Journey
of Bankariya women: From nomadic life to
producing ‘local’ soap : The soap is made using
locally available aloe vera, mugwort, and neem
leaves, by Pratap Bista (kp 29/08/2024)
Creative
Entrepreneurs Fair promotes domestic production
in Kathmandu (kh 24/08/2024)
Nepal
exports handicrafts worth Rs 3.26 billion in
past 10 months (kh 13/06/2024)
Handicraft
exports to Europe dwindle by 20 per cent (kh
12/04/2024)
Traditional
metalcraft fading in the face of modernity :
Metal artists say modern customers overlook the
fact that crafts, apart from being the cultural
grace of society, also sustain the livelihoods
of artisans, by Sarahna Khadka (kp
22/02/2024)
Handicraft
fair generates Rs 20 million in transactions
(kh 19/12/2023)
Nepal
exports handicrafts worth Rs 12 billion annually
(kh 12/12/2023)
Palpa's
iconic karuwas becoming a memory : Locals cite
competition from cheaper machine-made products
for the declining number of traditional
workshops, by Madhav Aryal (kp 07/10/2023)
Handmade
stools bring good income to entire village :
Many have purchased plots and constructed houses
with the money they earned from making stools,
by Parbat Portel (kp 02/07/2023)
Nepali
handmade paper factories in Gandaki face
existential crisis : Lack of government support
in production and marketisation amid a decline
in the use of such paper has forced factories to
shut down, local entrepreneurs say, by
Ghanashyam Khadka, Prakash Baral and Agandhar
Tiwari (kp 23/02/2023)
Clay
pots made by Kumal community face extinction :
Cheaper plastic options and a lack of quality
materials are affecting families making earthen
pots, by Binod Bhandari (kp 19/02/2023)
19th
Handicraft Trade Fair on December 9-13 (kh
26/11/2022)
Soil
shortage, poor demand decimating Bhaktapur’s
pottery-making : Prajapati community, who
specialise in making earthenware, have asked the
Bhaktapur Municipality to get them a place from
where they can source clay, but are yet to get a
response, by Anup Ojha (kp 25/10/2022)
Handicraft
expo attracts attention of tourists (kh
27/09/2022)
Traditional
weavers fear extinction of craft for shortage of
Himalayan bamboo : Khaptad National Park has
restricted bamboo cutting to once a year,
leading to a shortage of raw material for
weavers, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
02/05/2022)
Handicraft
exporters on the brink of collapse amid Omicron
onslaught : Businesses were still reeling from
the blow dealt by the Delta variant when they
were hit by the Omicron outbreak, traders said.,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 01/02/2022)
Prajapati
community in Bhaktapur finding it hard to meet
the high demand for clay pots (kh
02/11/2021)
Handicraft
trade fair to be organized on Nov 19-21 (kh
29/10/2021)
Palpa
acts to revive hand-woven dhaka and rescue a
local icon : The training programme aims to turn
out 1,500 dhaka entrepreneurs in three years,
officials say, by Madhav Aryal (kp
13/02/2021)
Handicraft
Year 2021 announced to revive curio industry :
The sector contributes around Rs20 billion to
the national economy annually, according to the
Federation of Handicraft Associations of Nepal,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 15/12/2020)
Handmade
with love: Nepali takes grandma’s socks to the
world (ht 01/12/2020)
Stone
Artisans In Crisis As Demand For Stone Wheel Of
Watermill Declines, by Pratik Ichchhuk
Sharma (rn 27/11/2020)
Hundreds
left jobless after model handmade paper
factory fails : Malika Handmade Paper Company,
established in 1999, shut down due to negligence,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 26/11/2020)
Women
Engaged In Brewing Homemade Liquor Turn To
Spinning Wool, Make Decent Income, by Gyabu
Pangeni (rn 20/11/2020)
Handicraft
shipments predicted to plunge as virus smashes
export market : Domestic sales too have
disappeared with no tourist arrivals and with
virus spreading, it is unclear when they will
come, by Krishana Prasain (kp 20/10/2020)
Silversmiths
looking for alternative jobs: Precious metals at
record highs as gold hits Rs 103,500 a tola,
silver surges to Rs 1,405 per tola, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 08/08/2020)
Lockdown
wipes out handicraft trade as exports drop to
zilch: The sector has suffered losses worth
nearly Rs 2 billion in lost exports in the past
two months, by Krishana Prasain (kp
30/04/2020)
Have
a seat at Muda Gaun: The villagers of Kalijhoda
and Naya Basti in Jhapa have been weaving the
traditional stool for the past 35 years, but it
is still just enough to fulfil their basic needs,
by Parbat Portel (kp 23/12/2019)
Traders
call for quality assurance to promote Nepali
handicraft (rep 15/12/2019)
The
traditional weapon that is losing its edge: The
popular Bhojpure khukuris are exported all
around the world, particularly to the US, the
UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. But in
recent years, its production has been largely
stifled, by Alisha Shrestha (kp 16/10/2019)
Handicraft
becomes a good source of livelihood, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 14/10/2019)
Booming
business: Nepali felt handicraft: Last fiscal
year, the country exported felt items worth
Rs1.84 billion, a 19 percent increase compared
to the export earnings in 2017-18, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 09/09/2019)
In
Gorkha’s highlands, the bakhu-weaving tradition
is slowly dying: Because the task demands a lot
of labour, many villagers are looking for easier
alternatives, by Hariram Uprety (kp
05/09/2019)
Handicraft
exports tumble by double digits in first half,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 27/03/2019)
The
word ‘handicraft’ has been exploited and misused
in our country, interview with Pravin
Chitrakar (kp 18/02/2019)
FHAN
to build SAARC Design Center, Nepal Handicraft
Village, by Pawan Khanal (rep 12/01/2019)
Women
craft makers face gender inequality, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 16/11/2018)
16th
Handicraft Trade Fair from Wednesday (rep
13/11/2018), Handicraft
Trade Fair kicks off (kp 14/11/2018), ‘Nepali
handmade items will be given priority’ (kp
15/11/2018)
Bhaktapur’s
potters
adapt to survive: Descendants of clay lamp
makers carry on an ancestral profession for the
festival of lights, by Monica Deupala (nt
02/11/2018)
Handicraft
Trade Fair to start from Nov 14 (kp
27/10/2018)
Export
of
Nepali handicrafts fall by 3 percent: India and
China produce handicraft products at a much
larger scale for the international market, which
means the prices are comparatively lower than
Nepal’s handicraft goods (kp
09/09/2018)
37th
general assembly of the WCC-APR kicks off
(kp 31/08/2018)
Lalitpur
set to join club of Craft City (kp
17/08/2018)
Rs270
million Saarc Handicraft Design Centre to be
built (kp 20/07/2018)
Dhukuti
open house: ACP showcases latest Nepali
handicraft (kp 11/06/2018)
FHAN
lauds government efforts to promote handicraft
sector: ‘Some key issues remained unaddressed’
(rep 02/06/2018)
Leg-up
for handicrafts: Handicraft industry can
generate jobs and encourage youths to explore
livelihoods options within Nepal (ht
16/01/2018)
South
Asian Handicraft festival kicks off (kp
12/01/2018)
15th
Handicraft Trade Fair kicks off in KTM, by
Abhishek Chitrakar (kp 18/11/2017), Handicraft
fair ends with over Rs80m in transaction (kp
22/11/2017)
Tihar
brings momentary boom for a potter family,
by Anup Ojha (kp 18/10/2017)
Traditional
craft dying out as technology takes over, by
Anita Shrestha (ht 16/10/2017)
The
Nepali
paper: Lokta was widely used in Nepal until
1950s when cheap machine-made papers from India
took over market and pushed this traditional
paper to near extinction, by Reshu Bashyal
(rep 14/10/2017)
Handicraft
exports up 13pc, by Yamini Bantawa (kp
03/09/2017)
Demand
for
traditional handicrafts surges, by Krishna
Prasad Gautam (kp 08/06/2017)
13th
IITFT
Expo 2017 from next week (ht 13/04/2017)
Govt
to help start 100,000 cottage industries across
the country (rep 01/03/2017)
Handicraft
exports
increase 21pc in H1, by Sakchham Karki (kp
28/02/2017)
Exhibition
of
cottage industry goods opens (kp
24/02/2017), Call
to promote cottage, small industries (rep
24/02/2017), Cottage
industry
goods fair sees 900k visitors: The six-day fair
showcased goods manufactured by cottage
and small enterprises from all over Nepal,
by Sakchham Karki (kp 01/03/2017)
As
young
move away, traditional craft dies out in Nepal
(ht 12/02/2017)
Handicraft
Trade
Fair to start from Nov 25 (kp 21/11/2016), 14th
handicraft
fair kicks off (kp 26/11/2016), 14th
Handicraft
Trade Fair concludes (ht 30/11/2016), Handicraft
Trade
Fair sees Rs12m turnover (kp 30/11/2016), Handicraft
fair sees transactions worth Rs 100 million
(rep 30/11/2016)
Bamboo
artisans
in Rajbiraj struggling for survival (ht
07/11/2016)
Bhaktapur’s
pottery
makers struggling to keep trade alive: Pottery
making is no longer the family trade for
majority of the 200-odd households that live in
Bola Che, by Pratichya Dulal (kp 31/10/2016)
A
basket case: Can the traditional bamboo
handicraft industry revitalise itself?, by
Smriti Basnet (nt 28/10/2016)
Metal
craft
exports up on Chinese demand (kp 23/09/2016)
Revenues
from
handicraft exports slip marginally (kp
15/09/2016)
Handicraft
entrepreneurs
disappointed by budget (kp 06/06/2016)
Handicraft
Trade
Fair kicks off in the Capital (ht
06/05/2016), Eager
participants
throng 13th Handicraft Trade Fair (kp
07/05/2016), Handicraft
Fair
concludes (ht 10/05/2016), Handicraft
Trade
Fair records sales of Rs 60 million (rep
10/05/2016)
A
time to every purpose: Many traditional
occupations are on the verge of vanishing
forever in Kathmandu, by Sahina Shrestha (nt
06/05/2016)
Handicraft
business
gets boost from online stores, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 02/05/2016)
Handicraft
Trade
Fair slated to open May 5 (kp 29/04/2016)
Temblor
shakes
down handicraft export (ht 22/03/2016)
FHAN
elects
new committee (ht 10/01/2016)
Handicraft
traders
hope for Christmas bonanza (kp 17/12/2015)
Lack
of
raw materials hit handicraft sector hard (kp
08/12/2015)
Post-quake
Nepal
struggles to preserve vanishing skills (kp
29/10/2015)
Khukuri
exports
cut sharplydue to highway blockage (kp
14/10/2015)
Handicrafts
Trade
Fair to open from Nov 26 (kp 09/10/2015)
Strikes
hit
handicraft business in Biratnagar, by
Jitendra Shah (kp 24/08/2015)
Handicraft
exports
inch up 2.55pc in first half (kp 05/02/2015)
Simplify
procedures:
Handicraft exporters (kp 28/02/2015)
Women’s
handicraft
expo slated to open Saturday (kp 13/02/2015)
Handicraft
training
for women’s economic empowerment (ht
09/02/2015)
Dying
occupation:
The government needs to bring special programs for
the betterment of Kumals, by Nirajan Paudel
(rep 06/02/2015)
Breaking
the
mould: Kathmandu’s traditional metal artisans
can’t survive without modern copyright laws
working on their behalf, by Nhooja Tuladhar
(kp 24/01/2015)
Men
behind
our maadals, by Jessica Rai (ht 24/01/2015)
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