Nepal tallies the cost of its disaster

Estimates economic cost of recovery at $4.7 billion, most of it in destroyed hydropower projects Kaede Polkinghorne

News

Rescue Nepal’s stolen artefacts from auctioneers

Documentation is not the only proof of provenance, cultural memory is too

Subham Manandhar in Vienna

News

The survivors of Syaprubesi

Homes and livelihoods gone, they find refuge and hope at a Kathmandu monastery

Garima Shrestha

Multimedia

The two women of Timure

A photographer’s chance encounter on the Bhote Kosi two decades ago connects memories with tragedy

Deependra Bajracharya

Opinion

How on earth to finance Nepal’s disaster?

The question is not whether there will be more climate impacts. It is how we will finance resilience, pay for damage.

Rastraraj Bhandari

Opinion

In Nepal, flood followed fire

The past year has felt like a decade, as the country lurched from one crisis to the next

Sujeev Shakya

News

Early warning about global warming

Continuously updated glacial inventory, careful land use planning, and participatory flood preparedness could make Nepal’s river valleys safer

Kaede Polkinghorne

News

Licchavi Cinema Festival '26

Nepali and acclaimed international movies at this inaugural celebration of global cinema

Nepali Times

News

Damage and Loss

The ruins of the four estates of democracy are enduring symbols of unfinished business, administrative dysfunction and impunity

Nepali Times

Opinion/Editorial View all

Stone and Song

Preserving the diversity of intangible heritage

Nepal’s new heritage Bill needs an inclusive board, not just statutory words

Alisha Sijapati

Opinion

The digital deluge

Nepal's flood disaster unleashes another flood on social media platforms

Milan Shrestha

Suburban Tales

Trisuli on my mind

For me, Trisuli was a summation of the memories of my family members who had lived there

Pratibha Tuladhar

Editorial

A disastrous state of affairs in Nepal

Nepal’s flood crisis comes on the first anniversary of the GenZ movement, leaving a new government to deal with it

Editorial

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Nepal’s youth revolt, a year later

Students of the September Storm in Kathmandu reflect on how the rally turned deadly, and what has changed

Sudiksha Tuladhar and Shuvani Singh

Nepal beyond the postcards.

People should not have to be extraordinary simply to survive extraordinary loss

Jessica Amity

Reporter’s Diary 27 August

Nepali Times photographer finds his camera is inadequate to capture the true scale of the tragedy

Suman Nepali in Nuwakot

I-witness

On World Photography Day on 19 August, a look back at some of the most iconic images of Nepal’s recent history

Nepali Times

Climate View all

Reviews View all

Gripping drama of the transgender community

Nepal tallies the cost of its disaster

Rescue Nepal’s stolen artefacts from auctioneers

The survivors of Syaprubesi

The two women of Timure

How on earth to finance Nepal’s disaster?

In Nepal, flood followed fire

Early warning about global warming

Licchavi Cinema Festival '26

Damage and Loss

Preserving the diversity of intangible heritage

The digital deluge

Trisuli on my mind

A disastrous state of affairs in Nepal

Nepal’s youth revolt, a year later

Nepal beyond the postcards.

Reporter’s Diary 27 August

I-witness

Water > Energy > Food

Doomsday ‘cult’ spreads climate disinformation

Global energy crisis hits Nepal’s kitchens

International coalition to phase out fossil fuels

Gripping drama of the transgender community

The art of the act of piety

Blissful conjugal life is an art

If Sartre spoke Nepali