Health workers transporting Covid-19 vaccines in rural Nepal. Photo: NARENDRA SHRESTHA/ADB NEPALIt was exactly three years ago that the novel…
Nearly three years after the outbreak of Covid-19, every day life is mostly back to normal. Photo: SUMAN NEPALIFor the first time since it was…
Vermilion rice paste and barley shoots prepared for Tika. All photos: SUMAN NEPALIAfter two years of relatively muted Dasain festivities due to…
With a new increase in the number of Covid cases in Nepal, there is now a looming threat of a fourth wave in Nepal, even as public health…
Photos: UNICEF NEPALDespite periods of political and economic instability, Nepal achieved dramatic progress in maternal and child health in the…
Crowd of people lining up for Covid vaccination outside Teku Hospital on Tuesday. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIDuring the devastating second wave last…
Photo: UNICEF NEPALFor the first time in four months, Nepal recorded over 1,000 daily new Covid cases on Sunday. Of the 12,632 people tested…
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”
Exactly one year ago, this newspaper restarted its hardcopy edition 10 month after going digital-only. The 1 January 2021 #1042 of Nepali Times…
Although Nepal’s airlines have weathered the pandemic and remained airworthy, there are concerns about whether Covid has removed forever the…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIIt has been two years since the coronavirus turned the world (and Nepal) upside down. Masks have become the norm, physical…
Photo: SAGLO SAMAJ/HIMALMEDIAThe Covid-19 worsened the disparities in young children’s development and learning in Nepal. One out of five Nepali…
Aakash KC finally flew to Korea on 13 December to rejoin his job after being stranded in Nepal for two years. Photo: AAKASH KCWhen Aakash KC…
New oxygen generation plants financed by the World Bank have come into operation in Lumbini and Janakpur Provincial Hospital to ensure an…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe fact that Omicron was detected in an individual who had arrived in Nepal five days before the new variant was first…
I nternational tourist arrivals increased by 58% in July-September, compared to the same period of 2020. This is still 64% below average 2019…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIAfter a dozen or so people were admitted to a hospital in Delhi with suspected omicron strain of Covid, neighbouring Nepal…
A student being administered the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine last week in Kathmandu. There are questions about the efficacy of current vaccines…
In Nepal or the US, having an option to vaccinate or not is a matter of privilege
The 100,620 doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Kathmandu on Monday. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIThe first 100,620 doses of Pfizer’s…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIAlthough the undernutrition rate in Nepal has dropped dramatically in the past two decades, a quarter of its children still…
MosquirixThe endorsement on Wednesday in Geneva by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of the new malaria vaccine Mosquirix has been described…
Back in July, migrant workers queued up all day and night for a rubber-stamped paper to certify that they have been vaccinated. Photo: UPASANA…
State neglect, international apathy, and the climate crisis magnify vaccine inequity in Nepal
