Nepal’s deities in transit
Sacred objects stolen from shrines are being returned from museums in the West only to be stored away in museums in Nepal
repatriation
Yale returns Tara to Nepal
The Consulate-General of Nepal in New York on 6 May announced with Yale University Art Gallery in Connecticut the return of a...
Who looted Nepal's gods?
Narayan Putuwar was awakened by the sound of stones hitting the tin roof over his head. He turned, half-asleep, and checked the...
Letter from Wuhan to Kathmandu
It was a spontaneous decision to stay on. Having worked in humanitarian support, I could not leave at a time when a...
Nepal has decided to live with Covid-19
[caption id="attachment_55670" align="alignnone" width="1500"] Nepal has decided to live with coronavirus adhering to safety measures until the vaccine is developed. Photo: BIKRAM...
“We better take this virus seriously”
I am a Captain with Nepal Airlines, and had been feeling unusually fatigued in the cockpit during recent trips. After a repatriation flight from...
Nepali workers rejoin jobs overseas
The plight of thousands of Nepali migrant workers stranded overseas gets a lot of media attention, but there are also many who...
Nepal to lift quota on flights
Faced with criticism from migrant workers and Nepal’s embassies abroad for allowing only a limited daily quota of passengers to fly into...
Nepal to open regular flights from 1 September
After the outrage over the government’s abrupt cancellation of scheduled repatriation flights on 16 August, the Cabinet has announced conditions for passengers...
Stranded visitors want to stay on in Nepal
During the first two months of lockdown when foreign embassies in Kathmandu were rounding up their last remaining nationals to fly home...
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