Lockdown+5

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

Detainees in dire straits in Bhutan’s prisons

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

Saving the Karnali otters

Communities protect rare mammals important for aquatic ecosystem balance

Sudiksha Tuladhar in Kailali

More Nepalis in Russian Army killed in action

As Britain mulls deploying Gurkha peacekeepers in Ukraine, more Nepalis die in battle

Bhadra Sharma

The man who came bearing letters

Tribute to a school mailman, the vital link to the world for our young selves

Pratibha Tuladhar

Orchids of Godavari-Phulchoki

The wild abundance of these unique flowers helps maintain the ecological biodiversity of Nepal’s forests

Nomika Tamang

A burning problem that needs solutions

60,000 Nepalis are burned every year, but most suffer far from treatment centres in Kathmandu

Marty Logan

Undernourished to overweight

As obesity and diabetes increase in Nepal, comes the blockbuster drug Ozempic

Sonia Awale

Lil Bahadur Chettri, 93

Award-winning author of the classic novel on migration, Basain, dies

Kunda Dixit