Students at Ghami Solar School in Mustang district posing with teachers after classes resume. Upper Mustang has not had any cases of Covid-19.…
A quarantine zone at Nepal Army's headquarters in Tundikhel. Photo: BIKRAM RAIBy now the novel coronavirus pandemic has affected every corner of…
WELCOME TO THE WORLD: A child sleeps in a hammock while its parents work in a workshop making idols for the Dasain festival in Kupondol. Photo:…
Social stigma, misconceptions still hamper access to birth control
Bayalpata Hospital represents a functioning model of accessible and affordable medical care in remote Nepal
Nepal has made significant progress in raising primary school enrolment, with more than 95% of boys and girls now attending school from Grades 1…
Dharma Budha of Wai village of Bajura district gave birth to a baby three weeks ago inside a cowshed. She will stay in the dark, windowless…
As new roads crisscross the mountains and valleys of the Himalaya, Nepal’s most famous attraction – trekking – is unfortunately being sullied.…
The other-worldly beauty of Phoksundo Lake at 3,660m. All photos: BHARAT BANDHU THAPAThe unprecedented blizzards this year in Dolpo and other…
In 1974, Broughton Coburn hiked up to a Gurung village on a ridge at the eastern edge of Syangja District, and introduced himself to the…
More than 200 women have gathered outside the district hospital in Manma, the main town in one of Nepal’s most underserved districts. It was an…
A villager in Maspur, Humla weaves a doko basket from strips of bamboo.“Jai grihasthi” is a greeting heard often in the Far West and Karnali…
Nepal’s fertility rate is going down even though contraceptive use has not increasedTHE RIGHT SHOT: Health worker Januka Dhakal injects…
