Western Nepal faces a food emergency and a health emergency. Women and children are affected the most.

In a candid interview with the Nepali Times, Ken Ohashi, World Bank director in Kathmandu, discusses his concerns about budgetery support, banking reforms, decentralisation, and the Bank's priorities.

The tarai town that missed the bus. Is a revival possible?

The Maoists have used the political confusion in Kathmandu to re-strategise their "forward leap". But there may be factors they haven't taken into account.

The core flaw in Nepali espionage is information overload.

The history of Lal Darbar is like a fairy tale with legends, rumours of gold, and resident ghosts.

Like most Nepali women writers, activists, doctors, lawyers, professionals, I know that no matter what my achievement, I too can be cut down to size by name-calling and insinuation.

Our under-16 girls are off to play competitive football in Norway. Back home, they need a budget, events and an audience.