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Elephants become white elephants
Chitwan’s safaris can no longer afford to keep the animals and want to sell them
Making festivals elephant-friendly in Nepal
Reinventing Chitwan's Elephant Festival to be enjoyed by both humans and pachyderms
Nepal makes farming viable again
International support for agro-businesses lifts farmers from subsistence, providing cash income
Making the life of Nepal's captive elephants easier
A captive elephant named Kajallkali lying on the ground with an emaciated body, shrunken face and big wounds on her legs, shoulder and other…
Centennial of hunting diplomacy in Nepal
Prime Minister Chandra Shamsher Rana (left) with King George V (right) during a 1911 hunting expedition in the Tarai. Ten years later, he hosted…
Nepal counting its tigers
The latest edition of Nepal’s tiger census began on Sunday in which 300 enumerators will span out across Parsa, Bardia, Banke, Chitwan and…
Oli sweeps UML party polls
The main opposition UML’s leader K P Oli has been sworn in again as party chair after elections on Tuesday, and he in turn has sworn in 14…
Top Dasain Destinations
Everest View Hotel, Syangboche Located at 3,880m above sea level, this iconic hotel is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Established…
Nepal town to ban mothers migrating
Nepal has experimented with different kinds of restrictions on the mobility of its women migrant workers: age bans, blanket bans, country…
5 Myths about the Tharu
One misconception about the Tharu people is that they never got malaria. In fact they did, but less than hill settlers. A US-led insecticide…
Model for post-Covid ecotourism
Ornithologists Carol Inskipp, Rupendra Karmacharya and Prem Thapa with a follow-up about how their lobbying has halted a controversial road…
The vagaries of fate
In her last column, Lisa Choegyal takes us on the Trans-Siberian Railway during the Soviet days
Covid fatigue drives Nepalis to nightspots
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAKathmandu’s tourist neighbourhood of Thamel has been a ghost town for most of 2020, but just like Pokhara and Chitwan…
Set the elephants free
Safari elephants on the streets of Sauraha. Photo: ISAZHumans and elephants have shared environments for thousands of years, but what might…
Chitwan can accommodate more tigers
Photo: WWFWhen a wildlife census in Chitwan National Park in 2013 counted 120 tigers, conservationists were elated. It meant Nepal was well on…
Unsung heroes of Nepal’s tiger recovery
Piprahar in Chitwan. Photos: MUNA THAPA/WWF NEPALNepal serves as a global tiger conservation success story. Despite a decade-long civil war,…
Chitwan’s Bote people in a changing world
Little known fishing community clings to life at the edge of the jungle
Coronavirus shutdown gives Nepal’s nature a respite
Chitlang, Makwanpur. Photo: KUNDA DIXITWhile humans all over the planet are being challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has given nature…
When panic goes viral
Nepali students on their way to the quarantine centre in Bhaktapur after landing in Kathmandu Airport on Sunday morning. Photo: RSSThe global…
Sightseeing for the blind
SIXTH SENSE: Visually impaired travellers experience Nepal's famous touristic attractions including Kathmandu Darbar Square, paragliding,…
Nepal: a family’s destination
Nepal offers a range of real adventure experiences that appeals to all ages, something for everyone
THE NEPAL BRAND
On new year’s day, President Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated Visit Nepal Year 2020, aimed at attracting 2 million tourists this year, at a…
Ghosts of Christmas past
Nepali, British and Indian aristocrats used to rub shoulders with ambassadors, writers, scientists and conservationists at Tiger Tops
Homestays keep former migrants in Nepal
A guest is welcomed at the Ayodhyapuri homestay cooperative located in the Chitwan National Park buffer zone. Photo : WWFHari Bahadur Pun from…