म जन्मिएको देश अहिले राष्ट्रवादमा चुर्लुम्मै डुबेको छ। यो क्षणलाई टाढा बसेर अवलोकन गरिरहँदा अलिकति रमाइलो, अलिकति अचम्म र धेरैचाहिं; यो स्थितिलाई राष्ट्रवादसँग अहिले मात्रै जोडेर हेरेको देख्दा, मानिसहरू कति मतलबी हुनेरहेछन् भन्ने सोच पनि आउँदो रहेछ। हुनत, यो देश र यहाँका बासिन्दाहरू समय–समयमा राष्ट्रवादको नारामा डुबेर सामाजिक र राजनैतिक माहोल तताइरहेकै हुन्छन्; तर, अहिलेको...
Category: Geopolitics
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Nepal’s foreign trade continues to grow
Nepal’s external trade increased by 13 percent in the first seven months of the current 2024-25 fiscal year as the country posted a surge in both imports and exports, according to figures released on Thursday. The total trade stood at 8.03 billion U.S. dollars by mid-February, up from 7.09 billion dollars during the same period...
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MCC funds freeze sparks fears of project delays
The Trump administration’s decision on January 20 to pause all US foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and the USAID, along with the recent halt in Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) payments, has sent ripples across the world, with Nepal feeling the impact particularly hard. Initially, only aid from the USAID and State...
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Aid granted to Nepal ‘fraud’, says Trump
US President Donald Trump has described Nepal’s aid as a fraud. In a White House press conference, President Trump described Nepal’s federalism aid as a fraud.”$20 million for ‘fiscal federalism’ in Nepal. Listen to these numbers. This is all fraud,” said Trump. “$19 million for biodiversity conservation in Nepal.”The Trump administration has now cancelled both...
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Beijing, New Delhi Resetting Ties
It is too early to declare definitively whether it is dawn or dusk on the Sino-Indian borders. But latest signs since last summer narrate a story of the earliest signs of thaw in Nepal’s two giant neighbours, China and India, whose combined population represents 35 per cent of the world’s total. The thrust is on...
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नेपाललाई ऋण लिन चीनले दबाब दिएको छैन : परराष्ट्रमन्त्री राणा
परराष्ट्रमन्त्री आरजु राणा देउवाले नेपाललाई ऋण लिन चीनले दबाब नदिएको बताएकी छिन् । संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघीय मानवअधिकार परिषद्को ५८औँ उच्चस्तरीय सत्रमा भाग लिन स्विट्जरल्यान्डको जेनेभा जाने क्रममा ओमानको मस्कटमा भारतीय अखबार ‘द हिन्दू’लाई अन्तर्वार्ता दिँदै परराष्ट्रमन्त्री राणाले निजी क्षेत्रले ऋण लिन सक्ने भए पनि नेपाल ऋण लिने पक्षमा नरहेको बताएकी हुन् । ‘द हिन्दू’ की कूटनीतिक...
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Nepal PM Oli hoping for invitation to visit India in first half of 2025: FM Arzu Rana
Nepal awaits an invitation for its Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to visit India, Nepali Foreign Minister Arzu Deuba Rana said on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Speaking to The Hindu, she expressed her hope that Mr. Oli and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet on the sidelines of the upcoming BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok in...
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India will take all necessary steps to ensure the safety, security, and well-being of Nepali students: MEA
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...
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Nepal student death at KIIT: Why we need to rethink residential education in India
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...
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USAID, Deep State And Trump Tremors
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...