Tim Marshall’s argument in Prisoners of Geography begins with a simple but unforgiving truth: geography is permanent, but policy is a choice. Mountains, rivers, borders, and proximity to power centers shape the outer limits of national behavior, yet within those limits, nations rise or decline based on clarity, discipline, and strategic will. Nepal stands as...
Google Preferred SourceLt Gen (Retd) Balananda Sharma was appointed Nepal’s foreign affairs minister on Friday (December 26, 2025). President Ramchandra Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Sharma at the President’s Office in Sheetal Niwas, according to a notice issued by his office. This is the fifth Cabinet expansion by Prime Minister...
Nepal’s foreign trade expanded sharply in the first five months of the current fiscal year 2025/26, driven by a strong rebound in exports and rising imports. However, the latest data also underline persistent structural weaknesses—most notably a widening trade deficit and growing dependence on a narrow range of export items. According to figures released by...
The European Union has called for proposals for innovative ideas of grants worth Rs 700,000 targeting young entrepreneurs to promote sustainable packaging. The grant would be provided to young entrepreneurs presenting new ideas related to environment-friendly and sustainable packaging that can be used as an alternative to plastic bags under the Green Shift Nepal Project...
Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives (HoR) Indira Ranamagar has said that Nepal has always valued its relation with China as a friendly neighbour and strategic partner, and a fellow developing country. She said that our cooperation and friendship remains diverse from trade, investment, infrastructure and connectivity to culture, education, tourism and people to people...
2016 was celebrated as the bicentenary of diplomatic ties between Nepal and the United Kingdom. Officially, diplomatic relations between the two countries are said to have begun in 1816, the year Nepal signed the Sugauli Treaty with East India Company. The nine-article treaty was not signed between two sovereign states; rather, it was between the...
Recent Gen Z movements in Nepal led to resignation of the KP Sharma Oli government, dissolution of parliament, and appointment of PM Sushila Karki. Nepal announced fresh elections on March 5, following a week of violence as an interim government headed by Karki took charge. The 2-day Gen Z protests on September 8-9 against a...
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By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Dec. 30: On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Nepal, an art exhibition ‘Dialogue across Mountains: A Collection of Fine Thangkas from China and Nepal’ was held in Beijing, China. According to a press statement received here, the event was jointly organised...
Kathmandu, Dec. 31: The 9th meeting of the Nepal–India Joint Agriculture Working Group (JAWG) concluded in Kathmandu on Monday, with both countries agreeing on a series of concrete decisions to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the agriculture sector. The two-day meeting, held on December 28 and 29, was co-chaired by Dr. Hari Bahadur KC, Joint Secretary...