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Performance vs Process

Performance vs Process

The first 100 days of the Balendra Shah government show lots of swagger, but little substanceEditorial
Nepal’s forgotten cultural revolution
News

Nepal’s forgotten cultural revolution

The war ended 20 years ago, but the reckoning with the Maoists’ destruction of heritage has not begun

Sushan Bhattarai in Dailekh

Climate change adds risk for migrants
News

Climate change adds risk for migrants

Workers in the Gulf exposed to extreme temperature face growing health risks amid inadequate protections

Nepali Times

Doomsday ‘cult’ spreads climate disinformation
Climate

Doomsday ‘cult’ spreads climate disinformation

Pseudoscience group claims greenhouse gases are not main cause of climate crisis

Julian Reingold and Ignacio Conese

100 Days of Balenism
News

100 Days of Balenism

A SWOT analysis of Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s eventful three months in government

Shristi Karki

Nepal’s emerging silver economy
Comment

Nepal’s emerging silver economy

Ageing which was once framed almost entirely as a fiscal burden is increasingly being recognised as an economic frontier

Yanki Ukyab

It’s a Messi situation in Nepal
News

It’s a Messi situation in Nepal

There are many reasons why Argentina and its star footballer are so wildly popular in Nepal

Vishad Raj Onta

No tiger is an island
Reviews

No tiger is an island

Nepali sisters help BBC documentary uncover hitherto unknown behaviour of Bardia’s tigers

Sudiksha Tuladhar

Indian off-season tourism boom in Nepal
Guest Editorial

Indian off-season tourism boom in Nepal

The surge in tourists and pilgrims this summer have raised questions of equity and preparedness

Shailendra Thakali

Toyota
Opinion/Editorial View all
Securing Nepal’s fertiliser future
Opinion

Securing Nepal’s fertiliser future

The case for ‘green fertiliser’ production using country’s hydropower to reduce imports and boost food production

Chandra Bahadur K C and Sudhindra Sharma

Nepali and Philippine economic models
Opinion

Nepali and Philippine economic models

Income inequality in the Philippines presents a case study for what Nepali planners should avoid

Suugam Nanda Bajracharya in Manila

Giving the government the benefit of doubt
Editorial

Giving the government the benefit of doubt

So far so good, but enough of this algorithmic attention-seeking we now need functioning government

Editorial

The US and India have become regional rivals
Comment

The US and India have become regional rivals

Ahead of the G7 in Paris, a look at how Washington may be viewing India more as a regional rival , not strategic partner

Brahma Chellaney

Multimedia View all
Life amidst the ruins

Life amidst the ruins

Residents of bulldozed riverside settlements are still picking up pieces of their homes

Aditya Khare in Solukhumbu

Kathmandu's squatter settlements demolished

Kathmandu's squatter settlements demolished

Valley's riverbank occupants face uncertainty as government says it will begin to identify ‘genuine squatters’

Aditya Khare

Living to tell the tale

Living to tell the tale

On the 11th anniversary of the 2015 earthquake, Dharara survivor recalls his miraculous rescue

Sudiksha Tuladhar

The long and winding road to India

The long and winding road to India

Chronology and impact of the first road linking Kathmandu to the outside world

Dan Edwards

Turkish Airlines
Climate View all
Global energy crisis hits Nepal’s kitchens

Global energy crisis hits Nepal’s kitchens

But this could be the perfect opportunity to revive the country’s successful biogas program

Saurav Dhakal

International coalition to phase out fossil fuels

International coalition to phase out fossil fuels

57 countries launch a new drive on the energy transition against the backdrop of the Hormuz blockade

Julian Reingold

Hydrocarbons to Carbohydrates

Hydrocarbons to Carbohydrates

Nepal faces a food crisis with higher fuel costs and fertiliser shortage due to the West Asia war

Sonia Awale

Mosquitos ascend to the base of Mt Everest

Mosquitos ascend to the base of Mt Everest

Climate change makes both the vector and virus carry dengue fever ever higher up Nepal’s mountains

Text and Photographs by Yuri Segalerba

Reviews View all
Balancing conservation conservatives with pragmatism

Balancing conservation conservatives with pragmatism

Book underlines the role of revitalist architecture when urban space is a living culture

Sonia Awale

Exhibit by 3 Nepali photographers in Italy

Exhibit by 3 Nepali photographers in Italy

Kishor Sharma, Uma Bista, and Sagar Chhetri showcase their photographs in prestigious gallery

Nepali Times

Where gods and people mingle

Where gods and people mingle

Post-2015 earthquake reconstruction revived Patan’s ancient architectural techniques

Sonia Awale

Ethnographic documentation of Nepal’s Tamang civilisation

Ethnographic documentation of Nepal’s Tamang civilisation

New book is a pictorial anthology of the lives and rituals of the people of a remote Himalayan village

Kunda Dixit