Urmila Majhi wants her former commander, now prime minister, to work for the people for a change
All Photos: DHANBAHADUR THAPAAlmost every household in western Nepal has a family member working in India, and the 6.6 magnitude earthquake that…
Chinimaya lama with her two children. All photos: ANITA BHETWALChinimaya Lama, 30, cannot walk up the slope to fetch water for her livestock.…
Sangam and Laxmi Mahato, sisters of Dilip Mahato, who was killed by the sand mafia three years ago for protesting their mining operation.…
Mina Biswakarma is going door to door campaigning for chair of Raghuganga Rural Municipality with her 3-year-old son strapped to her back. When…
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAManjula Thakur was married at age 12. By the time she was 20, she had three children. At 32, she still did not know…
Photo: KUNDA DIXITWhile almost 10% of the Nepali population continues to live without power, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has begun to…
Photo: KATE HOLT/IRINThe spread of ultrasound clinics to detect the sex of babies is leading to a slaughter of daughters in Nepal, sharply…
In early April, the coronavirus cases were at an all-time low and we were reporting from Janakpur, and the surrounding border region for two…
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIA month ago, Nepal was reporting an average of only 300 Covid-19 cases daily, and the number of deaths was zero for…
More people die on Nepal's highways every year than in all natural disasters combined
