California artist’s exhibition in Kathmandu reminds us that nature is our shared home
Ten individuals from across the Himalayan region have issued an appeal for the life of Sonam Wangchuk, a Ladakh environmental activist, who is…
New Sajha buses as they get ready to depart from the CHTC factory in Nanjing. Photo: MUKUNDA SHAH.Electric vehicles are making a splash in…
A queue of trucks in 2017 at Timure, 3km from the Nepal-China border, waiting to get clearance to cross into Tibet. Since an earthquake in Nepal…
All photos: MITHILA WILDLIFE TRUSTImagine living next to a tiny forest the size of a tennis court right in the middle of Kathmandu, which makes…
After watching Don’t Look Up on a bootleg channel this week, the Ass has come to the happy conclusion that compared to a direct hit with Planet…
Vehicles are one of the biggest emitters of PM2.5 and other pollutants in Kathmandu. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIIt is that time of the year again…
Scene from the Czech film 'Its Bean Too Hot'.Films on cultivating coffee sustainably, plastic pollution of oceans, and community media in India…
All photos: NEPALI TIMESThe day my father brought home a shiny new motorcycle for the first time in Kathmandu, we were thrilled.After smashing a…
It must be a cosmic confluence that just as the world leaders gather in Glasgow next week to try to save the planet, we in Nepal mark the tragic…
Chanaute after the flood on the Melamchi River in 2021. All photos: RAJU PANDIT CHHETRIOn 15 June, the Melamchi River north of Kathmandu saw a…
All photos: RED PANDA NETWORKWhen British naturalist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker first made his ecological expedition in eastern Nepal from October…
The pandemic offers us the chance to tread lighter on the land allow nature to restore itself
A landslide in Jajarkot last year. Photo: RSSBy any measure, the past year has been disastrous for Nepal. The Covid-19 lockdowns devastated the…
Photo: THE STAR/THE PANGOLIN REPORTSOver 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is…
All photos: BIJAYABAR PRADHANNepalis continue to endure the worst air quality in recent years as wildfires ravage the forests at unprecedented…
All photos: BHARAT BANDHU THAPAWith the spread of the road network, and airfields coming back into operation, pilgrimage spots like Khaptad are…
As the 4th most vulnerable country in the world to the impact of the climate crisis, Nepal has emerged as a bellwether at international climate…
Many people do not know where Maitighar intersection got its name: there used to be the office of the Nepali movie माइतीघर in the 1960s with a…
For those growing up in the 1980s in Kathmandu, the 'Green Belt' became a familiar term as poplars rose up along the Ring Road. Over the years,…
Miss Moti is a body-positive character that I created to deal with my own issues with weight and self-image.Over the years, she has become an…
Photo: MANISH PAUDELNepal has only slightly progressed in the annual overall prosperity rankings this year, but rose 15 steps over the last…
The south face of Mt Gauri Shankar (7,134m) on the border between Nepal and China is bare rock, and shows how dramatically the snowline has…
Nepal’s Prime Minister K P Oli and heads of state and governments from over 64 countries have committed to reverse nature loss by the end of the…
