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Does Nepal need the army to guard parks?

Despite the military's anti-poaching role, local communities have a better track record in conservation

Defence mechanism

The Nepal Army has no business going into business

'She would have been 33 this year'

These days, every other day seems like an anniversary of one of the more famous crimes committed during the insurgency years. Today...

Forbidden to remember the Kotbada massacre

It was 8 December 2002, and my documentary जोगीमाराका ज्युँदाहरु (The Living of Jogimara) was being screened at the Kathmandu International Mountain...

Nepal designates more hospitals for Covid-19 treatment

Amidst a dramatic surge in Covid-19 infections in Nepal, Prime Minister K P Oli has announced that all big government and private...

Nepal designates more hospitals for Covid-19 treatment

Amidst a dramatic surge in Covid-19 infections in Nepal, Prime Minister K P Oli has announced that all big government and private...

From the frontlines of Nepal’s war

Twenty-five years after the Maoist insurgency started on 13 February 1996, journalists who covered that war remember their own experiences reporting on the...

Only memories remain

14 years and 11 prime ministers later Text and photographs by Bikkil SthapitMany of the over 1,300 people still listed as missing...

Don’t follow my footsteps, says female mahout

Himani Tharu may be the first female elephant mahout serving in Nepal's national parks, but her story is hardly inspirational.Instead, it exposes...

Nepal's accidental leaders

Now that the Army is in the business of importing medicine, why not deploy the Ministry of Health to defend Lipu Lekh?

Anil Chitrakar
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