Legal hurdles block death declarations for Nepal floods victims
My friend Tekraj Thami is a journalist. A month ago, he vanished in the floods that followed a glacier and bedrock collapse […]
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Thousands of survivors shelter in schools weeks after Nepal floods
Three weeks after flash floods near the Nepal-Tibet border, more than 5,000 people remain missing. And thousands of displaced families have made […]
A Year After Nepal’s Uprising, Self-Immolations Test the State’s Promise of Change
Five people set themselves on fire in Nepal in July. Some are now reading the deaths as political in a country whose […]
Mud Everywhere, Bodies Left Uncollected, and Rescue Without a Rope
Upon reaching Nuwakot and Rasuwa right after the floods, I realized that the reality was far deeper and more painful than what […]
The River Came at Nine
As of the morning of Sept. 3, the ninth day of the Bhotekoshi flood, government figures show more than 1,200 bodies recovered […]
Virus Outbreak: How Police in Nepal Are Enforcing a Lockdown
Nepal is cracking down on lockdown violators and police are using a multipurpose fork device to enforce the law. “Nepal police had […]
Nepal’s life-saving delivery programme
The Safe Motherhood Programme encourages women in rural areas of Nepal to give birth in hospital. Video link: https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p06s803n/nepal-s-life-saving-delivery-programme
The man who saves cows on his motorbike
In Kathmandu many cows are abandoned when they are of no more use to their owners. One man is saving these cows […]
The Teen Golf Sensation Swinging for Nepal
Since before she was born, Pratima Sherpa was destined to have a career in golf. Her parents met while working on one […]
Curing Blindness Can Only Take 5 Minutes, Thanks to This Revolutionary Method
A dedicated team of eye doctors are on a mission to rid the world of preventable blindness, one incision at a time.
