Tag: Environment

Sonika Manandhar Wins Young Champions Award From The UN Environment Programme

“Fixing the public transport system is not just about making more comfortable travel options available to both men and women at all times of day. It’s also about protecting our environment in...

SHOCKING STATISTICS: Nearly 4.8 Million plastic bags used daily in Kathmandu

That's just in Kathmandu! People are using 4.7 million to 4.8 million plastic bags in the capital city everyday. The figure was shared as part of the Drowning in Plastic oped on...

Up To 35,000 People Killed By Air Pollution Every Year in Nepal

The air pollution in Kathmandu is nothing new but recent figures released by Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) suggests that up to 35,000 people lose their lives due to air...

Will Dharan Airport Ever Materialise?

Though conversations around a proposed airport being constructed in the eastern city of Dharan has been going on for a while, a recent feasibility report of the proposed Dharan Airport is once...

Kathmandu City Turns Waste Into Electricity!

With electricity being a big need for the country, Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has finally done wonders by generating biofuel from waste! The wait for the new green energy has certainly been...

French Director Fabien Lemaire Captures Shuklaphanta Like Never Before!

The trailer of "Shuklaphanta, the other wild Nepal" by French director Fabien Lemaire will seriously make you want to pack your bag and get on the next night bus to the far-west...
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Kathmandu Launch of Maggie Doyne’s ‘Between the Mountain and the Sky’ Book

Maggie Doyne's Kathmandu book launch for Between the Mountain and the Sky is covered by Lex!

‘From Taplejung to Oxford’ Book Launch for Dr Chandra Laksamba

Academics, Gurkha community stakeholders, friends and family members gathered in the UK on the 11th of February to mark the launch of From Taplejung...

Pangolin Woman Dr Tulshi Laxmi Suwal Receives Whitley Fund for Nature Award in London

Pangolin expert Dr Tulshi Laxmi Suwal awarded the Whitley Fund for Nature for her work to protect pangolins and their habitat.