Tag: #Sri Lanka
Articles tagged with #Sri Lanka
Adani in Sri Lanka
The new government is reconsidering the $442 million Indian scheme approved by the previous government
The geopolitics of Nepal’s politics…
…as the Subcontinent becomes a political, economic, and socio-cultural battleground for Asia’s emerging powers
How Nepal can avert an economic crunch
Just diversify the tourism and remittance-based economy and explore commercial agriculture
“Economy in trouble but no need to panic yet”
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASINepal’s media has been rife with comparisons between Sri Lanka and Nepal.Madhu Kumar Marasini, Secretary at the…
How not to be a Sri Lanka
The crisis that is consuming Sri Lanka has sent warning bells ringing in Nepal. While sensational media headlines, some of them in the Indian…
Nepal town to ban mothers migrating
Nepal has experimented with different kinds of restrictions on the mobility of its women migrant workers: age bans, blanket bans, country…
Lax laws make Nepal haven for tiger poachers
Konjuk Lama was named in numerous seizures of tiger parts in Nepal and India, and was finally caught in Kathmandu on 25 June. But like high…
Nepal closes land border with India, China
Sunday's cabinet meeting at the prime minister's resident in Baluwatar, the first since Prime Minister Oli had his second kidney transplant two…
Suicide Watch
Photo: SONIA AWALEMichael Eddleston is a professor of Clinical Toxicology at the University of Edinburgh with over two decades of experience in…
Our favourite photos from South Asian Games 2019
Opening Ceremony. All Photos: BIKRAM RAI and MONIKA DEUPALA Women's boxing under 54kg: Nepal vs India A Nepali cyclists at the Road Cycling…
South Asian Games Recap 10 December
The Nepali men's football team celebrates their 2-1 win over Bhutan in the finals. All Photos: BIKRAM RAIIn the much-awaited men's football…
South Asian Games 3 December Recap
Photos: BIKRAM RAI and RSSThe highlights of the third day of the South Asian Games included India's domination of the athletic events and…
South Asian Games Recap 2 December
Photos: BIKRAM RAI AND RSSThe second day of the 13th South Asian Games saw Nepali athletes dominate the arena, with most wins in taekwondo and…
Film Southasia 2019
Film Southasia is held every two years, and in 2019 the theme of the festival of documentary films says it all: ‘Where the Mind Is Free’.…
The cost of peace in post-conflict countries: forest cover
REMOTE SENSING: A NASA satellite image of Nepal taken in 2002 at the height of the conflict shows extent of green cover.The advent of peace in…
The Buddha was born in Lumbini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k1Yv6mNZ_wAs the birthplace of the Buddha, Lumbini is among the four holy sites that pilgrims from the world…
Shared stories, shattered dreams of South Asian migrant workers
Photo: OM ASTHA RAIWhat is it about labour migration that keeps drawing hundreds of thousands of people every year away from their homes and…