With the dismantling of the department responsible for rural electrification, the government seems determined to undermine another community-led Nepali success

Simigaon is a typical Nepali hill village - idyllic on the surface, but beset by the lingering effects of the conflict

Kabul Dreams is the opening act for Afghanistan's rock scene

Qatar Airways soars high

Preseving some of the destroyed structures of the conflict years will serve to remind us the devastation of war

Events and eataries of the week

Nepal is the only country in Asia that hasn't ratified an international treaty to phase out coolants that warm the earth