We were asked to visit Alumim kibbutz, the site where Nepalis have been killed. However, finding a way there was challenging. The Nepali Embassy advised against us going, given the circumstances.

Every morning, dozens of young men gather at the ‘Bright Gurkha Training Center’ in Koteshwar to get into either the British army or Singapore police.

The settlement on the riverbank of the Thamghat River is home—albeit a temporary one—for around 141 individuals.

Eight police personnel and nine protesters had sustained injuries.

The installation and operation of a renewable energy source has opened up means of employment for women living in rural parts of the country.

The far-flung village is also the hometown of world-renowned ophthalmologist Sanduk Ruit and Nepal’s first female tourism minister Yankila Sherpa.

For the last 18 days, Koiri, a native of West Nawalparasi and a victim of ‘meter byaj’, has been protesting at Maitighar in Kathmandu, asking for justice.

Each year on Janai Purnima, thousands of pilgrims head to the abode of the gods -- Gosainkunda, the holy lake. The pandemic didn’t deter the devotees.

A Post photographer brings daily life images from the outskirts of the Capital.

More than 20 four-wheeler brands, 19 tw0-wheeler brands, 14 spare parts brands, 12 lubricant brands, nine tyre brands and five battery brands are showcasing their products this year.

Kami first came to Kathmandu as a 17 year old in 1990, after running away from his childhood home in Tehrathum. Because he was born into a rural ‘Dalit’ family he faced discrimination from when he was young.

When the 2015 earthquakes hit the village of Barpak, Aash Kumari Ghale was working in the fields with her son and daughter. She rushed home to find it in ruins, but ultimately, she was relieved she didn’t lose any family members, unlike thousands of other families.

Calmly seated in a chariot pulled by her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, Mayju Maharjan observes her fifth janko—a rare ritual, called Mahadivya Ratharohan, where an elder is celebrated for completing 108 years, eight months, eight days, eight hours, and eight seconds around the sun. 

In 1995, 50-year-old Nima Sherpa moved from Dolakha to Kathmandu with a plan—he was going to take traditional Nepali lokta paper to the world. Sherpa had realised that products made of lokta, which were easily available in his village, could make it big in the international market.

There are many villages in Nepal where labour migration has become routine—people go abroad for work and return home with some hard-earned money, andexperiences.