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A taste of our own medicine

Kathmandu, April 19 -- DRUG MONEY: Patients stand in line to purchase medicines at the Bayalpata Hospital Pharmacy in remote Achham District (left) and over the counter in Kathmandu (right). In the te... Read More


The rise of high-rises

Kathmandu, April 19 -- For a year or two after the 25 April 2015 earthquake, the residents of Kathmandu were too terrified to return to their high-rise apartments. None of them collapsed in the 7.8 di... Read More


Turkish to Denver

Kathmandu, April 18 -- Starting 11 June, Turkish Airlines will be flying nonstop to Denver from Istanbul with three flights a week. Denver is the 14th North American destination that the carrier has a... Read More


Going up in smoke

Kathmandu, April 17 -- The natural world does not respect manmade boundaries. We demarcate rivers as the frontiers between nation states, but they change their course in open defiance of cartographers... Read More


Autism awareness with art

Kathmandu, April 16 -- Orange, yellow and brown. Sama Bajracharya fills the canvas with colours, her forehead creased in concentration and a smile playing at her lips. Sama is 47 and has autism, a ne... Read More


Fuel of the future is here

Kathmandu, April 14 -- A year-and-a-half after the Nepal Green Hydrogen Summit, Kathmandu University (KU) last week successfully tested a hydrogen fuel cell car for the first time in Nepal. KU's Gre... Read More


EVs, Hybrids, and Plug-ins

Kathmandu, April 13 -- Nepalis looking to splurge on a new car for the new year might want to think about electric or hybrid options. Gone are the days of small, claustrophobic EVs, there are now batt... Read More


New year, same difference

Kathmandu, April 12 -- While Nepal's calendar enters the eighties on Saturday 13 April, this is a good time to pause and think about what might lie ahead for Nepal and the world in Gregorian year 2081... Read More


EV year 2081

Kathmandu, April 12 -- On World Health Day on 7 April this week, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Kathmandu exceeded 300 - one of the dirtiest in any city in the world. Breathing was literally lethal. ... Read More


Ncell improves 4G

Kathmandu, April 11 -- Ncell improved its 4G services in various districts in Bagmati and Lumbini provinces, upgrading access to networks and higher speeds in places like Kulekhani in Bagmati, and Tan... Read More