When we think of Nepal's history, mostly political events jump to mind: the expansion of the Gorkhali state, Jang Bahadur's takeover, or the 'People's War’. We rarely think about disease. But diseases ...

Nepal’s attempt to deliver justice and accountability following the country’s decade-long civil war froze more than two years ago with little progress – but a recent development has raised hopes that ...

This article by Pinki Sris Rana was originally published in Nepali Times, and an edited version has been republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Brave khukuri-swinging ...

Nepal’s revamped truth commissions will need to go beyond ‘ritualism’ to deliver justice to civil war victims Nepal’s attempt to deliver justice and accountability following the country’s decade-long ...

When families of those killed in Nepal's deadly September protests that toppled the government demanded justice, the anguish felt painfully familiar to Sunamati Chaudhari. Her husband, an English ...

When the Nepali Times was preparing to launch two decades ago, many Nepalis were sad, frightened and looking for ways to leave areas affected by armed conflict, and then Nepal altogether. A few ...

(Reuters) - Nepal's interim government and Maoist rebels met in Kathmandu on Tuesday, to hammer out the peace accord that will formally end the decade-old conflict in which more than 13,000 people ...

SYANGJA DISTRICT, Nepal — Reema Karki is angry, but she's good at hiding it with a stoic look on her face. The 31-year-old woman from Nepal received a letter from the Nepalese Embassy in Moscow with ...

(Reuters) - King Gyanendra is expected to be dethroned on Wednesday after a special assembly elected in April abolishes Nepal's centuries-old monarchy. Here is a chronology of the history of Nepal and ...

Reema Karki, shown at her home in Nepal, received a letter informing her that her husband, Pritam Karki, had died on Nov. 15 while serving in the Russian military in Ukraine. SYANGJA DISTRICT, Nepal — ...