Nepali Times

Nurturing Nepal's care economy

Monetary value of unpaid care work must factor in female contribution to the economy Bina Pradhan

Guest Editorial

What hunger does before a child can even speak

After decades of ‘development’ one in three children in the Karnali is still underweight

Shalav Rana

Reviews

Attire into art, art into attire

Former hotelier turns fine pashmina into wearable works of art

Sudiksha Tuladhar

Multimedia

Nepalis in Denmark: it’s a hard knock life

“Amidst the hardships you find your way to happiness by believing and staying true to yourself.”

Suman Nepali in Denmark

Climate

Water > Energy > Food

Nepal has to start urgently treating food security as a national security issue

Shristi Karki

Diaspora Diaries

A Nepali’s African dream

Overcoming many hurdles along the way, migrant worker went from Gulmi to Goma

Amrit Chhetri

News

Sneha’s homecoming

Calligraphic artist returns to her roots to give her murals new meaning

Vishad Raj Onta

Drive Line

Kathmandu is becoming a ‘fine’ city

Road safety cannot be legislated with penalties, driver education and better roads come first

Arnav Upadhyay

Opinion

First public transport, then only mass transit

Rather than grand departures, the Valley urgently needs modest but high-impact transportation solutions

Bhushan Tuladhar and Kanak Mani Dixit

Opinion/Editorial View all

Opinion

When the monsoon cannot be trusted

Nepal prepares to mark National Paddy Day on 29 June as faltering efforts fail to keep pace with climate change

Anju Pandit

Editorial

Performance vs Process

The first 100 days of the Balendra Shah government show lots of swagger, but little substance

Editorial

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

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

Multimedia View all

Bhaktapur’s curd is not just for paddy planting day

Bhaktapur’s businesses hope to take juju dhau from valley kitchens to international shelves

Suman Nepali

Rise and fall of the Hetauda-Kathmandu ropeway

The cargo transportation system was decades ahead of its time, but was a victim of mismanagement

Dan Edwards

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

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

Aditya Khare

Climate View all

Doomsday ‘cult’ spreads climate disinformation

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

Julian Reingold and Ignacio Conese

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

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

Julian Reingold

Hydrocarbons to Carbohydrates

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

Sonia Awale

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