Migration turns Nepal’s hill villages into ghost towns
Villages lie abandoned and fields fallow with residents leaving in search of greener pastures.
The Kathmandu Post
Airlines return to Nepali skies in a sign of tourism recovery
However, arrivals are still less than half of what they were before Covid-19, which industry insiders blame on the lack of promotion
Nepalese leaders in talks for new coalition
Results so far suggest neither the ruling coalition nor the Unified Marxist–Leninist partners will win a simple majority in Parliament.
Gagan Thapa has tricky path to PM post
Thapa’s claim for the top executive post will definitely make the incumbent prime minister and the party president uncomfortable.
Covax to supply 1.5 million Covid-19 bivalent doses to Nepal shortly
Health Ministry officials say the vaccine doses will be used as first and second booster shots.
How online violence is shaping our lives
It is important that we use gender-informed approaches to better deal with online abuse, which has become more common than ever, the author writes.
High inflation and unemployment are forcing Nepal’s youths to seek foreign jobs
In the fiscal year spanning 2021 to 2022, an average of 1,745 Nepalis left the country for foreign employment every day.
Rising dollar makes Nepal’s winter clothes more expensive
According to Nepal Rastra Bank, prices of clothes and footwear rose by 7.68 per cent in the first two months of the current fiscal year ended mid-September.
Nepali botanist discovers species of Impatiens new to science
Dr Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti discovered the new species while collecting plant samples for his botanical survey in Myagdi district in 2011.
India allows export of 600,000 tonnes of unmilled rice to Nepal
India accounts for more than 40 per cent of global rice shipments and competes with Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan and Myanmar.