BHARDEV, Nepal (Reuters) - In a village a little over an hour's drive from Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, six women wearing yellow rubber gloves and surgical masks work in a shed, gently squeezing the ...

Although farmers traditionally practiced agroforestry in Nepal, they gave it up with the advent of the green revolution. A women’s group in Kavre district decided to return to agroforestry four years ...

Nepal’s second deadly wave of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown have severely affected many citizens throughout the small South Asian country. Historically marginalized groups including single women – ...

Hupsekot Rural Municipality recently inaugurated a 10-bed coronavirus-dedicated hospital. Municipality chair Laxmi Pandey is at centre. All photos: LAXMI BASNET After the first elections under ...

Thirty-seven people were killed when a landslide on 12 July tore through the settlement of Lidi of Sindhupalchok district. More than half of them were women. When another landslide in nearby Barabise ...

Elections in Nepal are becoming increasingly expensive, thereby threatening inclusive democracy and raising concerns about the future of political participation. Nepal is heading to the polls in less ...

KATHMANDU, November 15—The South Asia Women in Power Sector Professional Network (WePOWER) Nepal National Chapter (NNC) was officially launched at the World Bank Country Office in Kathmandu on ...