When the Nepali Times was preparing to launch two decades ago, many Nepalis were sad, frightened and looking for ways to leave areas affected by armed conflict, and then Nepal altogether. A few ...

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Rescuers gather at burnt wreckage of crashed aircraft, in Kathmandu (Reuters) - Mountainous Nepal, where a small plane carrying 19 passengers caught fire during takeoff in the capital on Wednesday, ...

OUTBREAK: Experimental spraying for mosquitos on inner walls of houses in the Tarai in the 1950s. Pic: USOM records, US National Archives, College Park, Maryland since 1900, who has most significantly ...

(Reuters) - King Gyanendra is expected to be dethroned on Wednesday after a special assembly elected in April abolishes Nepal's centuries-old monarchy. Here is a chronology of the history of Nepal and ...

Learn about the Nepalese Rupee (NPR), its history, pegged exchange rate with the Indian Rupee, and how it affects Nepal's economy.

This article by Pinki Sris Rana was originally published in Nepali Times, and an edited version has been republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Brave khukuri-swinging ...