Kathmandu, March 7 -- Linda Sue Park is an American children's book author of Korean heritage. Her book A Single Shard, about an orphaned boy in 12th century Korea who wants to become a potter, was aw... Read More
Kathmandu, March 6 -- Over the last two decades, Nepal has made notable progress in maternal and neonatal healthcare. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) has declined from 536 per 100,000 live births i... Read More
Kathmandu, March 5 -- The waning faith of the public in Nepal's courtrooms and (in)justice delivered should invoke a debate in the legislature about what the fundamental philosophy of our legal system... Read More
Kathmandu, March 5 -- Water hyacinth is an invasive Amazonian species that clogs Nepal's waterways, suffocating indigenous plants, and blocking nutrients needed by fish and aquatic birds. Now, a Nepal... Read More
Kathmandu, March 4 -- This piece is not about Tapasi Pannu's Bollywood movie, Thappad. But the echo of that slap from childhood still echoes in my ear. It was the first and only time my father ever l... Read More
Kathmandu, March 4 -- There is nothing quite so green as a green pit viper, so distinctively designed as a banded krait or so exquisitely patterned as the scales on the hood of a spectacled cobra. Des... Read More
Kathmandu, March 3 -- Bipul Chettri felt right at home at a concert last week in Pokhara (pictured), the lakeside crowd sang along as he strummed his guitar to his most recent ballad, Salala. Fans kn... Read More
Kathmandu, March 2 -- It is widely known that a significant trade and currency dispute between Nepal and Tibet that began in 1788 led to a military conflict between China and the Gorkha Kingdom. The ... Read More
Kathmandu, March 1 -- With the onset of spring, surface visibility has improved in Kathmandu and Tarai cities, reducing the notorious delays in domestic flights on trunk routes in Nepal. However, spr... Read More
Kathmandu, March 1 -- Nepal may have defused the population bomb, but its cities and towns are bursting at the seams. Federalism was supposed to improve rural living standards through more accountabl... Read More