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Articles tagged with #MCC
“Nepal should make decisions for Nepal’s good”
Out-going US Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry speaks to Nepali Times about his four-year tenure which was marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the…
MCC gets green light in Nepal
Photo:RSSFive years after Nepal signed the US-funded Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact in 2017, Parliament on Sunday finally…
Yankee go home. (Take us with you.)
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIFor those of us who devour dish-information for current affairs, it is now looking like Nepal is about to declare…
High tension in Nepal
Photo: RSS The scheduled House session this week was once again postponed with Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the Maoists seemingly reneging on a deal…
Using power wisely
PHOTO MONTAGE/NEPAL ENERGY FORUMLike a mirage, the nearer we get to Parliament’s ratification of a $500 million US-backed infrastructure…
Nepal House sits for crucial MCC vote
As Nepal’s Parliament finally sits on Wednesday to try to ratify a controversial and long-delayed American infrastructure project, parties…
Chief Justice suspension linked to MCC ratification
After a prolonged deadlock over Parliament’s ratification of a $500 million US-backed infrastructure project, Nepal’s ruling parties have found…
To be or not to be on the MCC
Billions invested by Nepalis in the hydropower sector will be in danger if transmission lines are not built
The deal-breaker
The date for local elections is now set in stone: 13 May to be held at once all over the country. But the path to voting booths is a political…
Maoists backpedal on MCC letter
Illustration: RABINDRAPushpa Kamal Dahal usually gets favourable coverage in Nepal’s mainstream media. Which is why he must have been shocked…
MCC risks split in Nepal’s ruling coalition
A much-delayed half-billion dollar US government project to upgrade Nepal’s infrastructure threatens to split Nepal’s governing coalition,…
China lobbying against MCC
A $500 million American grant to upgrade Nepal’s infrastructure appears at first glance to be delayed because of domestic politics. But the real…
Nepal electricity demand soars
Household electricity consumption with the onset of winter, dedicated supply to industries and increase in electric vehicles is fuelling demand…
Power politics
Estimated from various sourcesA country is being offered its largest ever infrastructure grant, but is torn between accepting it or not. The…
The cost of no MCC
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/ NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESNepal could lose Rs142 billion a year in wasted surplus energy if the Millennium Challenge Corporation…
Swapping ambassadors midway
In the days of the absolute monarchy, every government appointment, promotion in the civil service, and ambassadorship had to be approved by the…
Sino-Nepal ties in the ‘post-Afghan' era
The MCC debate in Nepal must be seen in the context of Asia’s restructured geopolitics
MCC ball in Nepal’s court
“Countries knock at our doors all the time for capital, as it is getting harder and harder to obtain development funds. We are holding $500…
India, Nepal sign power exchange deal
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/ NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESIn a step that could be a precursor to the US-backed Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) project to…
MCC row rocks Nepal’s ruling coalition
Vice president of US Mellennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Fatema Z Sumar arrives in Kathmandu on Thursday.Fatema Z Sumar, vice president of…
MCC: damned if we do, damned if we don’t
Youth staged a demonstration protesting the US-funded Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIFor…
Power politics delays MCC in Nepal
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRINepal's prolonged political deadlock has not just affected the country’s response to Covid-19, it has also delayed…
Power politics delays MCC in Nepal
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRINepal's prolonged political deadlock has not just affected the country’s response to Covid-19, it has also delayed…
BRI and trans-Himalayan connectivity
When Chinese social media posted photographs last month of engineers surveying the extension of the Tibet Railway, one of the images showed Mt…