Nepali Times

Geopolitical convention season in Nepal

Cancellation of an academic conference on Tibet is a blow to Nepal's reputation as an open society Shristi Karki

News

Nepal can benefit by relaxing drone rules

Strict UAV regulation sets back tourism promotion and frustrates content creators

Shuvani Singh

News

The spirit of Japan’s ‘Dancing Fool’ festival

Nepalis in Japan may find this ancient dance resonates with their own beautiful chaos

Miki Upreti

Reviews

If Sartre spoke Nepali

Miss Menuka is not just about a respectful sex worker, but exposes racism and injustice

Shikha Sharma

Reviews

Depicting the human psyche in mixed media

Heritage, emotion, and identity in modern Nepali art

Shuvani Singh

Comment

Nepal's roads don’t last the rains

Infrastructure failure is rarely an engineering mishap but malgovernance made worse by climate change

Ranjan Bhatta

Drive Line

Nepal's car carnival month

What is new at the Naima 2026 auto show next week

Arnav Upadhyay

News

World under the nuclear shadow

On the 81st anniversary of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki atomic bombing, two possible futures for the world

Katsuhiro Asagiri in Hiroshima

News

Dekendra Thapa would be 55

Brother remembers journalist killed in Nepal’s long-forgotten war

Yaggya Raj Thapa in Dailekh

Opinion/Editorial View all

Editorial

The anatomy of violence in the Madhes

How a region that fought for an inclusive Nepal has found itself in the throes of sectarianism

Cyberia

Nepal needs to overhaul its rape laws

Too much is left to the subjective discretion of men in misogynistic agencies

Ayusha Chalise

Editorial

Nepal’s new migration corridor to Europe

The country’s migration and remittance landscape is changing, and economic diplomacy must follow

Editorial

Suburban Tales

What ‘Jojolappa’ really means

Adopted as a Newa greeting to replace ‘Namaste’ on radio 30 years ago, the word is now mainstream

Pratibha Tuladhar

Multimedia View all

A flood of worries

Living along the river corridors of Kathmandu Valley needs constant vigilance during the monsoon

Sushim Thapaliya

Nepal revives the purity and popularity of paubha

The sacred artform has been passed down to a younger generation of Nepali painters

Shuvani Singh

The early years of flying in Nepal

Timeline of the first four decades of aviation from 1933-1973 is a tale of highs and lows

Dan Edwards

Kathmandu Valley’s Bicycle Jatra

Despite rain, Kathmandu Kora kicks off with over 7,000 cyclists

Nepali Times

Climate View all

Water > Energy > Food

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

Shristi Karki

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

Reviews View all

Nepali artists pay homage to Banaras

Landmark exhibition that draws artistic symmetry between Kathmandu and Kashi

Pinak Shrestha

Home is where the art is

Russian artist in Kathmandu explores what remains when a traveller leaves a house behind

Kian Lee Mitty

Attire into art, art into attire

Former hotelier turns fine pashmina into wearable works of art

Sudiksha Tuladhar

No tiger is an island

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

Sudiksha Tuladhar