The country’s 26-place fall in the Global Peace Index follows the deadly unrest last September, but experts say deeper weaknesses in governance, public trust, and democratic institutions are at the root of the decline.

After 55 engine tests, a Nepali startup is preparing to fly a homegrown hybrid rocket. Its struggle to secure approval reveals a country building space technology faster than the rules needed to govern it.

The British travel creator has become one of the country’s most recognisable online personalities by telling the stories of rural communities in their own language.

For decades, foreign experts helped Nepal solve its infrastructure problems. Today, Nepali engineers are exporting the fix and connecting communities across Asia, Africa and Central America with a low-cost bridge system perfected in Nepal.

For survivors of severe electrocution, the Nepal Electricity Authority’s one-time compensation closes a case, but the financial and physical trauma continues for decades.

Foreign students are travelling thousands of miles to study Buddhism in Kathmandu, turning the national capital into a global centre of learning.

From a fashion apprenticeship in Kathmandu to the studios of Ralph Lauren and J Crew, Alina Shrestha has carved out a place in one of the world’s most competitive creative industries.

Despite regulations requiring parental consent, Nepali schools continue to have publicly accessible social media accounts filled with student photographs.

Despite landmark court rulings and constitutional guarantees, members of the community state they still encounter discrimination when seeking documents, education, healthcare, and jobs.

Civil society groups, lawmakers and former UN officials say the council oversees critical child welfare services affecting thousands of children and should be strengthened, not dismantled.