Tulasi Acharya’s book discusses how sexual desire and patriarchy shape South Asian society, drawing from history, religion, and literature.

Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar’s borderlands and are staffed by foreigners. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sri Lanka has the lowest tax revenue collected through Value Added Tax (VAT) in South Asia while Maldives with a lower tax ...

India would not be disadvantaged by the new world order; on the contrary, despite its previous support for the post-World War ...

The reality is that Nepal sells itself because of its unique attractions: the world’s highest mountains, adventure sports, ...

Sushila Gautam, 77, checks her smartwatch, a gift from her son living in the United States, to see if she should leave for ...

As it stands, financial institutions here may bear the brunt of the grey list status. Banks may find it difficult to conduct ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sushila Gautam, 77, checks her smartwatch, a gift from her son living in the United States, to see if she should leave for her reading and writing lessons. “At home, I get ...

TANAHUN – In an extreme case of corporal punishment, a teacher is accused of hitting four school children with a heated metal spatula on their cheeks at a school in Bhimad in Tanahun district.

An executive decision by the Trump administration in Washington, D.C. to freeze foreign aid for 90 days and a potential ...

A Hindu pilgrim stood anxiously next to a bus stand in Mustang, Nepal. “I’m going to burn my passport,” he told me. “I’m going to destroy all my documents and cross the border. I came ...

As the rickety bus barely rounded another corner, an audible gasp went through the passengers. A recent blizzard had taken out the road between the high Himalayan villages of Ranipauwa and ...