MIN BAJRACHARYA Laxman Shrestha is known for painting abstract landscapes that contain vast expanses. His first solo show in Kathmandu in 40…
Pawankali's story is pretty typical. A young woman from a village in west Nepal fails class nine and decides to make a future for herself in…
DEVRAJ POKHREL On 19 January, protestors in Lahan torched five buses carrying over 350 passengers. Most of them lost their luggage and did not…
KIRAN PANDAY Shyam Badan Shrestha is not afraid of working hard or of taking chances. She's been doing both since she was a child. After…
There's a Nepali face on one of a series of six British Post stamps released to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross. The VC,…
MARTY LOGAN When farmers in Begnas find their crops are not yeilding well, they turn to local plant breeder Surya Nath Adhikari and his wife…
NARESH NEWAR Eight-year-old Resmi Gupta is rebellious and defiant. And to the children of Baskhora village, Kapilbastu, she's a hero. Resmi has…
SHRISTHI RL RANA NEPALGANJ - At an NC political leadership workshop two conspicuous old men sit squeezed into a corner. They look terribly…
A whole generation of Nepalis have probably picked up their music tastes from Hits FM's executive director, Jeevan Shrestha. He got his…
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY For a 63-year-old on dialysis, Punya Poudyal is bursting with energy. Both his kidneys have failed him, but he continues to…
For four years, Poonam Rai produced and designed clothing lines for major French high street chains like La Redoute, Quelle, and Blanc Port. The…
PHOTOGRAPHER With more than half of Nepal's doctors practicing in Kathmandu Valley, it's easy to see why rural Nepal has the lowest density of…
KIRAN PANDAY Laxmi Gurung, is a classic example of what equal opportunities can do. The 39-year-old sub-inspector heads the recently established…
KIRAN PANDAY The school's tin roof leaks during the monsoon and during summer months heats up, making the rooms unbearably hot. The school has…
MIN BAJRACHARYA Sandak Ruit, ophthalmologist, was pleased, but not surprised to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award this week. The soft-spoken…
Sridhar Samsher J B Rana is the first non-Tibetan to be bestowed with the title 'Rinpoche'. Rana, whose interest in religion was sparked when he…
KUMAR SHRESTHA For women like Jeena Lingden, parliament's decision to reserve 33 percent of government jobs for women was nothing new. Even…
It is said that whatever is good for you doesn't taste good and whatever is tasty is bad for health. Not so with bel juice. The bel fruit grows…
MIN BAJRACHARYA On 22 August 2002, 19 people died when a Twin Otter flight from Jomsom with 16 German tourists on board crashed just before…
SWORUP RANJIT While the rest of the world celebrates the biggest sporting extravaganza by staying up late into the night watching the World Cup,…
"We have no time to think about football," said Ulf M?hlbacher who with his son Matthias left Germany two weeks ago and made a stopover in…
PRAGYA SHRESTHA Bhim Kumari Biswokarma is 21 and came from Rolpa to work at a brick kiln in Patan five years ago. There are many like her from…
The students roam around in rainbow coloured uniforms of daura suruwal, waist coat and gunyou cholo, their classrooms are named after artists,…
Then Taranath Ranabhat resigned as speaker of the House of Representatives, word got around that his replacement would be none other than acting…
