Move over CFLs, here come LED lights that save even more energy

The only thing worse than a future mega-earthquake in Kathmandu will be its aftermath

For the sons of Singapore Gurkhas, joining elite corps is a way out of unemployment in Nepal

At 12, she lost her innocence and was made to feel ashamed for something that was not her fault

Three Nordic countries which together make up the second-biggest donor grouping say Nepal urgently needs elections and a constitution to move ahead

If Nepal doesn't ratify its international anti-money laundering commitments next year it will join other rogue states

A young Nepali woman returning from Saudi Arabia is robbed by immigration officials and raped by a policeman

Police don't arrest rapists in the eastern Tarai, they give in to local pressure and marry them off to their victims

Nepalis broadcasters abroad are connecting the diaspora to communities back home

Eastern Nepal's model township is on its way to becoming the country's first Green City

While Ilam excels at most development indicators, it has fallen behind on tourism

The lack of curriculum in Braille means that the future of blind students remains bleak

Two doctors turn their vision of providing world-class eye care to poor Nepalis into reality

As Nepal's population pyramid experiences a youth bulge, many young adults will simply have no jobs when they enter the labour market

The Doha climate summit this week won't make any breakthrough

Diamond Hill Academy is changing the rural landscape one student at a time

Graphic journalist tells the story of Pushpa Basnet and her children through comics

Nepal's rural communities are taking electric power into their own hands

Political appointees threaten medical schools with mission to train rural doctors

Photographs by Clarence Comyn Taylor provide a glimpse of what Nepalis looked like 150 years ago