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Vaccines too little, too late for Nepal?

There is breaking news every other day: the United States donates 2 million Moderna shots to Bangladesh and Pakistan. Denmark announces 250,000...

Sonia Awale

Tap, Track, Trace and Test

Tackling Covid-19 through mobile apps

Saniaa Shah

Despite doubts, Nepal sticks with AstraZeneca jabs

Over 1.6 million Nepalis have so far been inoculated against the coronavirus, all of them with the AstraZeneca vaccine that several European countries...

Tales of courage and suffering

For over two centuries now, Nepal’s real 'frontline workers’ have been its soldiers who fought and sacrificed their lives in foreign soil...

Tales of courage and suffering

For over two centuries now, Nepal’s real 'frontline workers’ have been its soldiers who fought and sacrificed their lives in foreign soil...

Diary of a Nepali soldier in France

Books have been written about the legendary bravery and sacrifice of Nepal’s Gurkha soldiers. Officers have extolled their obedience and cheerfulness despite...

WHO and US

Trump exits the World Health Organisation, but the global order survives

Marty Logan

Many foreigners stay put in Nepal

Three weeks into the lockdown, foreign embassies in Kathmandu are still trying to fly home the last of their remaining nationals from...

Sonia Awale

Nepal COVID-19 lockdown extended till 7 April

The Nepal government decided on Sunday to extend its national lockdown by another week till midnight 7 April, and to continue the...

Nepal Airlines to fly stranded Australian tourists to Sydney

Nepal’s Coronavirus Control High-level Task Force decided to extend the lockdown by another week, and allow rescue flights to take tourists stranded...