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Economy

Distance, data, and development. Notes from Ruby Valley

Diwakar Adhikari

"As he spoke, I found myself suppressing laughter, not because any of it was funny, but because of how effortlessly the whole sequence refused every neat model of development I had carried with me."

Magh and Chaku

Prabina Khadka

Charting the entrepreneurial journey of Nabin Devkota and Lumle Estate Coffee through his photo work

Nabin Devkota

An ode to the haat bazaar

Aakriti Maya Aryal

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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.

Distance, data, and development. Notes from Ruby Valley

"As he spoke, I found myself suppressing laughter, not because any of it was funny, but because of how effortlessly the whole sequence refused every …

Economy  Diwakar Adhikari

Magh and Chaku

Bidding farewell to cold winter

Society  Prabina Khadka

Charting the entrepreneurial journey of Nabin Devkota and Lumle Estate Coffee through his photo work

Lumle-based farmer-entrepreneur Nabin Devkota shares his raw photo works on his coffee farming and processing

Photo Stories  Nabin Devkota

An ode to the haat bazaar

Traders, small businesses meet and converge in this teeming-with-life biweekly haat bazaar that also serves as an important place for cultural exchange and transformation

Photo Stories  Aakriti Maya Aryal

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Development: From a Director's Lens!

Director/Producer Prabin Kumar Rawat shares his photo works with us captured during the pandemic lockdown and later, where he has also made an attempt to …

Photo Stories  Prabin Kumar Rawat

Bicycle, Bicycle!

In this album, the photographer reminisce his childhood memories through a series of photographs capturing human relations with bicycle, clicked relentlessly in different parts of …

Photo Stories  Sabin Jung Pande

Chitwan’s Chained Elephants

Elephants in Chitwan are a great means of revenues, livelihood, recreation and wildlife conservation. But what about the torture they are subjected to and the …

Environment  Sabin Jung Pande

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