Nepal

For now, instead of endless politicking, Nepal’s leaders must put their differences aside and work together

“People are dying every few minutes because of a lack oxygen, we don’t know when this will end... It’s chaos.”

When should we use the word “India,” and when should we use “South Asia”?

International pressure was critical to ending the use of child soldiers in Nepal. The United Nations can’t let politics undermine its mission to do so elsewhere.

The reopening is mostly limited to those seeking to to climb or trek Nepal’s famous peaks.

A split in the NCP would be bad for the factions involved as well as the country writ large.

After the Anglo-Gorkha War in 1814, the British and the Gorkhas had different understandings of what exactly a border meant. 

Close to a third of Bangladesh has already been flooded, with more flooding expected in the coming weeks. 

Formed in the wake of Nepal’s devastating 2015 earthquake, the RNA-16 volunteer group has once more stepped up in a time of crisis.

Nepal was rebuilding its economy since 2016 and aimed to achieve a target growth of 9.6 percent. That won't happen anymore.

Kathmandu needs the support of bigger, wealthier, and more developed countries, even as the pandemic wrecks havoc across the world.

Even before the closure, expedition operators in Nepal had said cancellations for the spring climbing season had been pouring in.