Tag: #Nepal lockdown

Karnali’s Covid blues

All photos and infographics courtesy of: MERCY CORPSThe news of Covid infections in Karnali do not readily reach the capital. But remote…

Lockdown downtime

As a Backside columnist, it falls upon this scribe’s lap to urge readers to look at the bright side, stay bullish, be a beacon of hope, and…

Lockdown downtime

As a Backside columnist, it falls upon this scribe’s lap to urge readers to look at the bright side, stay bullish, be a beacon of hope, and…

Flying home in a pandemic

Tackling tests, paperwork and conflicting emotions while flying across the world to Nepal

Pokhara, six decades ago

All photos: DOUG BINGHAM/US EMBASSY NEPAL FACEBOOK PAGEPokhara is arguably the most well-known and popular destination for international and…

Everest Trail repaired during pandemic

The Everest Trail has been spruced up during the pandemic for a new influx of visitors expected next year. All photos: ANG RITA SHERPAThe…

Nepal’s domestic flights resume

All photos BIKRAM RAISix months after being grounded due to the Covid-19 lockdown, Nepal’s domestic airlines took to the air again on Monday,…

Have suicides increased during Nepal lockdown?

One of the stories that has been making the rounds since the Covid-19 lockdown that began nearly six months ago is that the suicide rate in…

Police stop Patan chariot pulling citing Covid-19

All photos: BIKRAM RAIThe Machindranath festival is usually supposed to be in May to ensure that the rain gods bring a timely monsoon. The…

Nepal allows ‘royal’ Himalayan expedition

Mt Manaslu (8,163m), the world's eighth highest mountain, which a Bahraini Royal Guard expedition has been given the only permission to climb in…

Need to see a dentist during the pandemic?

All photos: HEALTHY SMILESHealth care facilities are in much demand during the Covid-19 pandemic, but one branch of medicine that is not seeing…

Some silver linings

It has become a cliché to say that every crisis comes with opportunities. But that does not mean it is not true. It is up to us to grab that…

Didn’t Visit Nepal Year 2020

Sunrise near Phaplu in Solu Khumbu after snowfall in January just before Nepal was closed off for tourists. Photo: MANISH PAUDELIt was Nepal’s…

Economic cost of 5 months of Nepal lockdown

Photo: AJAYA UPADHAYAYAAs serious as the rapid spread in Nepal of the novel coronavirus looks, even more frightening is what the lockdown meant…

24 March – 24 August, 2020

Glimpses of the Kathmandu lockdown 2.0. Photos: MONIKA DEUPALA AND BIKRAM RAIToday, 24 August marks five months since the Nepal government…

“Domestic flights need to resume so the economy can take off”

Nepali Times: What is the collateral damage to Nepal’s airline industry from the lockdown? Birendra Basnet: We are down to zero. The worry is…

Kathmandu Valley back to lockdown

Photo: MANISH PAUDELAfter Nepal registered 1,016 new cases of Covid-19, its biggest daily rise so far, the authorities have decided to re-impose…

“People, please keep a distance.”

Half of Nepal’s girls may drop out of school

Room to Read's local mentors supporting girls through remote mentoring session.With schools closed for the past five months, and families losing…

Huge uptick in TikTok during Nepal lockdown

Neighbouring India has banned it, the United States and Australia are about to do the same, but here in Nepal TikTok use has soared in the five…

Hunger strike on 13th day

Photo: BIKRAM RAIThe power struggle within the ruling NCP has overshadowed the country’s COVID-19 emergency. The government has no time to…

Lockdown may be over, but pandemic is not

It's business as usual at the Behaliya checkpoint in Rupandeni district near the Indian border. Photo: MUKESH POKHRELAs the number of cases and…

Nepal ends COVID-19 lockdown

The Nepal government has decided to officially end the COVID-19 lockdown it announced on 24 March from midnight Tuesday.A Cabinet meeting on…

Children are collateral damage in Nepal lockdown

Photo: GOPEN RAIOn Friday, it will be four months since Nepal closed the country down to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus strain that…