Kathmandu’s decay: From glorious past to ominous future

From potential to become an exemplary megalopolis, imbibing knowledge from its past, to becoming a hideous and hazardous valley, here’s Kathmandu’s story. What was Kathmandu …

Environment Sabin Jung Pande

Kathmandu - A crumbling valley!

Kathmandu Valley has lost its fertile land to sprawls while hills and forests are felled without rethinking. The air has become toxic, rivers are polluted …

Environment Sabin Jung Pande

Today’s weather: Monsoon deepens across Nepal, bringing rain, risk, and rising rivers

With monsoon winds active across the country, there is a high possibility of rainfall in three provinces during the day and four provinces during the …

News the_farsight

Seven dead, 18 missing in Bhotekoshi flood; Rainfall unlikely cause

No heavy rainfall recorded to trigger the flood, says the DoHM, suggesting glacial lake outburst for the flood, which has led to severe infrastructure disruption, …

Environment Diptina Sapkota

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Humla finally connects to national road network

A Bailey bridge over Chuwakhola has plugged the last gap in the Karnali Corridor, formally linking Humla’s district headquarters to the national road network—and opening …

News the_farsight

Consumer Court rulings spark nationwide doctors’ strike

As courts hold hospitals and doctors financially liable, the medical community demands reforms and regulatory clarity.

News the_farsight

Nepal to receive $36.1 million to mitigate GLOF risks

Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved a total $1.225 billion for 17 climate action projects, including that of Nepal, in its 42nd board meeting held in …

Environment the_farsight

Nepal’s high-altitude farms are thirsty. Could ice stupas help?

Ice stupas are not a cure-all. But in the right places, they could help save water and farming—one ice tower at a time.

Environment the_farsight

Let's Talk Numbers

Understanding federal grants in fiscal federalism

To help reduce inequalities among the provinces and fund public services, the federal government disburses intergovernmental fiscal transfers, commonly known as grants.

Economy the_farsight

The majestic Upper Mustang and its water troubles

From the trans-Himalayan highlands to villages nestled amid green terraces downstream, water troubles seem to have escalated in the region.

Environment Diwakar Adhikari

Visit visa probe committee faces crisis of credibility

Opposition lawmakers raise questions about neutrality in the visit visa probe

Politics Suchita Khadka

Today's weather forecast

With monsoon widespread all over the country, cloudy skies prevail for today and the upcoming two days, along with rainfall in different provinces.

News the_farsight

A week into Israel-Iran conflict

As the escalation enters its eighth day, Iran exercises diplomatic channels to put pressure on Israel while the latter seeks US military intervention, about which …

International the_farsight

In Nepal, air pollution is reducing life by 3.4 years

The country’s rising pollution represents an enormous health and economic crisis, with air pollution levels in the Kathmandu valley and Terai too dangerously above safe …

News Diptina Sapkota

To look North or South? Rethinking non-alignment and neutrality

Nepal’s long-held foreign policy goals of neutrality and non-alignment must be reexamined

Op-ed Raunak Mainali

Inside Nepal’s visit visa scandal and tainted home ministry

Bureaucratic redundancy in overseas travel, which is often tough to navigate for aspiring migrant workers on their own, has created routes for exploitation

Politics Suchita Khadka

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