A villager in Maspur, Humla weaves a doko basket from strips of bamboo. “Jai grihasthi” is a greeting heard often in the Far West and Karnali regions of Nepal, and is a way to wish each other success ...

Parbati Bhat, who has been a community health volunteer for 38 years, speaks about how treating malaria cases has become a new part of her role. Markets surge early in week amid shutdown optimism. The ...

BHOJPUR – On a recent morning, Anita Rai made her way down the steep hill from Kattike Bisauni Chowk, in Hatuwagadhi Rural Municipality of Bhojpur district, carrying bags of rice on her back. in ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Once the epicenter for deadly human-elephant conflict, an eastern Nepal village along the Indian border has transformed into a model of coexistence ...

BHARDEV, Nepal, Aug 25 (Reuters) - In a village a little over an hour's drive from Nepal's capital of Kathmandu, six women wearing yellow rubber gloves and surgical masks work in a shed, gently ...

EAST LONGMEADOW — Next month, Cheri Brady will wrap cash in a silky scarf — a kata — and present it to a village leader in Nepal. The moment will cap a long effort to help Tibetans restore a ...

In the eight years that Basudev Pokharel has worked as a forest guard, he has rarely seen a fire as huge as the one that ...

Girls in Nepal like 16-year-old Antima are learning how to chart their own course with help from the Rupantaran life skills program created by UNICEF and UNFPA. The UNICEF-supported Rupantaran program ...