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Spreading wings wider

#812 ( 10-16 June 2016 )
Kunda Dixit
The time is right for Nepal Airlines to increase capacity by adding bigger jets

Mobilising women

#811 ( 3-9 June 2016 )
Ayesha Shakya
Women’s centres help empower women to claim their rights and regain their footing

When melting mountains shake

#811 ( 3-9 June 2016 )
Kunda Dixit
Already at risk from global warming, last year’s earthquake amplified existing hazards in the Himalaya

Catching up

#811 ( 3-9 June 2016 )
Santa Gaha Magar
Although it is the home district of Education Minister Giriraj Mani Pokhrel, the literacy rate in Mahottari is only 46 per cent

Switched on

#810 ( 27 May - 2 June 2016 )
Om Astha Rai
Consumers still face up to 12 hours without electricity in a country said to be the richest in hydropower in the region.

Kickstarting solar projects

#810 ( 27 May - 2 June 2016 )
Avishek Malla
Nepal’s energy crisis spares no one: every organisation, from businesses and farms to schools and health clinics, struggles with it.

Mustering up energy to face the future

#810 ( 27 May - 2 June 2016 )
Om Astha Rai
Petroleum is volatile, wind is uncertain, solar has storage issues, there is no alternative to large-scale hydropower

Be smart, go electric

#810 ( 27 May - 2 June 2016 )
Smriti Basnet
The public demand for electric vehicles that soared during the Indian Blockade appears to have tapered off.

Rivers of Nepal’s Wild West

#809 ( 20-26 May 2016 )
Yu Wei Liew in DOTI
Go white water rafting on the Seti-Karnali before new reservoir projects change them forever

Buddha’s birthplace on his birthday

#809 ( 20-26 May 2016 )
Seulki Lee
If visitors look beyond its neglect and crassness, Lumbini offers a spiritual reawakening

Tourism for the people, by the people

#809 ( 20-26 May 2016 )
Kunda Dixit in POKHARA
Unique eco-green hotel in Pokhara is a global model for self-sustainability

Listen to us

#809 ( 20-26 May 2016 )
Om Astha Rai
The protests may not be powerful enough to force a rewrite of the Constitution

Getting tourism out of hot water

#808 ( 13-19 May 2016 )
Sahina Shrestha
Nepalis have been using Himalayan hot springs for health reasons, but their full tourism potential has never been tapped

Hounded out of Malaysia

#808 ( 13-19 May 2016 )
Om Astha Rai
Among the factors dissuading Nepalis from working in Malaysia is widespread harassment and robberies by locals

Staying home

#808 ( 13-19 May 2016 )
Sonia Awale
The number of Nepalis going to work in Malaysia and the Gulf showed a drastic drop this year

Hollow nationalism

#808 ( 13-19 May 2016 )
Om Astha Rai
Not everything is hunky dory in the ruling coalition.

More exercise, less soft drinks …

#807 ( 6-12 May 2016 )
Sonia Awale
… most effective way to tackle an epidemic of diabetes sweeping Asian developing countries like Nepal

A time to every purpose

#807 ( 6-12 May 2016 )
Sahina Shrestha
Many traditional occupations are on the verge of vanishing forever in Kathmandu

Pulling the rug

#807 ( 6-12 May 2016 )
Kunda Dixit
This week’s high drama for regime change appears to have fizzled out as the UML beat the Nepali Congress in its competition to woo the UCPN(M

City of devotees devotes itself to development

#806 ( 29 Apr - 5 May 2016 )
Seulki Lee
While the rest of the country just talks about federalism, Bhaktapur is already practicing self-governance
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