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.