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Rebuilding lives as important as rebuilding homes

#868 ( 21-27 July 2017 )
Shreejana Shrestha
Even if earthquake families move into new houses, they need help finding jobs

Roadblock

#867 ( 14-20 July 2017 )
The Mugling Highway is an example of poor governance and lack of accountability of those in high office

Unblocking an artery

#867 ( 14-20 July 2017 )
Sanjeev Sharma
A trip along the accident-prone 36km Mugling-Narayangad highway, which was once considered an engineering feat

Remittance, rice and real estate

#867 ( 14-20 July 2017 )
Yuvaraj Shrestha
An example of how a remittance-based economy can wreck thriving agriculture in one of Nepal’s most fertile valleys

Rice self-sufficiency

#867 ( 14-20 July 2017 )
Sean Shoemaker
Many of the estimated 1,700 varieties of rice that have evolved to suit the country's micro-climates and soils are now in danger of becoming extinct

Power without paisa

#866 ( 7-13 July 2017 )
Om Astha Rai
The Big Three threaten to roll back decentralisation by cutting off money supply to newly elected local councils 

Taking the lead on lead

#866 ( 7-13 July 2017 )
Sonia Awale
Nepali children are exposed to alarmingly high levels of lead, which is slowing their intellectual development

Referendum for election

#865 ( 30 June - 6 July 2017 )
Om Astha Rai
The high turnout in the first two phases of local elections reflect the strong desire among Nepalis to vote for local governments

Getting to the other side

#865 ( 30 June - 6 July 2017 )
Gopal Gartaula
Despite lack of conviction that local elections will improve lives, people cross swollen rivers to vote

The pain and shame of 1 million Nepali women

#864 ( 23-29 June 2017 )
Rojita Adhikari
Uterine prolapse afflicts one in every ten women in Nepal

Moving after shaking

#864 ( 23-29 June 2017 )
Om Astha Rai
Over 2,600 families in villages threatened by quake-induced landslides need to be urgently resettled before the monsoon

Polling Together

#864 ( 23-29 June 2017 )
Shreejana Shrestha
Two years after bloody clashes, Tikapur is trying to bury the past to hold local elections

Election in instalments

#863 ( 16-22 June 2017 )
Om Astha Rai
Good news: 2nd phase of polls will be held on 28 June itself Bad news: Voting in Province 2 only after monsoon

Modern-day domestic slaves

#863 ( 16-22 June 2017 )
Shreejana Shrestha
The practice of Kamalari was outlawed 10 years ago, but the traditional system of bonded labour still exists in other forms

Nepalis in Qatar worried

#862 ( 9-15 June 2017 )
Karma Dolma Gurung
The Saudi-led blockade of Qatar has fanned fear about the future among Nepali migrant workers in the Gulf region because of a lack of information

Don't wait for Melamchi

#862 ( 9-15 June 2017 )
Tyler Mcmahon
Even if there is water in your tap, it makes sense to harvest rainwater

How to avoid power cuts this winter

#862 ( 9-15 June 2017 )
Shreejana Shrestha
Demand will outstrip supply and load-shedding will resume unless NEA can push its energy efficiency plan

Deuba's roadmap

#862 ( 9-15 June 2017 )
In his fourth tenure as Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba has a chance to end what started when he first was in that post 20 years ago.

Deuba IV

#861 ( 2-8 June 2017 )
Om Astha Rai
The man who failed as Prime Minister not just once, twice, but three times is all set to become Nepal’s Prime Minister for the fourth time

Taking politics out of the economy

#861 ( 2-8 June 2017 )
Om Astha Rai
Nepal can attain lower middle income status by 2030, but conditions apply
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