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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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.
COVID19
Features
4 min read
Misinformation regarding the vaccine’s side-effects is spreading and without a concerted counter campaign, such false information will only proliferate.
Features
Longreads
32 min read
Is maintaining the Kodari crossing between Nepal and China as an international highway a lost cause?
Perspectives
8 min read
There are strong links between economic stressors caused by climate change and child marriage around the world. A spattering of evidence suggests this is a serious problem in parts of Nepal as well.
Perspectives
6 min read
More and more Nepalis are being pushed out of their homes by extreme weather events, agricultural difficulties, and the pursuit of economic freedom from the elements.
Features
Longreads
12 min read
As the elites profit from natural resources, the poor and marginalized pay the price of conservation with evictions, fines, and jail sentences
Features
3 min read
Lack of pigmentation makes the turtle appear golden in colour
COVID19
News
4 min read
A daily summary of Covid19 related developments that matter