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What’s cooking in Nepal besides politics?
Over-reliance on hydroelectricity at the cost of solar power is high-risk and high-cost
Fueling Nepal’s economic crisis
Photo: NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEPrime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was forced to sack Janardan Sharma this week, but only after his finance minister…
7 ways to save Nepal
Illustration: SUBHAS RAIThe Ukraine War has sent the price of fuel soaring, forcing Nepalis to play Russian roulette at the petrol pumps.…
Breathing can kill you
Vehicles are one of the biggest emitters of PM2.5 and other pollutants in Kathmandu. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIIt is that time of the year again…
The cost of no MCC
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/ NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESNepal could lose Rs142 billion a year in wasted surplus energy if the Millennium Challenge Corporation…
Urgency about Nepal’s economic emergency
Nepal Rastra Bank’s report last month was badly timed — it was a bad idea to sound a warning that Nepal is going belly up just as the country…
Nepal’s remittances, forex reserves drop
Even as Nepal tries to recover from the impact of the pandemic, the country’s economic indicators released this week by the central bank show…
Back to Glasgow, where it all began
World leaders must also take a walk, and undo the global crisis set off by the invention of the steam engine
Climate-health emergency
A dengue patient being treated from inside a mosquito net at Teku hospital, Kathmandu. Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAAn unusually wet monsoon, increased…
More trekkers, more trees
THEN AND NOW: The denuded slope above Namche Bazar in 1983, and the new pine forest.The sound of yak steps on cobble stone streets and their…