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The battle for Birganj

#875 ( 8-14 September 2017 )
Rameshwar Bohara
Birganj is a microcosm of everything traditionally associated with elections: money, muscle, betrayal.

Border wall

#874 ( 1-7 September 2017 )
Kanak Mani Dixit
With embankments on three sides Rautahat was ripe for disaster

Flood and food

#874 ( 1-7 September 2017 )
Sunir Pandey
Many farmers in the Tarai will have no harvest until next year

Not enough for everyone

#873 ( 25-31 August 2017 )
Sonia Awale
Melamchi water distribution will reflect the city’s existing inequities

Leading from beneath

#873 ( 25-31 August 2017 )
Sahina Shrestha
The one-door policy for flood relief was widely criticised, but it can work if newly-elected local governments take charge 

The golden age of the gospel

#873 ( 25-31 August 2017 )
Om Astha Rai
A secular Nepal sees a surge in conversions to Christianity by evangelical groups

Preaching on high

#873 ( 25-31 August 2017 )
Brot Coburn
A Christian evangelical group is converting Buddhists in holy Himalayan valleys

Flood on the border

#873 ( 25-31 August 2017 )
Kanak Mani Dixit
With embankments on three sides Rautahat was ripe for disaster

“Dallu janey ho?”

#872 ( 18-24 August 2017 )
Julia Thomas
An outsider finds Kathmandu buses to be easy and safe — it just takes time

Going undercover

#872 ( 18-24 August 2017 )
Shreejana Shrestha
A crowded white minibus prepares to leave on the Gongabu route. A team from the Metropolitan Police Office made up of two officers dressed convincingly as civilians gets on board. One of them is the bait.

Think Pink

#871 ( 11-17 August 2017 )
Sonia Awale
As breast cancer cases multiply, survivors break taboos and talk about the disease so it can be detected and treated early

Freezing a future family

#871 ( 11-17 August 2017 )
Shreejana Shrestha
Nepalis are increasingly preserving their eggs, semen and embryos but not just for urgent medical reasons

Internal Need

#870 ( 4-10 August 2017 )
Kate Ryan
While cross-border trafficking of Nepali women gets attention, domestic trafficking does not

Little light

#869 ( 28 July -3 August 2017 )
Om Astha Rai
Whether Deuba goes for elections with or without the RJP will determine the success or failure of his fourth tenure as PM

Stratospheric Pollution

#869 ( 28 July -3 August 2017 )
Kunda Dixit
Top atmospheric scientists are in Nepal to study how pollution high above the Himalaya affects the monsoon

Texting when trouble arrives

#869 ( 28 July -3 August 2017 )
Om Astha Rai
Chitwan village spreads early warning of flash floods through mobile phones 

Good news in Madi

#869 ( 28 July -3 August 2017 )
Om Astha Rai
After much bad press Madi finally has some good news to share: it has a mayor after 15 years without locally-elected representatives

Sinkhole

#868 ( 21-27 July 2017 )
Om Astha Rai
As Deuba orders authorities to bury street sinkholes, a political sinkhole is forming and threatens to swallow the Constitution

Metro without mayor

#868 ( 21-27 July 2017 )
Om Astha Rai
"Maoists did not just tear up ballot papers, but attacked democracy as well."

Building back alone

#868 ( 21-27 July 2017 )
Shreejana Shrestha
An earthquake survivor rebuilt his house and his family’s livelihood all by himself
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