A thick, grey smog has blanketed Kathmandu Valley and much of Nepal, turning the air acrid and the sky an unnatural shade of ...

As the drone takes off, the skyline of Kathmandu is shrouded in a thick layer of polluted haze that has been lingering for ...

Meteorologists have forecast light to moderate rainfall for today, which could lessen the air pollution. Nepal has been ...

Pollution levels are spiking in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, leaving its residents with air quality worse than any other city in the world.

Air pollution is connected to an estimated 42,000 deaths annually in Nepal. Disturbingly, 19% of these deaths occur in children under the age of five, while 27% are among people over 70.

The Air Quality Life Index, issued by the University of Chicago, estimated in 2024 that air pollution stripped 3.4 years off the life of an average Nepal resident.

A dry winter is intensifying wildfires in Nepal, experts said Wednesday, as the capital Kathmandu continued to suffer from hazardous air quality that ranks it among the most polluted cities globally.