The Nepalese Army has extended a curfew in the Kathmandu Valley until 6 am (0015 GMT) on Thursday as violent protests plunged the capital into chaos. Billowing dark smoke was rising over the cloudy ...

Parts of the Valley—Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur—also witnessed light rain, which meteorologists called a ‘drizzle’, ...

KATHMANDU: Nearly 1,200 brick kiln operators across the country started seasonal firing on Jan 15, further exacerbating air quality, which is already worsening every day.

Nepal’s worsening air pollution crisis, driven by policy failures and weak implementation, has become a major public health ...

Brick kilns are among the major contributors to the country’s deteriorating air quality, including in the Kathmandu Valley.

With 114 parties in the fray and a Gen Z wave at the gates, India must navigate Kathmandu’s new realities without handing the ...

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The aftermath on Wednesday morning after the destruction of major government buildings in Kathmandu, set ablaze and vandalized by protesters during Tuesday's Gen Z anti-corruption demonstrations. With ...