Kites over Kathmandu sky
Clear blue sky and gentle westerlies signal the arrival of kite flying season.
Clear blue sky and gentle westerlies signal the arrival of kite flying season.
The tradition has faced scrutiny from rights advocates, but supporters argue the practice has adapted over time to safeguard the rights of the girls involved.
The story of how Juddha Shumsher’s zoological garden was born and evolved.
Old residents of the Valley recall how they eagerly waited for schools to close to indulge in games or to travel to the Tarai.
The phenomenon has not just hurt creativity but also caused losses to authorised translators and publishers. There is law but implementation remains lax.
Lorax Rai and Madhusha Limbu struggled for years to have their relationship accepted.
Residents of Maoist strongholds that opposed ‘American imperialism’ paid traffickers huge sums to go to the States.
Hospitals run by the private sector are blatantly ignoring the mandatory 10 percent free bed allocation for the needy.
Since Zhang Yiwu took charge of the China Mountain Restaurant, every Nepali prime minister has visited the place.
The import of spinach from Nepal to China is one of the most widely available bits of general knowledge on the Chinese internet when conversing about vegetables.
Nearly a hundred children from Karnali are rescued from children’s homes in various cities every year, says activist.
The 43-year-old army veteran plans to walk for more than 60 hours to the top of Everest and back to base camp.
In 1792, Nepal dispatched a tribute embassy to the Qing court. Among the many tributes provided by Nepal were two elephants: Xunyuanxiang and Furouxiang.
When it comes to highlighting Nepali culture in China, there has been very little effort from our side.
Sanimaya’s tale represents countless Nepali women who are taken to various Gulf countries on visit visas and then are made to work in virtual slavery.
The honorary chairwoman of the People’s Republic of China in 1950-60 met with heads of government or delegations from Indonesia, India, the Soviet Union, Nepal, North Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan, Mexico and other countries.
The evolution of school education during the later decades of Rana rule from around the 1930s until the end of the Panchayat period in the 1990s is captured thoroughly in ‘School Education in Nepal’.
In 1979, Gao A-qing also participated in the Nepal-China border demarcation and boundary post repair.
In 2012, the government removed luxury jungle resorts inside Chitwan National Park citing possible harm to its ecology. They want back in.
Trends show that nearly 1 million Nepalis will leave the country this fiscal year for better jobs abroad, apart from those going to India, officials say.
Remembering the joys and hardships brought on by the 1945 snowfall.
Pele and Maradona, two great players of their generations, represented two different eras of Kathmandu’s World Cup experiences.
The famed and notorious strongman who famously fought with bulls at the Asan junction.
A number of men from the far west go missing in India, hundreds bring home HIV infections every year but mothers and wives still send their sons and husbands to India for livelihood.
Gopal was a trailblazer who shaped Nepali music—its present and future—disarming listeners, urging them to step into his realm of creations.
The country needs hands but Nepali workers are exploited on the way. A formal deal between the two countries would help, officials and experts say.
Asians fill labour gap as Romanians head westward. Nepalis dreaming of working in Europe are ready to pay commissions although Romanian companies pay agents as well as airfare.
According to the US Labor Department, approximately 300 Nepalis have filed compensation claims for deaths or injuries in the US war zones. However, experts believe the true number of Nepali casualties is far higher.
In Afghanistan and Iraq, Nepalis who are injured or killed while working for American contractors are often sent home with only token compensation, or none at all.
Otherwise healthy men in the prime of life suffering cardiac arrests do not constitute ‘natural deaths’, say rights activists.
Things have gotten better with the establishment of domestic leagues, but a majority of players are still working second jobs in order to make a living.
Pushpa Kamal Dahal is torn between his two selves: an insidious, crafty Prachanda who will go on the offensive to get what he wants, and a gentle, pragmatic Pushpa Kamal who can placate opposing factions and win over the media.
The industry is in the doldrums primarily because most films neglect the basics of filmmaking--a good script with memorable characters, cinematography, and sound design.
How a high-end resort fell victim to the nation’s political vicissitudes, becoming a microcosm of how politics and conflict impact businesses.
Ever since the appointment of vice-chancellor Ram Kantha Makaju, allegations of financial impropriety and a monopoly over decision-making have continued to haunt the university.
The city of Bhaktapur, ruled for over three decades by Narayan Man Bijukchhe, has long stressed self-reliance over everything, and everyone else.
Buildings and roads have encroached on the floodplains and banks of the Valley’s rivers and every monsoon, the rivers rise to take revenge.
Despite restrictions from traveling to the Gulf countries, desperate Nepali women are falling into traps of trafficking agents who are exploiting new routes to take them out of the country.
Drug companies are marking up the prices of their medicine to recoup their unethical investments in doctors and retailers.
Pine trees might have helped repopulate the country’s barren mid-hills but they could also have led to springs drying up and reduced vegetational diversity.