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Krishna Pokharel

ARTICLES BY KRISHNA POKHAREL

In Noida, garment workers like Sanjit Kumar protest soaring cooking gas prices amid supply shortages caused by the war in Iran.

India’s factory workers were getting by. Then the Strait of Hormuz closed.

6 min read . 23 Apr 2026

Balendra Shah quit his job as mayor of Kathmandu to run for prime minister in elections due to be held on Thursday.

Nepal’s Gen Z made this rapper a star. Now he could become prime minister.

6 min read . 04 Mar 2026

Trump Towers Delhi NCR in Gurugram, India, in August, amid ongoing construction.

Trump Organization expands in India, where many of its partners face accusations

16 min read . 17 Oct 2025

Earlier this month, Nepali Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli became the third South Asian leader to be toppled by a popular rebellion in as many years. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (AFP)

Why Asia’s Gen Z is angry with its leaders

5 min read . 19 Sept 2025

In all, 260 people died, including all but one of the people onboard the plane.

Air India probe puts early focus on pilots’ actions and plane’s fuel switches

3 min read . 11 Jul 2025

The Dalai Lama attends a ceremony to celebrate his birthday. Photo: Ashwini Bhatia/Associated Press

The Dalai Lama is turning 90 and has a birthday message for Beijing

6 min read . 02 Jul 2025

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, packed with 242 people on board, strained to climb in the steamy midday heat. (image: Reuters)

The first—and final—seconds of Air India flight 171

4 min read . 13 Jun 2025

Four British climbers pose on the summit of Mount Everest less than a week after leaving London, in one of the fastest ascents on record of the world's highest peak, in Nepal. (AP)

A lightning fast ascent of Everest is rocking the mountaineering world

6 min read . 31 May 2025

Behind concerns about the Dalai Lama’s health is a looming succession battle between Tibetans in exile and Beijing.

A frailer Dalai Lama greets devotees while succession question remains

5 min read . 15 Sept 2024

Students in Bangladesh continued to protest last week, with fresh demands, after toppling the prime minister.. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP) (AFP)

Bangladesh’s protesters take power and find governing isn’t easy

5 min read . 21 Aug 2024

View of a mural of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vandalised by protesters, a day after her resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 6, 2024. (Photo: Reuters)

How a jobs protest toppled Bangladesh’s iron lady

5 min read . 07 Aug 2024

Supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) holding cut-outs of India's Prime Minister and their leader, Narendra Modi shout slogans during an election campaign rally in Amritsar on May 30, 2024. (Photo: AFP)

‘All of you are Modi’: The making of the man reshaping India

9 min read . 03 Jun 2024

At a hospital, relatives seeking their missing relatives watched a slideshow of dead bodies stored there. (Ishan Tankha for The Wall Street Journal)

Racing to find their son after India’s train crash, couple face decomposing body

8 min read . 21 Jun 2023

Nepalese rescue workers and civilians gather around the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (Photo: AP)

Nepal plane crash kills dozens, some remain missing

2 min read . 15 Jan 2023

This aerial picture shows climbers cross the Khumbu icefall of Mount Everest, as seen from the Everest Base Camp, some 140 km northeast of Kathmandu (Photo: AFP)

Covid-19 hit Mount Everest, but it didn’t stop climbing season

6 min read . 04 Jun 2021