Handicraft industry can generate jobs and encourage youths to explore livelihoods options within Nepal The South Asian Festival on Handicrafts concluded on Sunday in the Capital, with organisers ...
Nepal is generally known throughout the world for its culture, stunning geography and diversity. But local products like noodles, herbs, crazy hats, and pens are helping the country rebrand itself in ...
KATHMANDU: In an interaction programme organized here by Federation of Handicrafts Association of Nepal (FHAN), newly-appointed Nepalese ambassador to the United States of America Dr Shankar Sharma ...
While souvenir shops in Kathmandu and Patan are worried that the number of Chinese tourists had dropped by half after last year’s earthquake, Nepali handicrafts have found a foothold in the Chinese ...
Exports of handicraft items increased by an impressive 32.31 percent in the last fiscal year ended in mid-July, compared to export figures of 2010/11, thanks to better promotion of Nepali handicraft ...
A Nepali woman prepares traditional products at a stall during the Handicraft Trade Fair in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Nov. 14, 2018. The annual handicraft fair kicked off here on Wednesday with the theme ...
The woman stared back at her, stunned. "We can earn?" As the founder of Nepal Knotcraft Centre and a longtime artisan herself, Shrestha had already begun exploring the economic potential of handicraft ...
When a 2015 earthquake struck in Nepal, killing more than 9,000 people, including 19 climbers on Mount Everest, and causing up to $10 billion in damages, Dr. Anil Regmi wanted to help. A Des ...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (Kathmandu Post/ANN) -- In 2003, when Shyam Badan Shrestha bought a basket from a woman for $4.44, she learned it had taken the woman 10 days to weave it. "How can you earn a profit ...