How a region that fought for an inclusive Nepal has found itself in the throes of sectarianism
The political crisis in Madhes Province reflects the fragile state of Nepal’s federalism
Action to protect province’s groundwater and solve flooding
The GenZ chants in Kathmandu and the curfew in Janakpur are not separate stories
The metamorphosis of Janakpur, and a new cultural portrait of Birganj
Federalism has failed not because the system is flawed, but because Nepal’s politicians have
Even more than in previous elections political parties are falling back on caste vote banks because of the absence of party ideology
As Nepal enters the last lap in federal and provincial races, candidates and their cadres seem more excited than voters. Across the Inner Tarai…
EDUCATION FOR ALL: A Community Learning Centre for Musahar children built by the Mithila Wildlife Trust in Dhanusha.Last week, as I was enjoying…
A group of activists has strongly condemned Infrastructure and Transport Minister Renu Yadav’s incendiary remarks at a recent political event in…
When Kathmandu Valley was still known as Swoniga (three cities), back in the medieval Lichhavi-Malla era, the Ganga plains did not send…
Pic: SEWA BHATTARAIThe memory of the catastrophic flood of 2017 is still fresh in the minds of the people of Rautahat district. But even though…
Pic: BIKRAM RAIAt Saraswati Primary School in Bhalohiya village in the central Tarai last week, children in Class 5 sweat in the humid heat,…
Pic: BIKRAM RAIWith the advent of the monsoon, we will be flooded with stories of floods, landslides and other water-induced ‘natural disasters’…
In Southern Nepal, the festival of colours begins with the burning of samat on the eve of Fagu Purnima. Samat consists of five different types…
After being lampooned for extravagant, but empty, promises and criticised for having nothing concrete to show for his first year as prime…
Just as the government was defusing one crisis by getting Madhesi activist CK Raut to renounce separatism last Sunday, it was faced with another…
The dramatic announcement in Kathmandu on Friday by C K Raut of the Alliance for Independent Madhes in a joint press conference with Prime…
Gudri area of Biratnagar is hosting a two-day market for Chhath, an important festival in Nepal's Tarai.The 200m road is closed and stalls of…
In a recent meeting with editors of Nepal’s mainstream media, six months after assuming office, Prime Minister K P Oli was grilled about fears…
(Left to right) Soniya Kumary Sada eloped when 16 after her Grade 10 exam, but her husband is away at work in India and she is prevented from…
Dipak Yadav could not go home for months. He would spend the whole day shouting anti-Kathmandu slogans, burning tyres on the streets of Birgunj…
Province 2 Chief Minister Lalbabu Raut in his office. Pic: Om Astha RaiIn his plush and spacious office in the refurbished former Janakpur…
PM Oli opposed the Indian Blockade in 2015, but as he prepares to visit Delhi he seems unaware of the stoppage at the Bhairawa border There is a…
