Nepal's March 5, 2026 election highlights widespread frustration with Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, and CPN-Maoist Centre, plagued by corruption, nepotism, unstable coalitions, short governments, and failure on jobs, equity, and power supply. Amid the 2025 Gen Z protests, RSP disruptors, independents, and energy experts push an anti-corruption reform agenda. With 3,400+ candidates for 275 seats, voters face a stark choice: old guard continuity or real change in Nepal's pivotal post-2015 po

The spiritually profound Lasta Samyak Mahadaan, a centennial Newa Buddhist almsgiving tradition, was held in Nyakhachok, Lalitpur, on Poush 30 and Magh 1 (2082 BS). This elaborate festival, dedicated to Dipankara Buddha and rooted in ancient lineage and community practice, last occurred a hundred years ago.

The government promotes the highway as a “national pride” project to boost connectivity and economic growth, but locals say it was pushed forward without meaningful consultation and dismisses Indigenous rights and heritage.

Ang Dolma traces her inculcation in the ethics and practices of not only making positive choices to consume products which create minimal waste but also waste management itself back to her childhood days in Asan Tole in the heart of old Kathmandu.

“Budhani,” a Nepali novel based on an Indigenous Tharu fable, tells the story of a crow and a girl. In her life as a crow, “Budhani” faces injustice; however, reborn as a girl, she fights against the rule of law favouring males.

Changing weather patterns threaten time-tested houses in Nepal village. Researchers link the housing challenges to changes in precipitation, including heavier snowfall, intense rainfall and “rain bombs,” which traditional flat-roofed mud houses aren’t designed to withstand.