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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Perspectives
7 min read
The longstanding ‘park-people’ conflict surrounding Chitwan National Park, which includes instances of gross human rights violations against the Tharu community, is a story that is often buried in the garb of conservation.
COVID19
News
5 min read
The Valley’s CDOs got the government’s green light to clamp strict measures on account of rising case numbers
Features
4 min read
Where the federal government has failed, local governments have stepped in
Photo Essays
1 min read
Photographer Laxmi Prasad Ngakhusi's photos of Kathmandu Valley during the lockdown
The Wire
Features
2 min read
Air pollution has devastating consequences for human health and the environment.
Perspectives
Opinions
5 min read
With Occupy Tudikhel Nepal gets an opportunity to question larger forces that are shaping it physically, and politically.
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.
Explainers
4 min read
The nation is unprepared for the mass return of migrant workers from destinations across the world