Fiction Park: They left a city and found a home
By LB Thapa When an old friend tells a family about an empty ancestral property, a family decides to leave Kathmandu and start anew.
Book Review: An ice factory, the great famine and the mystery of missing Dalit workers
By Surya Bulusu In ‘White Elephant’, we are made to confront the oppressors of our own time and, unnervingly, the oppressor within ourselves.
What’s on in Kathmandu Valley this week
By Post Report Art, music, workshops, and community events to check out across the Valley, including fundraisers for flood-affected communities.
UTL licence lapses, company seeks more time to clear Rs31 billion dues
By Sajana Baral The telecommunications company missed its September 4 renewal deadline after failing to pay its renewal fee and outstanding dues. The government says it must pay all dues to renew its licence.
Saptari childbirth on street outside hospital raises questions over Nepal’s free maternity care
By Arjun Poudel A woman giving birth on a pavement outside a government hospital after her husband could not afford Rs3,200 in tests exposes the gap between Nepal’s free maternity care and access to emergency healthcare.
Decade-old alternative to a vital Prithvi Highway link remains on paper
By Bimal Khatiwada & Sudeep Kaini The collapse-prone Krishnabhir section of the Prithvi Highway has exposed the lack of a parallel route on the other side of the Trishuli river, despite plans dating back nearly a decade.
Philippine ferry fire death toll jumps to 35
By Reuters Thick smoke and extreme heat had earlier prevented rescuers from entering the ferry, which was carrying more than 130 people when it was engulfed in flames.
Prime Minister Shah to highlight Nepal’s outsized climate burden at UN
By Anil Giri Following devastating Bhotekoshi floods, Shah will press for financial support to help Nepal recover and build climate resilience.
Man dies after electric car catches fire in Bharatpur
By Ramesh Kumar Paudel The 56-year-old was trapped inside the vehicle after it veered off the East-West Highway and caught fire early Friday.
Arghakhanchi man gave up a job in South Korea to build a farm in his village
By Birendra KC After 13 years working in India and Malaysia, Khem Pandey returned home and has invested more than Rs100 million in a farm producing milk, vegetables and staple crops.
Government begins receiving chemical fertiliser from India ahead of wheat season
By Shankar Acharya Two consignments of DAP and one of urea have arrived through Birgunj under a government-to-government deal for 60,000 tonnes of chemical fertiliser.
Modi, Putin hold talks in New Delhi on trade, defence
By Reuters Modi and Putin are expected to discuss cooperation between the two countries in civil nuclear energy, fertilisers, defence, critical minerals, manufacturing, railways, and steel, an Indian source said.
Water starts flowing through landslide-dammed Hunga Khola, easing flood risk
By Bhotraj Rai Authorities had warned of possible flooding downstream after a landslide blocked the river in Solukhumbu and formed a roughly 100-metre-long dam on Friday morning.
Nepal estimates Rs2.34 billion to rebuild flood-hit education sector
By Durga Dulal Eighteen schools were affected in Rasuwa, disrupting classes for more than 9,000 students after the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods.