Nepali Times

20/10/2025

Bipin Joshi's body was brought back to Nepal and received at Kathmandu airport on Monday. The government held a tribute for the Nepali student, who was taken hostage during the 7 October 2023 attack and killed in captivity. His funeral will be held in his home district of Kanchanpur.

Details: https://nepalitimes.com/news/nepali-hostage-in-gaza-not-alive

Photos: SUMAN NEPALI / NEPALI TIMES

20/10/2025

Animal welfare groups estimate that there are over 100,000 dogs that live on the streets of Kathmandu Valley alone. The way Nepalis treat stray and community dogs can be very different from pets at home.

Kathmandu’s street-smart dogs24 October 2022Sonia Awale0 Photos: GOPEN RAIIt is that time of the year again when we Nepalis worship various members of the animal kingdom. Cows and crows, bulls and dogs — all have a day this week dedicated to them.So it is ironic that the very evening they are wo...

20/10/2025

Nepalis are very good at taking super-long term views like a belief in the afterlife and undertake rituals to ensure a better reincarnation. Perhaps we need to have a long term view about improving our current lives in our own lifetimes.

We must plan for future decades till 2100 Bikram Sambat, writes Sujeev Shakya. Link in comments.

20/10/2025

Kathmandu residents worship pets and community dogs to mark Kukur Tihar on Monday. On this day, dogs, revered as Yama Raj's gatekeepers, are celebrated and fed treats. Kukur Tihar coincides with Laxmi Puja this year.

Photos: SUMAN NEPALI / NEPALI TIMES

20/10/2025

Why should kukur puja be restricted only to canines?

Watch video of Ginger the dog and Momo the cat being celebrated and fed their favourite treats by their family on Kukur Tihar.

19/10/2025

The sound of jazz rose over Kathmandu, still shocked by September’s death and destruction.

Watch the video and read the roundup: https://nepalitimes.com/multimedia/the-healing-power-of-music

19/10/2025

Nepal's revolution in battery-powered four-wheelers is spreading to e-scooters and e-bikes.

Details in tis report by Vishad Raj Onta:

Two wheels good, electric even betterNepal's revolution in battery-powered four-wheelers is spreading to e-scooters and e-bikes17 October 2025Vishad Raj Onta0 Three out of every four cars Nepalis buy is now an electric one, a huge step in reducing air pollution and the country’s dependence on impo...

19/10/2025

Amidst GenZ protests back home, 5,000km away in the Spanish Pyrenees Sunmaya Budha secured second position at the 3rd World Mountain and Trail Running Championships. No Asian athlete had ever finished this high in the Long Trail competition at the World Championships.

Link to the story in the comment section.

19/10/2025

The GenZ chants in Kathmandu and the curfew in Janakpur are not separate stories. They are different dialects of the same question: who gets to belong in Nepal’s democracy?

Unfinished federalism in Madhes ProvinceThe GenZ chants in Kathmandu and the curfew in Janakpur are not separate stories14 October 2025Ayusha Chalise in Sarlahi0 Janakpur, the seat of Madhes Province, is also often called the capital of Federalism. Photos: BIKAS RAUNIYARIn front of the ashes of what...

19/10/2025

GOOD IDEA: Nearly 800 vehicles were torched during the GenZ protests last month all over the country (below, right). Almost the same number of 2- and 4-wheel former USAID vehicles are in storage in Chobhar (below, left). On social media, many are suggesting that the government talk to the Americans to replace the vehicles it lost.

19/10/2025

Nepali Times wishes readers Happy Tihar, Chhath and न्हु दँया भिन्तुना ११४६.
Because of holidays there will be no print edition of the paper on Friday 24 October, the next hardcopy issue of Nepali Times will be on 31 October. Visit nepalitimes.com for daily new content.

19/10/2025

Looking ahead to Kukur Tihar, the day we can all say “Oh My Dog!” And actually mean it. K***a Dixit’s explainer for beginners of the five-day festival.

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