Tag: #repatriation
Articles tagged with #repatriation
Repatriation for reconciliation
An international conference in Nepal hears how the return of stolen cultural artefacts can heal societies
Nepal’s deities in transit
Sacred objects stolen from shrines are being returned from museums in the West only to be stored away in museums in Nepal
Yale returns Tara to Nepal
The Tara sculpture in situ (left) and Sotheby's catalogue in 2000. Photos: ULRICH VON SCHROEDER and SOTHEBY'SThe Consulate-General of Nepal in…
Who looted Nepal's gods?
The Taleju Bhawani Temple in Kathmandu Hanuman Dhoka Darbar Square. Photo: MANISH PAUDEL.Narayan Putuwar was awakened by the sound of stones…
Letter from Wuhan to Kathmandu
Empty Bayi Street of Wuhan on 23rd Jan 2020. It was a spontaneous decision to stay on. Having worked in humanitarian support, I could not leave…
Nepal has decided to live with Covid-19
[caption id="attachment55670" align="alignnone" width="1500"] Nepal has decided to live with coronavirus adhering to safety measures until the…
“We better take this virus seriously”
Photo: VIJAY LAMAI am a Captain with Nepal Airlines, and had been feeling unusually fatigued in the cockpit during recent trips. After a…
Nepali workers rejoin jobs overseas
After being stranded in Kathmandu for six months, 147 Nepali workers who had been on home leave before the lockdown finally fly out to rejoin…
Nepal to lift quota on flights
Faced with criticism from migrant workers and Nepal’s embassies abroad for allowing only a limited daily quota of passengers to fly into…
Nepal to open regular flights from 1 September
After the outrage over the government’s abrupt cancellation of scheduled repatriation flights on 16 August, the Cabinet has announced conditions…
Stranded visitors want to stay on in Nepal
Foreigners and locals in Pokhara work together to clean up Phewa Lake during the lockdown. Photo: DHARMEN SINGHDuring the first two months of…
Helping hands for Nepali migrants in distress
Nepali workers stranded by the COVID-19 flight ban returning from the UAE last week. Photo: GOVINDA REGMIThere should be a simple rule of thumb…
The long journey back to Nepal
Social distancing upon embarking at Kathmandu Airport.After the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, it was not immediately apparent that the…
Stranded Nepalis start to fly home
Government releases timetable of evacuation flights for Nepalis stranded in 34 countries
Who stands with Bhutanese refugees in Nepal?
A classroom full of Bhutanese refugee children in Beldangi. Many of them have been denied resettlement to be with their families already in the…
Family separation, Bhutan-style
A classroom full of Bhutanese refugee children in Beldangi. Many of them have been denied resettlement to be with their families already in the…