Bungamati has always embodied a quintessential Newa ambience of the kind that had steadily disappeared from Patan or Kathmandu. It is a compact and densely-packed town sitting on higher ground with ...

The Trump administration announced a baseline 10% tariff on all goods from every country entering the US market, including ...

By-election results in Ilam and Bajhang show establishment parties are still the voter’s choice ...

Risal was born in 1927 in the Tikathali village of Bhaktapur, where he lived all his life. While working for the official news agency, he was jailed for criticising the Panchayat system, and kept a ...

The village of Phorste below Mt Everest has the highest number of high altitude guides who have died climbing in the Himalaya, ...

In 1294 the crown princess of Banepa donated a shiva linga to the nearby principality of Panauti. A temple was built to enshrine ...

Philanthropy will never replace public aid, but it can be a powerhouse if we use it right. With global development funding ...

When national poet laureate Madhav Prasad Ghimire died on Tuesday 18 August at the age of 101, it marked the end of ...

FAR AWAY: Aman Eakal as an Armed Police Force soldier in Nepal during the Maoist conflict (left), and with fellow Nepali ...