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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News
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Villages routinely get swept away in Nepal’s most landslide-prone district because locals, fed up with government apathy, are building settlements in risky locations
Features
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The decision to build new headquarters inside Teghari Forest has divided politicians, locals and environmentalists in Sudurpashim
Features
10 min read
Reservoir-type hydropower projects might generate much-needed electricity for Nepal but they also come at significant environmental, ecological, and social costs.
Features
6 min read
Two months ago, unprecedented floods brought about much destruction to Melamchi but residents have largely been left to fend for themselves.
Features
8 min read
For decades, studies have shown that a warming climate is pushing the treeline to shift upwards across the world — including in the Everest region. But what exactly does this phenomenon mean?
Photo Essays
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For the people living besides the Bagmati in Teku, every year the monsoon brings much devastation. And as local authorities do little to help, residents have no one to turn to but themselves.
Record Blog
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The majority of businesses, especially in the service sector, will probably not survive in the absence of state aid packages and guarantees
Features
5 min read
A long-term, green solution to Kathmandu’s waste problem could be to adopt waste-to-energy technologies on a large, commercial scale. But can it be done?