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
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A disproportionate number of local representatives who own construction companies are facilitating the haphazard carving of roads across the fragile hills.
COVID19
News
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A daily summary of Covid19-related developments that matter
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.
Explainers
4 min read
The nation is unprepared for the mass return of migrant workers from destinations across the world
Features
8 min read
For decades, studies have shown that a warming climate is pushing the treeline to shift upwards across the world — including in the Everest region. But what exactly does this phenomenon mean?
Features
4 min read
Two-headed snakes are born due to many reasons
Perspectives
6 min read
Our urgent need for a second international airport must be balanced with legitimate environment concerns
Perspectives
5 min read
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.