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Nepal and the US-India tariff tiff
The country can benefit if it plays its cards right, and adopts a long term strategy to boost exports
Trump tariff to benefit Nepal
America’s trading partners are panicking, stock markets are crashing, but taxes may help Nepal
“Yo Man Ta Mero Nepali Ho”
Republic of Korea Ambassador Taeyoung Park talks about five decades of bilateral cooperation, tourism, trade and labour
The salt of the earth
A caravan of yaks carrying salt heads south. SOURCE: JAG BAHADUR BUDHAWhile it is unclear when and how salt was first introduced to Nepal’s…
Nepal stalls in Prosperity Index
Photo: MANISH PAUDELNepal has only slightly progressed in the annual overall prosperity rankings this year, but rose 15 steps over the last…
Some silver linings
It has become a cliché to say that every crisis comes with opportunities. But that does not mean it is not true. It is up to us to grab that…
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…
‘Once upon a time there was an America…’
In the last few months we have witnessed the continued unraveling of the United States. Many might attribute the dismantling of what once was…
Unlocking the economy post-lockdown
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe COVID-19 pandemic has caught the world off guard, with enormous repercussions for Nepal’s economy because of…
Lighting up her darkness
Sita Tamang dropped out of school in Rolpa, but that did not stop her from making a success of her life
Can Nepal be the powerhouse of Asia?
Yes, by creating an environment for investment in renewable energy to meet domestic and regional demand
Bon voyage
Tibetan animist belief preserves message of conservation in Dolpo
Nepal risks being blacklisted on money laundering
Nepal will be evaluated for international money laundering activities by the APG (Asia Pacific Group) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)…
Nepal, Inc.
We need foreign investors more than foreign investors need us
Nepal now has to balance not just India and China, but also the West
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIArticle 5 of the 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty implicitly forbids arms imports directly from third countries. Opposition…
To Davos with hammer and sickle
Diwakar ChettriPrime Minister K P Oli is flying off to Davos to attend the World Economic Forum on 20 January with a 18-member delegation. This…
Trump’s diminishing power and rising rage
NEW YORK – The drama of Donald Trump’s presidency has centered around whether an extremist president would be able to carry out an extremist…
U.S.-Nepal Trade and Investment Forum
The joint U.S.-Nepal Trade and Investment Framework (TIFA) talks. Photo: RANDY BERRY / TWITTERWASHINGTON -- The United States-Nepal Trade and…
Actionable Summits
‘You may think I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one…’
Birganj waits for the boom
History, geography and economy make this strategic border city an important hub
A post mortem of Nepal’s garment boom
Photos: Bikram RaiAfter the 1990 restoration of democracy, and at the cusp of a new millennium, globalisation arrived in Nepal with a bang. Call…
Boom Time in Central Tarai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaEnGCn6SeQ&t=38sEarth movers are at work trying to make up for lost time in completing what will be the Gautam…
Trade tit-for-tat
This month President Trump launched the opening salvo of a trade war by unilaterally imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into the…
What China really wants
Prime minister K P Oli during his last meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping in 2016Within two months of assuming office to lead the most…