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Power to the periphery

Bal Bir Biswakarma from the village of Lulang at the lap of Mt Dhaulagiri in Central Nepal is a 68-year-old subsistence farmer, descendants...

Sonia Awale

Afghans in Nepal await resettlement

Ever since the most recent Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, they had been fleeing Kandahar and Kabul to Kathmandu in the hope of third-country asylum. ...

UK aid for Nepali mothers and children

As the Covid crisis pushes millions of Nepalis back below the poverty line affecting their nutritional status, the UK government is funding supplemental food...

Few jobs created by Nepal employment drive

Almost exactly two years ago, Prime Minister Oli launched an ambitious employment creation scheme, which was widely considered at the time as...

Europe now favoured destination for Nepalis

Despite pandemic, workers lured by better earnings, benefits and chance at citizenship

Upasana Khadka

Economic cost of 5 months of Nepal lockdown

As serious as the rapid spread in Nepal of the novel coronavirus looks, even more frightening is what the lockdown meant to...

Much more than dal bhat

Time for Masterchef Nepal to spotlight the country’s diverse, delicious food culture

Anil Chitrakar

Why Nepalis are flocking to Okinawa

Five years ago, 27-year-old Anita Sapkota left behind friends and family in Kathmandu to seek a better life on Japan’s tropical island...

Survey is wakeup call for Nepal government

There was great hope among Nepalis that the first local government elections in two decades, in 2017, would finally improve accountability and...

Removing poverty with jobs

Prime Minister Oli said last week that his government laid the foundation for prosperity in Nepal during its first year in power....