The Dutch colonised Indonesian island of Java in 1596, and found that the coffee plant thrived in its fertile volcanic soil.

Coffee is grown in over 44 districts of Nepal (see map, above). In the last fiscal year, Nepal produced 550 tonnes of Bourbon ...

Veteran fast bowler Jofra Archer and spinner Adil Rashid got hit hard around the pitch. Left-arm spinner Liam Dawson and Sam Curran were excellent, giving away only 21 and 27 runs off their four overs ...

A unique thing about the Nepali squad is how many all-rounders there are. Airee is the sixth best T20 all-rounder in the world as per ICC rankings. Bhurtel, Paudel, Aarif Sheikh, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha ...

With less than a month to go for the 5 March election, many Nepalis overseas are campaigning remotely for preferred ...

The Himalayan Future Forum (HFF) aims to be a platform that stands at the crossroads of climate, community, and connectivity, ...

Nepal’s democracy has reached a stage where competitive elections alone are no longer enough — it is mature enough now to be accountable for what it delivers. After years of constitutional change and ...

Besides ponds, wetlands are areas that are saturated with water, permanently or seasonally, including marshes, swamps, and ...

The slow, arduous labour of democracy rarely announces itself with the fanfare of constitutional moments. It proceeds instead ...

Nepal’s digital dependency is not accidental: it is geographical, structural and is a choice just like any other between India and China. Until 2018, the country’s entire internet flowed through India ...

Black carbon is essentially soot from diesel emissions, brick kilns, and crop burning. It may be short-lived in the atmosphere, but when ash settles on snow and ice, it reduces reflectivity and ...

The name of our restaurant comes from the Alba white truffle, which is the best available and is expensive, selling at around ...