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.

People of Khokana village in Lalitpur observed Shikali festival on Monday. The festival that dates back to 300 years is observed by people from the ethnic Newar community.

Each time an airplane passes over the house he spends his day working in, Binay Uraau is reminded of his long-held dream: securing a job and flying to Qatar.

In a symbolic gesture against the growing pollution in Kathmandu, Nepali Congress (NC) aligned students reached Kathmandu Metropolitan City office and handed over dust and mask to Deputy-mayor Hari Prabha Khadgi on Friday.

Some students were injured when students aligned to All Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU), the student wing of main opposition CPN-UML, clashed with police outside Tri Chandra Multiple Campus in the Capital on Tuesday afternoon.