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- UN inaction in Nepal affecting climate struggle
- UN agency’s failure to recruit climate change experts is delaying a crucial plan to help Nepal cope with the impacts of global warming. The National Adaptation ...
- Polling in Nepal begins
- Nepals historic poll began early this morning. About 17.6 million eligible voters will have a choice to elect a Constituent Assembly that will decide the fate ...
- Limited human movement on Indo-Nepal border
- Nepal has sealed its border with India ahead of polling for security reasons. At least 20 people are reported to have died in election-related violence, ...
- End of a violent campaign in Nepal
- Cadres of Maoists and other political parties in Nepal continued to clash with each other until the last day of campaigning. Over 200 poll-related incidents of ...
- UN warns of violence ahead of Nepal polls
- Campaign is in full swing for the historic April 10 Constituent Assembly polls in Nepal. In its final assessment report, the UN has urged political groups to ...
- Nepali gays to contest polls
- At least five Nepali gays will contest elections for the Constituent Assembly, scheduled to be held this April, to take up the issue of discrimination against ...
- Euro 4.5 million aid for Kosi flood victims
- The European Commission has allocated a further Euro 4.5 million in aid for flood victims in Bihar, India and Nepal. It had earlier moved quickly to provide ...
- Social inclusion must for achieving MDGs, says Millennium Campaign
- Nepal needs to focus on social inclusion in policy plans and implementation, said UN Millennium Campaign head Salil Shetty during his recent trip to the ...
- Nepal lawyer among Gruber Women’s Right Prize awardees
- Three women from Nepal, Iraq and Palestine were honoured by the Gruber Foundation with the 2008 Women’s Right Prize for their fight against inequality in their ...
- Fresh floods displace thousands in western Nepal
- People in Nepal’s eastern districts remain uprooted due to last month’s Kosi river overflow. With recent torrential rains having caused massive flooding in the ...
- UN helps young girls get decent education
- In Humla district, one of the poorest places in Nepal, young girls are valued more as labourers for augmenting the family income than sent to schools. But now ...
- No ordinary herb garden
- In Nepal, the World Food Programme and local NGOs are helping villagers grow herbs in a nursery to augment their income. The chiretta plant, known for ...
- Nepal scores against AIDS
- A unisex football match for World AIDS Day brought together Nepal’s HIV-positive people and a sports mad crowd in the city of Kathmandu. Roping in celebrities ...
- Nepal’s new agents of change
- Fresh out of peer group training sessions delivered by government departments, young adults of Nepal are addressing the problems of flood survivors in several ...
- Nepal PM calls for action against poverty
- Observing the World Anti-Poverty Day, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) called for actions against poverty, requesting citizens to Stand ...
- Everest climber promotes portable toilets
- Call it eco-friendly human waste management on top of the world. A US designed portable bucket, endorsed by a Nepalese climber may soon be the answer to rising ...
- Nepal’s street children get a stately call
- Ban Soon-taek, wife of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon encouraged children at a rehabilitation centre to study hard and aspire for higher goals. The ...
- Nepal rights groups raise issue of 'enforced disappearances'
- Their families have no clue if their loved ones are alive or dead. During the conflict period, between 1996-2006, hundreds were subjected to 'enforced ...
- One laptop per child benefits Nepal
- With their little green laptops, students in Nepal now find their English and Math lessons more interactive. Facilitated by Open Learning Nepal with support ...
- Nepal mulls reviving democracy at grassroots
- A decade ago local administrative bodies in Nepal were functioning well towards ensuring development until war broke out. Taking a cue from the past successes, ...
- Climate change impacts under the lens
- A photo exhibition on climate change impacts organised by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development and Nepal Tourism Board is currently ...
- Tussle between religious and secularist Nepal
- The secularist ideology of Maoists in Nepal is at loggerheads with traditional religious practices. Maoists termed the clashes over animal sacrifices during ...
- Lack of toilets in Nepal schools make girls dropout
- Studies attribute an increasing dropout rate for schoolgirls in Nepal to lack of adequate sanitation facilities in schools. In a country where only 10% of the ...
- Millions in Nepal on the brink of starvation
- According to a new report by Oxfam, farmers in Nepal are having a tough time battling against erratic weather patterns attributed to climate change. Extreme ...
- Political instability undermining development in Nepal
- Political instability and weak governance in Nepal are hampering development initiatives, aid workers and analysts have warned. They say that it can worsen ...
- Local communities in Nepal to manage forests
- Nepal's rural poor will get to manage hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest land with financial assistance from the UK’s Department for International ...
- Third gender may find a place in Nepal's next census
- After repealing all discriminatory laws against the country’s sexual minorities, Nepal is mulling to include the third gender in its next census. Experts feel ...
- Tackling chronic malnutrition in Nepal
- A UNDP project in Nepal’s Jumla district is being implemented to provide better health services and reduce malnutrition. As part of efforts to localise MDGs, ...
- 'Bamboo schools' bring hope to Nepal's poor
- Young Uttam Sanjel in Nepal has built a large network of schools in last nine years, imparting affordable education to poor children. His dream is to equip the ...
- Using WiFi, Nepal village goes online
- Once without a telephone line and in the grip of insurgency, a remote village in western Nepal stands transformed. A local visionary's efforts with a home-WiFi ...
