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Finance and Economy
Nepal Staring at Imminent Double-Digit Inflation
Inflation has taken over Nepali life and is hitting a major segment of lower-income families for whom basic necessities are becoming unaffordable. It is...
Agri-technology
Nepal Can Fight Toxic Metals With Plants
A study says that plants capable of absorbing large amounts of contaminants offer an opportunity to detoxify soil and water as concern grows over...
Justice
Nepal Passes Law to Regulate Sale of Acid
There are about 40 cases of acid attacks every year in Nepal and three-quarters of the victims are women. So far, the law provided...
Climate change
Shifting Climate Boundaries
For decades, studies have shown that a warming climate is pushing the treeline to shift upwards across the world — including in the Everest...
Bangladesh
Drug-Resistant Typhoid ‘Spreading Out of South Asia’
SouthAsia now generates extensively drug-resistant typhoid strains that are spreading to other parts of the world. The study involved whole-genome sequencing of 3,489 S....
Human rights
Human Rights Council Hears of Situation of Nepal Dalits
The UN Expert on Extreme Poverty on Wednesday told the Human Rights Council that the persistence of social discrimination faced by Dalits in Nepal...
Child Labour
Marginalized Since Birth
Despite legal provisions, the births of many Dalit children in the Madhes are not registered, mostly due to a lack of documentation on the...
Air
Dirty Air ‘Cuts South Asia Life Expectancy by Five Years’
Bangladesh emerges as the world’s most polluted country according to the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) released by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute....
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Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?
It is evident that the effects of the project are not uniformly distributed, as certain villages experience benefits while...
Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review of the air quality scenario in the National Capital Region...
Educating the Mind Without Educating the Heart is No Education at All
By Yasmine Sherif
The words above, by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, serve as a reminder that we still have...
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Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?
It is evident that the effects of the project...
Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review...
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