News
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More than 70 lives have already been lost to this past week’s rains with the toll only expected to rise.
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Features
17 min read
The decision to build new headquarters inside Teghari Forest has divided politicians, locals and environmentalists in Sudurpashim
Week in Politics
5 min read
Week in politics: what happened, what does it mean, why does it matter?
Features
5 min read
Lucrative but illegal businesses are sprinkled all over the country
Perspectives
8 min read
One young Nepali climate justice activist reflects on her experience attending COP26 and illustrates how the conference ultimately let us all down.
Features
7 min read
Gelje, one of the 10 men who summited K2 in the winter for the first time, is now aiming to set a record as the youngest to climb all 14 eight-thousanders.
Features
Longreads
32 min read
Is maintaining the Kodari crossing between Nepal and China as an international highway a lost cause?
Features
7 min read
Wildfires are not just causing air pollution levels across the country to skyrocket but could also lead to more ecological consequences during the monsoon.
Features
5 min read
As no formal orders have been placed and no agreements drawn up, even the Health Minister is looking to the gods.