The meat of the story

Insurgency, earthquake, Covid, swine flu, Nepali worker has seen it all, and persevered

Sushil Lama

The end of aid

Abrupt USAID cuts have impacted development assistance in Nepal. But could this be a blessing in disguise?

Jeevan R Sharma and David Seddon

Powerful movie upacks questions of identity

Deepak Rauniyar's new film is a sharp commentary on race relations in Nepal that is not overly didactic

Sophia L. Pandé

When denial goes viral

What lessons we have not learnt five years after Covid-19 turned the world, and Nepal, upside down.

Editorial

Social remittance

Incoming Nepali migrant workers merit as much attention as outgoing ones

Upasana Khadka

Nepalis in ‘scam camps’ escape to tell the tale

Trafficked and forced by the Chinese mafia in Burma to defraud victims online

Man Bahadur Basnet

Bringing Korea’s prosperity to Nepal

In small ways, many migrant workers are returning with skills to start businesses back home

Nepali Times

Lockdown+5

Nepal clamped its first Covid lockdown on 24 March 2020, and five years later many have forgotten what it was like

Sonia Awale

Detainees in dire straits in Bhutan’s prisons

UN experts find political prisoners held illegally in Bhutan, call for immediate release