Home Authors Posts by Nepali Times

Nepali Times

122 POSTS 0 COMMENTS

From Kathmandu to USA: Shabnam Koirala named dean of School of...

Nepali becomes the first female South Asian dean at a university in the United States When Shabnam Koirala-Azad was growing up in Kathmandu, she had...

On the path to recovery

Picture: Since the men have all left, it is the women who helped rebuild the trails to Ripchet in the Tsum Valley, providing families with...

New Road to New York – Phiroj Shyangden

Phiroj Shyangden has no regrets leaving 1974 AD and fame in Nepal for America It is Friday night at Jackson Heights in Queens, and the...

Cakes and Community

As more Nepalis develop an appetite for breads and sweets, bakers are rising to their communities’ challenges The first thing you notice when approaching one...

ARTAVAGANZA-Kathmandu Triennale

The Kathmandu Triennale puts Nepal and Nepali artists on the world map with a two-week festival of creativity For past weeks a colourful mural has...

After Adityanath

Kathmandu, March 23, 2017: The naming of a Chief Minister in India is of little importance to Nepal. But Yogi Adityanath’s appointment as Chief...

The price of growing rice

Can Nepal regain self-sufficiency in paddy production? Experts say yes. Kathmandu, March 17, 2017: Eighty per cent of Nepalis live off the farm. Agri-culture accounts...

Melamchi not a mirage anymore

Kathmandu, March 17, 2017: Although the Melamchi Water Supply Project stepped up tunnel digging after a change of contractors, it would still have been...

Home coming

LEARNING BY DOING: Public health expert Rita Thapa demonstrates the hazardous effects of smoking to eighth graders in Padma Kanya High School last December. Retired...

Mountains without men

LEFT BEHIND: Even after receiving her reconstruction grant last year, Sajina Tamang (left) had to wait for months before beginning to rebuild her earthquake-damaged...

Broadcasting podcasting

Women journalists break the sound barrier by streaming directly to audiences through the Internet Kathmandu, March 3, 2017: Last week, a Nepal Airlines flight from Kathmandu...

Green Growth: Of local, for local, buy local

New online business reduces carbon footprint of urban consumers by extending the digital footprint of farmers A section of the B.P Highway that collapsed into...

Kathmandu’s Silicon Alley and the Law

NET ARCHITECTS: Princi Koirala and Aayush Subedi represent a new breed of young Nepali techies designing world-class apps like Tootle for sharing motorcycle rides. Archaic...

2 million by 2020 (feature story)

Nepal has set an ambitious target to increase tourist numbers, but is it realistic? Kathmandu, February 17, 2017: When the 25 April 2015 earthquake jolted Kathmandu,...

WOW Kathmandu!

A whole day of stories, workshops, panels, performance by women for women this Saturday Kathmandu, February 15, 2017: In 2010, Britisher Jude Kelly (above) started...

Erina Tamrakar returns

Kathmandu, February 14, 2017: Artist Erina Tamrakar’s exhibition In Between the Third Eye opens out the world of women, their feelings and emotions to...

Transplanting love

On 14 February, celebrate the ultimate love of a man who gave his kidney to his wife Kathmandu, February 10, 2017: Bhoj Bahadur Ghale wakes up...

Teller of tales

Noted Swiss author who made bed-time stories enchanting is visiting Kathmandu next week for a children’s book festival Kathmandu, February 10, 2017: When The Rainbow Fish...

Healing through radio

Picture: Hira Bhandari interviews one of the conflict victims in Kanchanpur. Conflict victims and their families are sharing and broadcasting stories of their war experiences January 20,...

Cantilever trail

THE GREAT BARRIER: The cantilever pathway in Yaru Bagar replaced the trail that was washed away by the river after the 2015 earthquake and...

Earthquake safety day today

25 April 2015 was just a slap on the wrist compared to what is coming. Kathmandu, January 15, 2017: It is that time of year...

A lonely goddess

Ex-Kumari Chanira Bajracharya tries to adjust to the real world Chanira Bajracharya may look like any other millennial girl, but after getting to know her it...

Life after near-death

Two friends rescued miraculously after the 2015 earthquake build new futures Ramesh and Pemba (above) had been friends for over four years, working in the...

China-Nepal bilateral relations

Picture: Wu Si, a Chinese hotel manager in Thamel, poses for a honeymoon photo with his Nepali wife, Samita, at Kathmandu Durbar Square. Wu says...

Startup Stories