The Indian Government will take all necessary steps to ensure the safety, security, and well-being of Nepali students in India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday (February 21, 2025), days after a student from the country was found dead at a prominent higher educational institution in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The incident sparked off...
Of all the outraged comments that have exploded across media following last week’s tragedy of a student suicide and protests by Nepali students at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha, this one on Facebook, made by an Odia person, stood out for me: “The most pathetic situation is that Nepal has a century...
The United States of America is undergoing a seismic shift under its new President Donald Trump. His series of executive orders has/have rattled both allies and adversaries alike. These sweeping policies seek to overcome internal crises precipitated by the so-called global liberal order. Low growth, lingering recession, rising debt and unemployment, among others, have weakened...
एक नेपाली छात्राको शङ्कास्पद परिस्थितिमा भएको मृत्युको घटनापछि भारतको ओडिसा राज्यस्थित एक शिक्षण संस्थामा अध्ययनरत नेपाली विद्यार्थीहरू र उक्त संस्थाको प्रशासनबीच उत्पन्न तनाव सामान्य बनेको भन्दै उक्त विश्वविद्यालय र नयाँ दिल्लीस्थित नेपाली नेपाली दूतावासका अधिकारीहरूले विद्यार्थीलाई फर्किन र परीक्षामा सहभागी हुन अनुरोध गरेका छन्। भुवनेश्वरको कलिङ्ग इन्स्टिट्यूट अफ इन्डस्ट्रिअल टेक्नोलजी (केआईआईटी)मा अध्ययनरत रूपन्देही जिल्लाकी एक...
नेपालमा अमेरिकाको एक मुख्य सहयोग कार्यक्रम एमसीसी अहिलेका लागि स्थगन गरिएको अर्थ मन्त्रालयका प्रवक्ता बीबीसीलाई बताएका छन्। मिलेनियम च्यालेन्ज कर्पोरेशन (एमसीसी)ले आफ्नो कार्यक्रम स्थगनबारे मन्त्रालयका अधिकारीलाई इमेलबाट जानकारी दिएकाले मन्त्रालयले स्थगनको निर्णय गरेको सहसचिव श्यामप्रसाद भण्डारीले बताए। यो निर्णयलाई गत महिना मात्र अमेरिकाको राष्ट्रपतिको कार्यभार सम्हालेका डोनल्ड ट्रम्पको वैदेशिक सहायता कटौती गर्ने नीतिको प्रभाव मानिएको...
Giving aid is not purely an act of kindness or responsible duty. It has seen and unseen motives. This rule also applies to most of the foreign aid. This does not mean that all aid is self-interested. There are also good donors, who donate selflessly. However, in most of the cases, foreign aid is also...
Artists from China’s Sichuan Province performed twice in the Nepali capital on Friday to mark the Chinese New Year and the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Nepal. The performance on Friday evening was dedicated to Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other government departments. A rich variety of shows...
President Donald Trump has reversed climate action, vaccine funding and research and in a move that directly impacts Nepal, cut US funding for gender rights and reproductive health. Pulling out of the Paris climate accord and increasing fossil energy production and use will further accelerate melting of Himalayan glaciers threatening food production and increasing flood...
The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) has requested its government to regulate the inflow of edible oil from Nepal and other Saarc countries, claiming that these imports have been flouting rules of origin, bypassing trade regulations, and severely impacting India’s domestic refiners, farmers, and government revenue. The Post recently had an article on Nepal’s...
CPN (Maoist Center) Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the tripartite power trade deal signed by Nepal with India and Bangladesh has become a milestone. Chair Dahal expressed such a view during the meeting with office-bearers of Independent Power Producers’ Association Nepal (IPPAN) today. The CPN (Maoist Center)-led government had signed a tripartite power...