pigmentation makes the turtle appear golden in colour
Features
4 min read
By helping them understand the importance of balanced feed, a Nawalpur-based grass resource center is providing farmers with the means to grow and balance their own livestock feed.