The world has passed peak Trump

Foreign leaders whose tenures will extend beyond Donald Trump’s own are starting to write him off Ian Bremmer

News

Jazzmandu closed on all the right notes

Kathmandu’s international jazz extravaganza brings fusion to the fore

Shuvani Singh

Suburban Tales

Baa goes back to Trisuli

Returning to the home and school of his childhood, to find it all gone in Nepal's flood

Pratibha Tuladhar

Opinion

Is your money safe when banks go AI?

Security breaches and recent PHP vulnerability sow doubt on the safety of Nepal's financial sector

Prastik Gyawali

News

The unseen hands of Mustang’s Dalits

Outmigration, climate breakdown and literacy have changed society, but not caste system

Simran Silpakar and Sunayana Basnet in Mustang

News

Desmond Macgcnaimhshi, 1941-2026

Asia’s Irish music legend was one of the last remaining 1970s ‘hippy trail’ expats in Kathmandu

James A Giambrone

News

Good apples and bad apples in Mustang

Cushioning apple farmers from oversupply and transport disruptions by improving quality of produce

Carys Hardy in Mustang

Reviews

Sacred splendour at Siddhartha

Kathmandu’s art venue turns 39 with a tribute to the Valley’s devotional craft

Pinak Shrestha

News

Nepal detains journalists to warn rest of free press

Not since the monarchy days has Nepal's media witnessed a systematic attack like the one this week

Shristi Karki

Opinion/Editorial View all

Opinion

Nepal's India reset should be national, not partisan

A new generation's economic hopes need lasting institutions, not recycled party slogans for domestic consumption

Alok K Bohara

Editorial

Building back healthier

How Nepal can continue with affordable and accessible medical care in a time of disasters

Kunda Dixit

Stone and Song

Restoring the heritage of the Trisuli Valley

Monuments and traditions have been documented, now they need protection

Alisha Sijapati

Opinion

Nepal mixes tradition and technology for conservation

On Snow Leopard Day, 23 October, Dolpo shows how humans and nature are inseparable

Sheren Shrestha

Multimedia View all

Festivities far from families

Unable to return home for Dasain-Tihar-Chhat, millions of Nepalis overseas mark the holidays with compatriots

Shrijan Pandey in Doha

In and around Pokhara

Central Nepal enjoyed spectacular weather for mountain viewing, but rain and snow are on the way

Nepali Times

Safe & Happy Dasain

Nepali Times wishes readers and partners a safe and happy Dasain. Let us bring out the best in us as Nepalis to be kind, compassionate, and to…

Nepali Times

A transportation system ahead of its time

Electric public transport arrived in Kathmandu 50 years ago, but was allowed to rust away

Dan Edwards

Climate View all

What the Himalaya can learn from the Andes

Peru and Nepal share common risks from climate breakdown and glacial retreat

Kaede Polkinghorne

Monsoon storms batter Nepal

14 missing in deadly avalanche, floods and landslides damage highways

Smaranika Shakya

Kathmandu 10 Actions announced

ICIMOD's Himalayan members pledge to work on early warning and data sharing

Nepali Times

Nepal PM's impassioned UNGA speech

Full text of Prime Minister Balendra Shah's address to the General Assembly

Nepali Times

Reviews View all

Anticipating the Robert Powell Painting Retrospective

Catalogue of the talented painter who spent 30 years in Nepal ahead of an exhibition of his works

Kunda Dixit

Everything you need to know about Newar rituals

A clinical snapshot of Newar votive offerings and sarifices, and how they have changed with the times

Sonia Awale

Nepal 160 years ago

The recent discovery of glass plate negatives from the 1890s throw light into Kathmandu’s forgotten past

Rajeev Ranjan Singh

A flood of blood on the Trisuli

The battles of the Gorkha-China War of 1792 were fought along a river ravaged by this year’s flood

Kunda Dixit