Nepal’s abandoned airports
Why are airports being built by preparing faulty feasibility study reports only to be abandoned later? Officials say these airports will be used during disasters and emergencies,…
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Weeks after auto-renewal of trade treaty with India, Nepal wants revision
With the automatic renewal of the Nepal-India trade treaty in November last year, trade experts said that Nepal lost an opportunity to negotiate and amend a few Articles…
Low enrollment, high dropout rates mar Achham campuses
“Many people are discouraged from pursuing bachelor’s level because it takes four years to complete the course. Lack of job guarantee further discourages students from…
Dealing with wrinkles
Due to a decrease in collagen and elastin synthesis, people between the ages of 30 and 40 encounter the first evidence of wrinkles.
Of bogus ‘babas’
The spirituality-criminality nexus is not Nepal’s problem alone. What these “babas” have in common, is their misuse of public legitimacy earned through a huge base of…
Teenage girls in Rukum East live in terror of outdated traditions
A 17-year-old girl was brutally assaulted by four men in public under the pretext of practising the age-old tradition of ‘Tani Bibaha’, which can be loosely translated to mean…
Nepal police arrest ‘Buddha Boy’
Nepali currency worth Rs30.3 million and Rs3.092 million in foreign currency was seized during a search at Bomjan's residence. Police had been searching for him for years for…
Onion smuggling thrives after Indian export ban
With the export ban on onions, the price of onions have declined in India, but it has fuelled smuggling due to the price differences in Nepal.
52 candidates file nominations for 19 National Assembly seats
The parties in the Nepali Congress-led ruling alliance are contesting the election together, while the main opposition the CPN-UML is vying for the election in all the 19 seats on…
Winter brings bumper honey harvest in Nepal’s mountains, but no markets
Om Prakash Khadka, a beekeeper in the mountainous region of northern Nepal experienced an unusual burst of optimism this winter—a rarity in his line of work. The reason? A…