Tag: #western Nepal
Articles tagged with #western Nepal

Bardia’s birds
The Bardia National Park is a jewel of nature in western Nepal, and a birder’s paradise

West is West
Toni Hagen’s photographs of remote western Nepal from the 1950s show how much it has changed, and how much is the same

Demographics of disaster in Nepal quake
Most of the 157 killed in Friday’s midnight earthquake are women and children

Owning land gives former slaves self-respect
Jaglal Dagaura Tharu tends to his nursery in Kailali district.After living most of his life as a bonded labourer, Jaglal Dagaura Tharu is…

Carrying on the hunting legacy in Nepal
It was bitterly cold up at 2,800m in a village in the mountains of western Nepal as a cold rain fell, and the forested ridges above were covered…

Lightning kills 500 sheep in western Nepal
File photo: RADIO NEPALA massive thunderbolt in Nepal’s remote Jumla district on Sunday killed at least 500 sheep grazing in pastures high in…

Nepal extends COVID-19 testing but no new cases
A doctor in Hima Village Council in Jamla collects swab of a patient on Tuesday. Photo: DHIRAJ GURUNGAfter being in lockdown now for nearly…

Epicentre of two disasters in West Nepal
Sodasha Higher Secondary School in western Nepal is undergoing retrofitting as an earthquake preparedness model for future quakes in the region.…

Western Nepal potential COVID-19 outbreak
Nepalis returninghome from India. Photo: DINESH KHABARThe detection of three new cases of coronavirus in Dhangadi on Sunday has led public…

Nothing to lose but their chains
https://youtu.be/W4CZxpM1mrITen years after the government finally abolished bonded debt labour, tens of thousands of Haliyas in western Nepal…

Fasting, feasting and festivities of Gaura
https://youtu.be/4adGA4P0k54The buses to Darchula, Baitadi, Doti or Dadelhura were all packed last week for the annual Gaura Festival of…
