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Budget 2026/27

What is budget, and how is it formed?

Every mid-Ashar, Nepal's fiscal year ends and a new fiscal year begins. Before the start of the new year, the government announces the budget for the coming year. For everyone from the private sector to the general public, the budget is the most important basis for planning for the future.

Economy

Let there be more international students in Nepal

In this second episode, we talk with Prof. Uddhab Pyakurel, Kathmandu University School of Arts, who emphasises that Nepal’s government must prioritise international students — for instance — simplify the visa process and fees for them and extend adequate support to universities, and budgetary support to extend scholarship opportunities to international students.

Society

For balanced international relations, the house has to be in order first

This episode with Gaurab Shumsher Thapa touched upon the foundational understanding of the broader themes of international relations, the history of Nepal's IR, the essence of soft power, national interest, and the principle of Panchsheel.

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

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

Environment  Diwakar Adhikari

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

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

Doko Recyclers, in collaboration with Meltdown Nepal, organised an eco-run on the occasion of Environment Day 2025. The event continues throughout June.

Environment  Diptina Sapkota

Forest and Environment Ministry gets NRs 18.61 billion, while budgetary allocation under environmental conservation is NRs 12.9 billion

Environment  Diptina Sapkota

The country will witness an early monsoon this year, with the onset on 1st June, with above-average rainfall and temperature this monsoon

Environment  Diptina Sapkota

Air pollution in South Asia requires a regional response, but geopolitical tensions and other regional experiences show this is difficult. Still making clean air a …

Environment  Udyan Devkota

As representatives gather in Kathmandu to discuss climate futures, Nepal must confront a deeper dilemma—its inability to match lofty pledges with grounded priorities, still chasing …

Environment  Vivek Baranwal

Nepal is home to 397 snow leopards (Panthera uncia), the first-of-its-kind survey says, estimating population could be between 334 and 476 individuals, about 12-14% of …

Environment  Diptina Sapkota

A decade since the devastating earthquake, Nepal remains a seismic red zone, where calamities quickly turn into disasters due to lack of governance and limited …

Environment  Vivek Baranwal

Until rainfall bestowed upon the country’s fragile disaster response, seven lives were lost, while a huge population was breathing poisonous air. The government failed to …

Environment  the_farsight

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