With the theme Water for Climate Action, this year's World Water Week calls for climate resilience that begins with equity at its core, making gender equality and social inclusion essential even for managing water resources. Details by Goma Khadka.

The India-China-Nepal interface is not discussed enough in foreign affairs, mainly because of Kathmandu’s timid officialdom and intelligentsia. In these times of ascendant China and defensive India, Nepal must place its concerns on the three-way table.

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TikTok can be leveraged to promote good migration, shape thoughtful narratives and tell good stories, and it is all about not overthinking anything and posting content that is relevant to your work, writes Upasana Khadka. Read more:.

In this first instalment in a new limited series in Nepali Times on the historic transportation infrastructures of Nepal, author Daniel W Edwards looks into five early and obscure train tracks that you probably have never heard of.

Rabindra Dhant’s improbable journey to become a professional fighter started from a tiny village in Bajhang. He went to India after school and worked first as a labourer in Pithoragarh and then in an office in New Delhi. Find out more:.

Rajkumar Yadav and his mother Phulmati Ahirani's home in Shivgarh, Kapilvatu will be demolished in the coming weeks. The birthplace of the Buddha’s renunciation has become the site of a different departure, a forced eviction into uncertainty. Full story:

COP30 host Brazil has a chance to champion policies that link climate resilience with conflict and crime prevention and peacebuilding. This means investments in vulnerable regions, regional cooperation, and climate finance that reaches those most at risk.

"There are many talented Nepalis overseas who will return sooner or later. What is waiting for them in Nepal when they go back? This should be an issue of biggest national concern.".

Scientists have given the current planetary epoch a name: the Anthropocene. Anthropogenic causes in this era heighten disaster risks, hinting that much more is at play than just climate breakdown. Find out in this analysis of recent Himalayan calamities:.

Speaking on Nepal's new draft counter-intelligence bill, experts have emphasised that citizen’s rights should not be compromised in the name of facilitating a broader investigation, and that any information collected by any authority should not be misused.

Nepal’s snow leopards are thriving with improved community coexistence. Moving forward, expert Sandro Lovari recommends better livestock damage compensation, systematic prey monitoring, and climate impact studies to secure their future.

In his weekly newsletter, @kundadixit compares Nepal to a mouse between two elephants — it gets trampled when they fight, but also when they mate.

Rabindra Dhant stunned audiences in Noida, knocking out India’s Chungren Koren to win the Matrix Fight Night bantamweight title. His victory marks a remarkable journey from Bajhang to becoming Nepal’s newest MMA champion. Details by Vishad Raj Onta.

Latest series of decisions to suppress Nepal’s press freedom show that the government is not just muzzling the press, but also constricting the right to peaceful assembly, dissent and debate, the end-goal being to gag the press ahead of the 2027 elections.

Hip-hop became both refuge and expression for Saksham Shrestha, famously known as OMG Spark. Now, he seeks to inspire Nepali youth and carry the spirit of Nepali hip-hop beyond borders. Read more about his music journey:.

If a seasoned migrant’s story resonates with viewers because of shared experiences like starting their overseas stints at low-wage positions, then what they achieved despite the odds might also feel within reach for other Nepalis, writes Upasana Khadka.

As Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, and K P Oli convene at the SCO summit, Nepal’s unresolved border dispute with India over Lipulek and Limpiyadhura looms large. Trilateral talks could test what diplomacy can do to untangle these tensions.

The village of Shivgarh is vanishing as families are displaced due to excavations in nearby Tilaurakot, the archaeological site believed to be the ancient Shakya kingdom into which Buddha was born. Manju Bajracharya von Rospatt in this week's #longread:.

"Previously, as an employee myself, I was not able to help other Nepalis much. But now as a company owner, I have helped 500 Nepalis get free training and internationally-recognised certifications.".

Long-term conservation measures for snow leopadrs require sound information on numbers, distribution, dispersal patterns, prey-predator and predator-predator relationships, as well as social organisation of this species, says researcher Sandro Lovari.