Articles

• Nepal’s Hydropower: From Promise to Execution, by Manmohan Parkash (kh 12/04/2026)

• A Looming Food Crisis in Nepal: Global Shocks, Structural Dependency, and the Double Burden of Geopolitics : Food supply chains are tightening at the very moment Nepal’s dependence on imports is at its highest, by Jagannath Adhikari (The Commons 10/04/2026)

• Nepal Railway’s debt load: Expenses triple the revenue, by Birendra Raman (nn 06/04/2026)

• Ugly wires still hang over Capital even after underground cabling completed : Electricity authority has completed underground cabling, but poor coordination with local units is delaying the connection to households, by Arjun Poudel (kp 03/04/2026)

• Ride-Hailing riders demand uniform fare as price gaps trigger tensions : Fuel price hikes and inconsistent pricing across platforms spark protests, with riders warning of escalating risks and calling for regulation and social protection, by Krishana Prasain (kp 03/04/2026)

• Nepal hikes jet fuel to historic high as West Asia war drives global surge, by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/04/2026)

• Kathmandu’s man-made flood crisis : It calls for a change in how the city grows, manages water and reconnects with its natural systems, by Bishwadeep Paudel (kp 02/04/2026)

• Bhairahawa Airport plans flight expansion, aims for full international operations (kh 01/04/2026)

• The global fertiliser crisis may hit Nepal hard this plantation season : Nepal needs 250,000 tonnes of fertiliser for paddy cultivation. Around 183,000 likely to be available, by Sangam Prasain and Seema Tamang (kp 01/04/2026)

• From Hydropower to Computing Power: Can Nepal Become South Asia’s Green Data Hub?, by Bibhav Pokharel (rep 29/03/2026)

• New infra contracts in limbo as authorities delays multi-year resource consent : Decision on funding approvals likely only after new government formation, stalling major national pride and strategic projects, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp 24/03/2026)

• Nepal built a digital identity app. So why do government offices still want the paper? The Nagarik App can verify identity in real time, but outdated laws and institutional inertia still force citizens to carry physical documents, by Aarya Chand (kp 23/03/2026)

• Dharan deploys city police to protect drinking water catchment : Municipal officials keep a 12-hour daily watch in Sardu and Nishane areas to prevent pollution and encroachment in key water sources , by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/03/2026)

• Building Nepal’s Digital Future : The term “digital” appears twenty-three times in RSP’s hundred-point document, an indicator that technological modernization sits at the core of the party’s governing vision , by Prayag Dhakal (rep 20/03/2026)

• Global oil shock tests Nepal, but electric cooking cushions blow : Nepal is better prepared than before as West Asia tensions push up fuel prices, by Sangam Prasain and Krishana Prasain (kp 20/03/2026)

• Fuel shortages in Nepal: A hidden threat to health and livelihoods, by Pranjal Khadka (rep 19/03/2026)

• Kurtha–Janakpur–Jayanagar railway service brings relief to local commuters (kh 14/03/2026)

Links

Daily updated link collection (Nepal Research)

Texts

Construction of large dam: Thinking dynamics and struggle of displaced people, by Santosh K Bhagat. Tri-Chandra Journal of Anthropology 1:102-115 (2024)

Development of Renewable Energy and Its Current Situation in Nepal, by Bibek Kanta Neupane and Chandra Parajuli. NPRC Journal of Multidisciplinary Research 1:6,39-51

Presentations

Energy

Roads and airports

Videos

Clean and green - Cow dung holds the key to Nepal’s green economy (2020) (2:16)

Driving along Sun Koshi (4:40)

Erdbebensicheres Bauen in Nepal  (4:38)

Lives on the line - road and highway accidents in Nepal (Nepal Times, 5 April 2021) [Partly disturbing content!]

Nepal invests in new irrigation technologies (2018) (2:23)

Nepal's village women tackle water crisis (2018) (2:26)

Pokhara ready for take off (on Pokhara's new regional international airport) (2021) (2:19)

Poop power (2:15)

Rasuwa - Kyirong highway (Nepal-China border) (10:55)

Snail mail (1:51)

The end of the tunnel - Melamchi water supply project

Walkabout with Anil Chitrakar - Hiti, Kathmandu Valley's ancient water supply system (8:40)

Kathmandu water shortages (April 2022) (2:31)

Nijgadh International Airport (May 2022) (5:38)

Nijgadh's green runway (June 2022) (2:14)

Damned if we do - damned if we don't (2024) (06:31)