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The Himalayan village of Samjung did not die in a day. Perched in a wind-carved valley in Nepal's Upper Mustang, more than 13 ...
Langtang, Nepal – On the morning of April 25, 2015, Nima Chhiring Tamang, 30, left his home in northern Nepal’s Langtang village to spend time with friends in the neighbouring village of ...
Prime Minister and CPN (UML) Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has called for more effective publicity efforts to attract foreign ...
Local authorities in a village in Nepal registered the Himalayan nation’s first same-sex marriage on Wednesday, officials and activists said, five months after the Supreme Court issued an ...
The family planning and abortion provider Marie Stopes Nepal says pro-life activists, such as Rai, are deterring Nepali women from getting abortions – especially those in rural areas.
When prolonged drought struck the village of Samdzong, the residents had to make a critical decision: whether to stay or leave.
The nonprofit Heart Mantra Foundation is helping the people of Ringmo, high in the Himalayan mountains, restore their 15th century temple.
In a village a little over an hour's drive from Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, six women wearing yellow rubber gloves and surgical masks work in a shed, gently squeezing the wet larvae of the black ...
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Mental health isn’t just an urban concern
While mental well-being discussions are growing in Kathmandu, communities across Nepal still suffer in silence.
"Nepal is a challenging country to live in if you are not ready for constant uncertainty," writes Hayden Rue, who has lived in Nepal for years.
They are Nepal’s climate-change migrants, and there will be more. “I love this village,” said Sonam Chhiring Gurung, 76, one of the final holdouts, “but I can’t survive here much longer.” ...
A billboard instructing villagers on how to minimize conflict with elephants near the Mechi River in Bahundangi, a village along Nepal’s eastern border with India.