Sunita Neupane

Nepal relies heavily on India for its supply of medication. Both countries have regulations around the sale of medication, but implementation is often lax. Indian law requires that a pharmacist be present in pharmacies, but that’s often not the case. The availability of low-cost generic medica...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL, Oct 4: Four years after a pandemic upended Nepal’s media sector and eliminated more than two-thirds of the print, radio and television jobs in the country, work for journalists remains scarce. Salary cuts for many people haven’t been restored — some journalists are even fighting in...

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: The constitution here guarantees the right to marry anyone, but that didn’t matter when Manoj Kumar Ram, a 22-year-old Dalit, married a woman from a higher caste. Instead, his wife’s family accused him of kidnapping her, and Ram landed in jail.

Politically connected people convicted of serious crimes often leave prison early, thanks to sentence commutations. Now, a growing uproar has put all pardons on hold.

KATHMANDU, July 10: Januka Pokhrel only has foggy memories of Morang, the district in eastern Nepal where she was born. What lingers is the sense of precariousness. She did not have a house. She was married off at 13. By 15, she was a mother. By 19, she was a mother of three.

KATHMANDU, May 13: On a recent Saturday, Sunil Babu Pant walks from one temple to another, covering around 50 temples from 8 a.m. to noon in the Thamel area of Kathmandu. On entering each temple, his eyes start searching for Ajima.