report in The Kathmandu Post, December 20, 2023 .Amid the homework of the ruling parties to bring Rastriya Prajatantra Party on board the federal cabinet and in Koshi Province, the right-wing outfit has announced nationwide protests to reinstate Nepal as a Hindu kingdom and scrap provincial structures. A three-day central committee meeting of the fifth largest party in the federal parliament announced on Tuesday that it would start the ‘Mechi-Mahakali unity march’ and Kathmandu-centric demonstrations…
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By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 17, 2023.The number of Nepali nationals serving in the Russian army and held captive by Ukrainian forces has reached four, with Kyiv setting some conditions for Nepal to meet before their release. Earlier reports said two Nepali nationals serving in the Russian army as mercenaries were held by the Ukrainian security forces as captives. According to Minister for Foreign Affairs NP Saud, the number of Nepali nationals…
by Sarahna Khadka in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 17, 2023.On Tuesday, Saroj Dahal, a 28-year-old follically challenged man, was waiting outside the dermatologist’s room at a clinic in Shantinagar, Kathmandu for his follow-up appointment. It would be his second treatment for his receding hairline. Dahal said he was frustrated with his baldness. “It made me a laughing stock everywhere I went,” Dahal told the Post. “Now there is some hair growth and that has improved…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, : December 11, 2023 06:58Nepal and China are set to discuss the implementation modality of the proposed 220kV Jilong/Kerung-Rasuwagadhi-Chilime Cross-Border Power Transmission line as the two sides engage to fix a joint mechanism meeting. When Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal visited China in September, the two sides had signed an agreement that China would provide grants to construct the cross-border power line. “The two sides will launch…
AFP report, Dec 5, 2023Nepal said that six of its citizens had been killed while serving as mercenaries in the Russian army and another had been captured in Ukraine, confirming that Nepalis are fighting for Moscow. Kathmandu urged Moscow to stop the use of Nepali mercenaries and send any men serving back home. Nepal’s foreign ministry said it had received information on the death of the “six Nepali citizens while serving in the Russian army”,…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 01, 2023Giving continuity to diplomatic exchanges between the US and Nepal, several senior American officials are already in Kathmandu while more are scheduled to arrive within a week. USAID Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Asia Michael Schiffer is in Kathmandu and has started meeting ministers and officials. He arrived on Wednesday and met Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat on the same day. At the meeting, they…
By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 28, 2023Bangladesh has proposed a mechanism between Nepal, India and Bangladesh at the highest bureaucratic level to enhance trilateral cooperation in the energy sector. Currently, Nepal has bilateral mechanisms for energy cooperation with both India and Bangladesh; while India and Bangladesh also have similar mechanisms that work to smoothen out wrinkles in cooperation in the energy sector at bilateral level. Nepal’s two mechanisms with India are…
report in Nepalnews.com, Nov 25, 2023Chairperson of Nepal Communist Party (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal has said all sections of the society, including the political parties should join hands for the prosperity of the country. Speaking at a program held on Friday at the Central Office of the party, Nepal said that economic transformation based on social justice is the current need of the country. Pointing out that maintaining good governance is essential to guarantee…
Reuters report, Nov 24, 2023KATHMANDU: Police in Nepal on Thursday used rattan sticks, tear gas and water cannon to scatter thousands of protesters demanding the restoration of the monarchy abolished 15 years ago. The “Citizens’ Campaign” protesters say governments in place since the monarchy was scrapped, as part of a deal ending a Maoist insurgency, have failed to live up to commitments to develop one of the world’s poorest countries. Protesters tried to dismantle a…
by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post,Nov13, 2023With the Indian government quoting a high price for sugar, which Nepal plans to import through a government-to-government arrangement, top Nepali government officials said they may approach Pakistan for the sweetener if India’s offer doesn’t prove sweet enough. Due to issues ranging from quality (small crystal sugar) to pricing, the process of importing sugar in a government-to-government deal to meet the Tihar festival demand has been deferred, sources…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 12, 2023Nepal’s public debt grew by Rs41.25 billion during the first quarter of the current fiscal year as outstanding total debt reached Rs2,340.60 billion, the Public Debt Management Office said. Total debt accounts for 43.49 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) as public debt against the GDP has been on the rise over the last few years. Even though the outstanding external debt decreased amid higher debt…