Antibody tests can provide a perspective on the scale of transmission and help the government and public health agencies chart an effective Covid-19 strategy.

Medical experts across the world are experimenting with the therapy in moderate to critical Covid-19 patients. There has been some success, but they are yet to conclusively call it a proven and effective treatment.

The threat of one-horned rhino poaching, which was at its peak during the armed insurgency, is no more. What’s worrisome is the high number of deaths in the past few years from unspecified natural causes.

Open spaces are vitally important to the social, cultural, environmental and aesthetic life of a city but in the Kathmandu Valley, they’re fast shrinking.

Farmers are in need of various forms of support but people outside the target group are profiting due to the irregularities in the distribution of grants and subsidies.

The story of Lalita Niwas, which involves multiple administrations right from the early days of king Mahendra’s Panchayat.

The self-proclaimed Swami Balyogeshwor has been implicated in multiple fraud cases and has disappeared ever since the charges became public.

Ever since the ruling Nepal Communist Party selected Sapkota as its candidate for Speaker of the House, rights activists and conflict victims have protested the decision.

The virus, which has claimed 17 lives and infected hundreds, can be passed from person to person.

As rising temperatures expose land under snow in the mountains, the treeline is moving up. A new study reveals the alarming situation but scientists are unable to say exactly what the consequences will be.

Politicians are divided over the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s links with the US’ Indo-Pacific Strategy and provisions that say the agreement will prevail over Nepal’s laws in case of conflicts.

Given the success of past initiatives, tourism entrepreneurs have high hopes for the campaign that aims to bring in 2 million tourists.

Local residents want the project to take off, hoping economic returns. But there are also nationwide protests against the plan, mainly over the number of trees that have to be felled to create space for the airport.

Legal actions and social campaigns have failed to make people in Nepal’s remote western regions understand the urgency of abolishing the deadly tradition.

Employers are apprehensive about signing up to the programme, workers are not fully aware of the scheme, and the government has failed to convince contributors.

Although regulations are in place, political connections and influence are allowing haphazard—and illegal—extraction of sand and other riverbed materials across the country.

Kidneys can be kept healthy through physical activity and a balanced diet. Haemodialysis and transplant are available if the vital organ stops working.

Foreign direct investment is vital for accessing new technologies, business practices, and markets, especially when the country aims for the middle-income tag.

Marriages within the tribe, social stigma, lack of public awareness and cumbersome process to avail of government help are sickening mostly the Tharu community.

Weather, halt to farming activities and social interactions all make the festival a grand affair.

Speed, overload, fatigued drivers and poorly maintained vehicles lead to crashes in the festival travel rush, authorities say.

Kathmandu Valley has seen a steady rise in the number of vehicles even as effective measures of traffic management are lacking.

Cases of dengue fever have been reported from at least 56 districts across the country and experts warn it is likely to continue spreading until the end of the post-monsoon period.

Loss of lives, property, livestock, and infrastructure continues to amount to millions of rupees, but the efforts to minimise the destruction remain inadequate and inefficient.

Last year, the government introduced a new Criminal Code, a section of which criminalises abetment to suicide.

A majority of public school teachers are affiliated to political parties. This gives them a defence against possible action if they fail to perform their duties.

Although digital currency is increasing in popularity across the world, in Nepal, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are considered illegal forms of financial tender.

Even as the budget is presented six weeks before the new fiscal year, the government has failed to install measures to expedite development works and give people respite.

With 11 districts yet to achieve open defecation free status, the government is unlikely to meet its September target.

Police are nowhere close to identifying and arresting the perpetrators.

From droughts in Upper Mustang to floods in the southern plains, there are indications all around that the country is already dealing with adversities created by climate change.

The bill, which proposes controlling all public and private trusts, has outraged the Valley’s indigenous community

Nepal's biggest gold smuggling racket also exposes serious security vulnerabilities at the country’s only international airport.

Some of the provisions outlined in the government’s new Criminal Code threaten free press. However, many provisions in both the Criminal and Civil Code may come as welcome news for Nepalis.