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Remaking of Nepal
OLD AND NEW: The new 79m high Dharara tower is being inaugurated on Saturday by Prime Minister Oli. A small replica of the previous tower sits…
New Delhi’s new dealings in Nepal
Illustration: SUBHAS RAIWhen Kathmandu Valley was still known as Swoniga (three cities), back in the medieval Lichhavi-Malla era, the Ganga…
Kulman Ghising’s tenure at NEA in doubt
Kulman Ghising, the man widely credited with ending daily 14 hours of power cuts is due to step down next month after four years as head of the…
Stop complaining, start contributing
Whether you see the glass as half empty or half full, it is time to take action and move ahead
Two takes on the Nepal-India nexus
Nepal Nexus, the English translation and updated version of the 2013 bestseller Prayogshala by editor Sudheer Sharma, offers readers a vivid…
History and context from Mahat
Ram Sharan Mahat, former foreign and finance minister of the Nepali Congress, has published an important book that serves as an explainer and…
Re-imagining South Asia
The book Another South Asia! with an assertive exclamation mark in its title requires one to pause, and step back to recall what is South Asia,…
Conjoined twins
In a recent meeting with editors of Nepal’s mainstream media, six months after assuming office, Prime Minister K P Oli was grilled about fears…
Birganj waits for the boom
History, geography and economy make this strategic border city an important hub
Fire in the belly
https://youtu.be/o86akJuUBR8Industrial fire today in Chabahil saw locals using their bare hands to fill buckets with muddy water. It took 27…
A Modi-fied Oli
Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri sends off India PM Narendra Modi, who was in…
Oli-Modi launch Arun III
PM Oli and his Indian counterpart Modi remotely launch Arun III from Kathmandu on Friday night. Pic: RSSPM KP Oli and his visiting Indian…
Modi’s Himalayan marathon
The Indian prime minister’s visit to Nepal sparks hope, dismay and speculationIndian security personnel in Janakpur on Thursday in preparation…
Back in Nepal after 14 years
Former Norwegian ambassador to Nepal returns to see a country transformedEven when there was a conflict going on, I always found people friendly…
Janakpur to Janakpur
DRESS REHEARSAL: Indian Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri is briefed on Wednesday by the pilot of an Indian Air Force helicoper that rehearsed a…
India-Nepal rail diplomacy
PM KP Oli and Indian PM Narenda Modi at a joint press conference after a bilateral meeting at Hyderabad House of New Delhi on Saturday. All…
Red carpet for a red leader
It has been an accepted practice that any Nepali leader makes a symbolic visit south to India after assuming office. But Prime Minister Oli's…
Virtually a blockade
PM Oli opposed the Indian Blockade in 2015, but as he prepares to visit Delhi he seems unaware of the stoppage at the Bhairawa border There is a…
How to get things done in Nepal
Replacing polluting three-wheelers in Kathmandu with electric vehicles was a lesson in why money can’t buy you everything