Nepali Times

Hormuz shock can hasten energy transition

West Asia war is an opportunity for developing countries to wean themselves from fossil fuels

Laura Carvalho

Heidelberg returns rare manuscripts

German university sends back to Kathmandu a trove of 700-year-old palm leaf scrolls after decades of preservation and documentation

Nepali Times

The Great Digital Leap Forward

Over 35 of the 100 points in the government’s good governance plan mention tech in one form or another

A long run for women’s rights

Sprinting across the Himalaya for women and girls everywhere

Alexandra Coltman

Nepal is a 13-day country

The country’s strategic stockpile of petroleum lasts less than 2 weeks, it must legislate against future energy shocks

Ashutosh Dev

Highlanders have high hopes

Those remaining in district with highest rate of outmigration have a wishlist from Nepal’s new leaders

Alexandra Coltman in Mustang

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

Silver lining in war clouds

The West Asia conflict can hasten the global green energy transition

Manjeet Dhakal

Kathmandu's squatter settlements demolished

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

Aditya Khare

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25 April is not over

The 11th anniversary of the 2015 earthquake is a reminder to strengthen community preparedness to save lives

Ramu Kharel

Nepal’s yak economy

On National Yak Day, celebrating the guardians of High Asia to empower local communities

Ken Shimizu

Gold standard

How much gold, or land, or stock, or real estate is too much?

Editorial

Regime change – sometimes it works, often it doesn’t

Donald Trump ran on a platform of ending wars. After his success in Venezuela, he is intoxicated by his military achievements and is banking on regime change in several countries.

Herbert Wulf

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Hormuz shock can hasten energy transition

Heidelberg returns rare manuscripts

The Great Digital Leap Forward

A long run for women’s rights

Nepal is a 13-day country

Highlanders have high hopes

Mosquitos ascend to the base of Mt Everest

Silver lining in war clouds

Kathmandu's squatter settlements demolished

25 April is not over

Nepal’s yak economy

Gold standard

Regime change – sometimes it works, often it doesn’t

Living to tell the tale

The long and winding road to India

Pāhāñ Charey पाहाँ चःह्रे

Painting walls to bring down walls

Rangelands of the Himalayan Range

Himalayan Futures Forum 2026

Hotter Himalaya melts glaciers

Karnali Aquatic Reserve

Birth sleeves and synapses

Drawing divine femininity

How to win friends and influence nations

Mainstreaming abstract art