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Nepal wants to be a clean-energy powerhouse. The indigenous people are paying the price

A hydropower boom backed by billions in financing is colliding with local communities who say they were never really asked.

Until death: Inside Nepal’s harshest punishment

Nepal has no death penalty. Instead, it has life imprisonment until death — a sentence with no release date.An investigation by Kantipur shows who receives this sentence, how it is applied, and what justice means for victims, prisoners, and the state.

Living with leopards in the Himalayas

Conflicts with people are growing as expanded forest land and climate change push the creatures into human settlements. There are solutions to try.

Nepal records 45-year high pre-monsoon rainfall

Department of Hydrology and Meteorology says 339.7 mm of rainfall logged this season, surpassing 1990 record.

The spiritual path to Poon Hill

Stone steps, mountain air, and shared silence—the trek that felt like a pilgrimage.

A legacy in clay: How Laxmi Kumar Prajapati is modernising his ancestral profession

Located at Madhyapur Thimi in Bhaktapur, Thimi Ceramics carries forward an ancestral pottery tradition with a modern vision.

Nepal’s Mahanayak on memes, discipline, superheroes, and his book ‘Yug Dekhi Yug Samma’

In this conversation with the Post’s Anish Ghimire, Rajesh Hamal discusses his pop-culture popularity, his role in a superhero movie, and what he hopes readers will take away from his book.

How optimistic are you about Nepal's future following the GeN Z movement?

Kantipur TV to air Priyanka Karki’s cooking show Celebrity Kitchen

The programme will air every Wednesday from 9pm to 10pm.

What does Nepal eat during Dashain and Tihar?

From Tharu ghonghi to Tamang pork, Newa samay baji to Rai dhido, festive tables across the country tell stories of heritage, memory, and togetherness.

Ascent to Gokyo Ri

From flying over glaciers to hearing the Himalayan Snowcock call, the trek was filled with unforgettable firsts.

Four Sherpa sisters from the same family summit Carstensz Pyramid in Seven Summits quest

With this achievement, they have now climbed five of the Seven Summits