Kathmandu/ November 18: An American young lady who made Nepal her second home to contribute her every bit to the orphaned, impoverished and at-risk children here has been named CNN 2015 Hero of the Year. Maggie Doyne was announced the winner of the award on Tuesday amid a ceremony held in New York, USA. Along […]
Nicholas Kristof / Hetauda: WATCHING the doctor perform is like observing miracles. He has restored eyesight to more than 100,000 people, perhaps more than any doctor in history, and still his patients come. They stagger and grope their way to him along mountain trails from remote villages, hoping to go under his scalpel and see […]
KATHMANDU: Mira Rai is a low-profile type of national hero. When she walked through Nepal’s crowded international airport last week, no one made much of a fuss. On the streets of Kathmandu, the south Asian nation’s capital, more people notice the brightly coloured, brand new sports clothes than the slight 25-year-old who wears them. The […]
Kathmandu: It’s a little past 8 on an April morning in Nepal’s Bardiya district in the midwestern plains. The sun is making its way upward in the clear, open sky and the day is warming. In the middle of a neat farm plot dotted with green plants less than 10 minutes off the main highway, […]
Mrs. Usha Lama, a successful Nepali in the United States of America has proved that whatever she does in her life, success follows her. From the early days of her career as an Air Hostess with Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC) till this day, when she is a recognized Nepali in USA as the versatile, […]
Mrs. Bishnu Thapa is a 42-year old rainfed lowland rice farmer with 0.8 ha land. She lives in Bhapasi Village of Mahottari District, Nepal. Mrs. Thapa is very innovative and always wants to try new innovations in agricultural system. Because of uneven rainfall, Mrs. Thapa finds it difficult to cultivate rice with. She struggled to […]
Shiva Raj Mishra , Tara Ballav Adhikari: We are young activist. Neither we are satisfied with the health condition that we are living in, nor with persistent poverty, ignorance that has not been ended in most of the villages of country. Nepal has weak health care system where profits making private hospital are proliferating and […]
Jhapa / September 24: The discrimination on the basis of caste system is still in practice in Nepal but Purna BK 55, of Eastern Jhapa district overcame the issue with his tact. Although there is no difference due to caste in Hindu religion, people are creating barrier on the basis of caste. People from ‘so […]
Kathmandu / Sept 23: Even as poaching of wild animals continues unabated across the country, Nepal has managed to celebrate three years of zero rhino poaching years. Thanks to the combined effort of the government, security forces and locals involved in wildlife conservation, one-horned rhinos have found a better home here in Nepal. The first […]