While traditional electric vehicles have been incentivized in Nepal, electrifying public transport and two-wheelers would ...

The Department of Commerce, Supply and Consumer Protection (DoCSCP) has made it mandatory to mention the maximum retail price (MRP) on iron rods and cement from Monday, the beginning of the Nepali New ...

Today marks two weeks since the devastating earthquake hit Myanmar, causing unbelievably catastrophic devastation and death.

The Nepal Development Update is produced twice a year to report on key economic developments that occurred during the year, placing them in a longer-term and global perspective. The Update is intended ...

At 6 am Wednesday, I awoke in a mosquito net alongside hundreds of earthquake victims near the moat of Mandalay Palace. The Chinese rescue teams were already hard at work, with generators humming ...

Here, we demonstrate how a simple theoretical framework used in conservation biology—evolutionary rescue models—can be used to investigate the potential for climate adaptation in these taxa, using ...

Scientists have a radical new plan for controlling mosquito numbers and fighting malaria: lacing human blood with a drug that's poisonous for the insects, so sucking on this blood marks their last ...

Rekha is one of thousands of female sex workers in Nepal. These women are at the center of the complex reality of prostitution in Nepal as the country debates the decriminalization of sex work and ...

The 2.2-million-acre Wind River Indian Reservation encompasses frothy rivers and wild mountains, alpine lakes, buffalo herds and rich cultural heritage. The kind of outdoor attractions, in other ...

If you're a mosquito magnet, it's because you have more of what attracts mosquitoes. Studies show that 20% of people are particularly irresistible to these pests. Mosquitoes may bite you more for ...

Several methods are currently used to reduce mosquito numbers and, as a result, malaria risk. One is the use of an anti-parasitic medication called ivermectin. When mosquitoes ingest blood ...

Despite its historical significance, hemp cultivation, including for industrial purposes, is banned in Nepal. Since its prohibition in 1976 ... generating an income of $10,450 and yielding a net ...