Your neighbor country Nepal just witnessed a historic political development. Sushila Karki took oath as Nepal's first woman Prime Minister heading an interim government that will run until fresh ...

Do Nepali women really need to be rescued from a Hindu patriarchal order? Nepal has experienced a profound and impressive social change in just one generation with improvements in literacy, schooling, ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal -- As a child, Shanti Chaudhari was scolded by her parents for standing too close to a group of musicians playing the naumati baja, Nepal's nine traditional instruments, because they ...

Deepa Majhi opened a local eatery three months ago, near the Chandragiri Hills, a tourist site close to Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. For a passerby, it might appear to be a typical tea shop with a small ...

A Nepali woman has set the record for scaling the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, in less than 15 hours. Phunjo Lama reclaimed the title of the fastest woman to scale Everest on Thursday morning.

The transformation of Nepal’s urban landscape has brought us to a pivotal moment. Having observed this evolution as an ...

Just before Dasain this time last year, two young Nepali women were about to leave for Dubai. They were offered jobs to perform at cultural programs, but did not have proper travel documents. One of ...

Inside Cafe Cheeno in Patan, Mike Krajniak sat relaxed and open. After 40 years in Nepal, the American industrial designer ...

Kathmandu, Dec. 15 -- year-old Nepali woman was killed in El Cerrito, California, on Thursday when she was hit by a car while crossing the street.

Dil Kumari was 9 years old when her parents sold her into servitude. Although she felt angry, it wasn’t much of a surprise. “Even children aged 7 or 8 used to be sold so it was normal,” the ...