KATHMANDU: It seems that there is complete absence of governance, forget good governance. There is still a short supply of essential fuel including cooking gas even months after the crippling blockade ended while Kathmandu continues to reel under black marketeering. On the other hand, the..
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Purushottam Dhakal, LOS ANGELES: Contrary to the accord where parents bless the nuptial knot of their offspring, this unusual happenstance in Nepal where the daughter weds off her mother to a new home could be both amazing and socially revolutionary at the same time. Believe it or not this is a..
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BY NITA BHALLA AND GOPAL SHARMA, NEW DELHI-KATHMANDU, (Reuters): Nepal and India expressed alarm on Tuesday over a report that children as young as 10 from both countries are being sold as domestic slaves to rich families in the UK for 500,000 rupees ($7,525) each. An investigation by The Sun..
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By Anil Giri, KATHMANDU, (IANS): With the signing of the Transit and Transportation Agreement between Nepal and China in Beijing, there is a sense of anxiety, worry and concern in Indian strategic circles about Nepal tilting towards China. Many have commented that this has ended India's long..
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KATHMANDU, (AFP): Nepal has secured a deal for China to supply it with fuel, as the energy-starved Himalayan nation seeks to deepen ties with Beijing and reduce its reliance on India. The agreement was signed during a visit by Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to Beijing, following months of..
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By Gopal Sharma, KATHMANDU (Reuters): China will allow landlocked Nepal to use its ports for trading goods with third countries, a senior official in Kathmandu said on Wednesday, potentially ending India's decades-long monopoly over the impoverished country's trading routes. A prolonged blockade..
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KATHMANDU: Prime Minister K P Oli, who has pulled off a scoop on his China visit by signing as many as 10 agreements including the one related to transit passage, has achieved the impossible, in what comes as a shot in his arm when his detractors were poking fun only a few hours ago. While the..
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Staff Reporter, KATHMANDU: With Prime Minister K P Oli about to visit China at the crucial juncture of the country's recent history, the move made by him can be taken as an act of carving new inroads in the foreign policy of the country, with Nepal expected to upgrade level of ties with Red..
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Staff Writer, KATHMANDU: Salute him or not --- depending on where you stand in politics, of course --- Prime Minister K P Oli is upholding the reputation of wily men from Jhapa who not only have a dash of necessary notoriety but also hold the fort, literally even through worst of circumstances. It..
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Staff Writer, KATHMANDU: With Prime Minister K P Oli about to fly to China on what is a week-long visit, there are cacophony of voices both for and against the visit that comes following worsening relationship with southern neighbor, India. PM Oli is considered to be in favor of not only signing..
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Staff Writer, KATHMANDU: Sharing same cultural ethos and mores, selfsame mythology and stereotypes as well as the same birth and death rituals, does not make two unequal neighbors good friends in much the same way it does not seem to make two unequal nations friendly in the true sense of the word..
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Staff Writer, KATHMANDU: Someone who has just taken over the Congress party Sher Bahadur Deuba is already in for an umpteenth litmus test of his political caliber which has, at best, so far been bordering on "cut and paste" variety. He has to decide --- and fast enough --- whether he stands for..
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Tika Ram Rai, KATHMANDU: The Indian side sent dual message during the course of Prime Minister K P Oli visit to New Delhi wrapped in two contradictory moves. There was no joint statement at the end of the state visit undertaken through February 19-24 but he was welcomed with all the fanfare. These..
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Staff Writer, KATHMANDU: The advent of Dr Shashank Koirala has, inter alia, reintroduced element of glamor to politics which has been missing ever since his illustrious father fleeted past the Nepalese political screen. He comes after B P and King Mahendra, both of whom continue to infatuate..
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Staff Writer, KATHMANDU: The Congress party has elected Sher Bahadur Deuba as its next president. Ram Chandra Paudel could not put up any resistance to stop the Deuba juggernaut. It's not the time to ask how. Everything is fair in love and war and the winner does not care. There is nothing new in..
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Staff Writer, KATHMANDU: With the Congress party hours away from electing a new leadership, the stage is possibly set for a possible revival of constitutional monarchy, with the lobbying for it getting feverish by the week. The agenda which was talk of the town while the Congress party had..
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Staff Writer, KATHMANDU: The Congress party is in a session. It's in a session at a point of time when the nation is at the crossroads and the party in a state of transition. That too when the Communist parties are in the forefront. To go back only by nine years, there have been eight governments..
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Staff Writer, KATHMANDU: Dr Shashank Koirala has finally taken the call to step into the political theater incumbent on him and steer the Congress party away from the risks thrown up by rigmarole of politics. Going back by decades, Congress started as a party which subsequently considered national..
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Staff Writer, KATHMANDU: Trust politicians to turn a party event into a circus and add to the inflation. With under 3500 Congress delegates descending in the capital, the Congress convention, money-wise, is verily a straw that will break the camel's back. Of course, otherwise the event is an icing..
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LONDON, (AFP): Prince Harry will meet people affected by Nepal's earthquake last year and Gurkha soldiers who helped in rescue efforts during a four-day visit to the country next month, his office said on Thursday. The prince's first visit to Nepal starting on March 20 will also include a trek in..
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The US recovery is losing momentum. Job growth is slowing, the economy is still down 10.7 million jobs since February, and 36% of unemployed workers are now classified..
