As the drone takes off, the skyline of Kathmandu is shrouded in a thick layer of polluted haze that has been lingering for ...

A thick, grey smog has blanketed Kathmandu Valley and much of Nepal, turning the air acrid and the sky an unnatural shade of ...

Meteorologists have forecast light to moderate rainfall for today, which could lessen the air pollution. Nepal has been ...

Pollution levels are spiking in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, leaving its residents with air quality worse than any other city in the world.

The Air Quality Life Index, issued by the University of Chicago, estimated in 2024 that air pollution stripped 3.4 years off the life of an average Nepal resident.

The Himalayan Nation's Ministry of Health reports that air pollution causes 42,000 deaths in Nepal annually 19 per cent of which are children under five and 27 per cent are individuals over 70.

A dry winter is intensifying wildfires in Nepal, experts said Wednesday, as the capital Kathmandu continued to suffer from hazardous air quality that ranks it among the most polluted cities globally.

A dry winter is intensifying wildfires in Nepal, experts said Wednesday, as the capital Kathmandu continued to suffer from hazardous air quality that ranks it among the most polluted cities globally.