General
Is
Nepal already in a geopolitical trap?, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 05/04/2024)
Embrace
Coherent Foreign Policy, by Narad Bharadwaj
(rn 05/04/2024)
Navigating
Indo-Pacific geopolitics will be the test of
Nepal’s diplomacy, interview with Monish
Tourangbam (ae 04/04/2024)
Adaptation
To Transitional World Politics, by Dev Raj
Dahal (rn 30/03/2024)
Ministries
to be reminded to enforce diplomatic code : The
rules specify how to conduct diplomatic meetings
and how office bearers should present themselves,
by Anil Giri (kp 29/03/2024)
Ambiguity:
The Key Obstacle for Nepal’s Determined
Aspirations, by Binoj Basnyat (kh
25/03/2024)
Delicate
Handling Of Foreign Affairs, by Yuba Nath
Lamsal (rn 20/03/2024)
Need
To Rebalance Foreign Policy, by Dev Raj
Dahal (rn 16/03/2024)
A
pivot balancing three great powers, by Durga
Lamichhane (ae 14/03/2024)
Ambassadors
from four nations present credentials to
President Paudel (kh 14/03/2024)
Foreign
policy priorities of new coalition, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 13/03/2024)
Minilateral
momentum in South Asia : The Nepal-India-Sri
Lanka initiative could be used to pursue better
people-to-people relations, by Aditya
Gowdhara Shivamurthy (kp 13/03/2024)
Breaking
barriers for women in foreign policy : With
equal opportunities, meritorious women can
contribute to IR with their intellectual
insights, by Shradha Arjyal Joshi (kp
08/03/2024)
Nepal
expands diplomatic relations with 182
countries (rep 02/03/2024)
Economic
Diplomacy Helps Mitigate Crisis, by
Lucky Sherpa (rn 29/02/2024)
Lawmaker
Dhakal draws govt's attention over
Nepal's eroding int'l standing as Nepali
nationals are forced to go to India for
visa applications (rep 27/02/2024)
Rediscovering
Balanced Foreign Policy, by Dev Raj
Dahal (rn 17/02/2024)
Foreign
Minister Saud lays out Nepal’s concerns
at Indian Ocean Conference : He
highlights the security challenges—such
as maritime terrorism and illicit
trafficking of drugs and weapons—that
are posing serious problems for the
region (kp 11/02/2024)
Nepal
facing terrible brunt of Russia-Ukraine
war, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
09/02/2024)
President
Paudel appoints ambassadors to Canada
and Portugal (rn 09/02/2024)
Nepal’s
non-alignment foreign policy : The key is
balancing engagement with the global community
and maintaining sovereignty, by Pragya
Ghimire (kp 26/01/2024), Embracing
Neutral Foreign Policy, by Lok Deep Thapa
(rn 26/01/2024)
Criticism
At Home : Despite internal criticism about the
relevance of his participation in the 19th
Non-Aligned Summit, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal
Dahal's Prachanda defended his visit as
necessary (sp 26/01/2024)
Ensure
Effective Role Of NAM, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
25/01/2024)
Need
For Revitalising NAM, by Yuba Nath Lamsal
(rn 24/01/2024)
Nepal
reiterates its commitment to disarmament and
global peace (kh 23/01/2024)
NAM’s
Relevance And Nepal's Stance, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 23/01/2024), Nepal highlights the
rise of Global South (ae 23/01/2024)
Stick
to neutrality (ae 19/01/2024)
Nepal
will never join any military alliance, says
foreign minister : Addressing Non-Aligned
Movement ministerial meeting in Uganda, the
foreign minister says Nepal will never accept to
be a part of security pact of any country
(kp 18/01/2024)
Amid
NAM’s struggle for relevance, Dahal heads to
Uganda : The Non-Aligned Movement should
carefully reassess itself or face the risk of
oblivion, say Nepali analysts, by Anil Giri
(kp 17/01/2024)
Nepali
women in foreign policy : Despite an inclusive
constitution, appointment and recruitment are
highly male-dominated, by Anjan Shakya (kp
09/01/2024)
Nepal’s
diplomacy stretched thin : Prime Minister Dahal
has an uphill battle as Nepal seeks to balance
relations with its giant neighbours India and
China amid growing US interest in the country,
by Anil Giri (kp 31/12/2023)
Foreign
Policy Conduct Needs Innovation, by Yuba
Nath Lamsal (rn 06/12/2023)
A
challenge of Himalayan magnitude : Nepal faces
the intricate task of navigating an intricate
geopolitical landscape, strategically balancing
the interests of India, China and the US while
advancing its goals, by Upamanyu Basu and
Yukta Acharya (ae 05/12/2023)
Nepal's
Inconstant Neighborhood Policy : There is
widespread perception that Nepal is on track to
losing credibility with both the neighbors,
by Hari Prasad Shrestha (rep 25/11/2023)
Nepal’s
WHO debacle: The inside story : Excessive
partisan in diplomatic affairs, oversight of
foreign politics, and politicians’ inferiority
complex have resulted in the erosion of Nepal’s
diplomacy over the years. The recent election of
the WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia
Region was one evidence (nlt 23/11/2023)
Nepal
needs a truly national foreign policy, by
Durga Lamichhane (ae 21/11/2023)
Challenges
Of Managing Refugees, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 07/11/2023)
Nepal
is the largest net contributor to global
security architecture: Security Expert
Thapa (rep 07/11/2023)
Dahal’s
China visit and Nepal’s foreign policy, by
Prakriti Adhikari (ae 19/10/2023)
PM
Dahal’s China Visit: Strategic Autonomy Facing
Uncertainty, by Binoj Basnyat (kh
17/10/2023)
Nepal’s
Multipronged Foreign Policy Strategies, by
Dev Raj Dahal (rn 14/10/2023)
Nonalignment
or Multi-alignments : Non-alignment does not
imply indifference to the day's pressing issues
or to remain neutral or voiceless, by
Rajaram Bartaula (rep 13/10/2023)
Between
the Giants: Nepal’s Geopolitical
Significance for US Interests in
South Asia, by Nabraj Lama
(rep 05/10/2023)
Emergence
of Global South and Nepal, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 02/10/2023)
Nepal
Should Exploit Geopolitical Dividend, by
Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn 27/09/2023)
Strategic
Postures of Nepal’s Foreign Policy, by Binoj
Basnyat (kh 27/09/2023)
Re-engineering
Nepal’s foreign policy : Nepal needs to clearly
define and actively pursue its priorities and
national interests, by Rajib Neupane (kp
25/09/2023)
BRICS
and Beyond : The original BRICS countries are
emerging economies and developing nations, each
with vastly different governing systems and
ideologies. They hold diverse worldviews on
contemporary issues, by Dinesh Bhattarai
(rep 24/09/2023)
Nepal’s
Foreign Policy in the Making of the New World
Order, by Binoj Basnyat (kh 17/09/2023)
Watch
and shoot: How should Nepal navigate complex
India-China-US geopolitics? We must exercise
caution and adopt a neutral but flexible
approach in developing relations across the
entire spectrum by keeping all options open,
by Gaurav Shamsher Rana (nlt 14/09/2023)
Government
plans to establish Nepali Embassies in eight new
countries (kh 14/09/2023)
Prioritizing
National Interests in Foreign Policy, by
Ramhari Khatiwada (kh 11/09/2023)
Subedi
appointed Nepal's Ambassador to Switzerland (rep
09/09/2023) [Thank God,
another male Bahun, in keeping with the
government's social inclusion policy!!!]
Reevaluating
Nepal’s Foreign Policy is Imperative : A
Necessity in Addressing Internal and External
Challenges, by Kalyan Shrestha (kh
06/09/2023)
Non-alignment
policy is even more relevant today, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 05/09/2023)
We
need courage to openly discuss foreign policy,
by Saroj Mishra (kh 03/09/2023)
Fundamental
shift in Nepal’s foreign policy imperative,
by Arun Kumar Subedi (kh 02/09/2023)
Geopolitical
Rivalry in World Order: Lesson for Nepal,
by Naren Khatiwada (rep 02/09/2023)
Navigating
Nepal’s Foreign Policy Landscape, by Vijay
Karna Kant (kh 01/09/2023)
Non-alignment:
A Realistic Alternative, by Dhruba Hari
Adhikary (rn 01/09/2023)
Reimagining
Nepal’s Global Role: Unveiling Unexplored
Potentials, by Sishir Khanal (kh 31/08/2023)
Time
to redefine Nepal’s foreign policy?, by
Durga Lamichhane (ae 30/08/2023)
Trilateral
Partnership Agenda Still Alive?, by Yuba
Nath Lamsal (rn 30/08/2023)
Understanding
evolving geo-political dynamics and future
prospects, by Udaya Shumsher Rana (kh
30/08/2023)
Nepal’s
unwavering commitment to bilateral and
multilateral relations, by NP Saud, Minister
of Foreign Affairs (kh 29/08/2023)
BRICS+six
and beyond : Admitting undemocratic countries to
the group will only augment China’s strategic
interests, by Achyut Wagle (kp 29/08/2023)
President
Poudel appoints ambassadors to France, UAE and
Kuwait (rep 28/08/2023) [Thank God, all male Khas Arya. After all,
social non-inclusion must be preserved!]
Nepal
entangling in complex web of India-China-US
trilateral conflict: Dr. Bhattarai (kh
28/08/2023)
Nepal’s
Diplomatic Acumen On Test, by Yuba Nath
Lamsal (rn 16/08/2023)
Nepal’s
Quest for balance in a Multipolar Global
Landscape, by Pranab Raj Koirala (rep
15/08/2023)
Debunking
Foreign Policy Fallacies, by Dev Raj Dahal
(rn 14/08/2023)
President
appoints Ambassadors, Lok Bahadur Thapa
appointed Nepal's Ambassador to UN (rn
07/08/2023)
International
relations: Neither social nor science : The
Nepali IR has failed to identify and inculcate
the larger social aspects of such relations that
help to measure power as social production,
by Gaurav Bhattarai (ae 24/07/2023)
Nepal’s
Relative Geopolitical Strength, by Yuba Nath
Lamsal (rn 19/07/2023)
Narrow
Indian lens : India wants to ensure there is no
Chinese involvement, however tangential, in
hydropower projects (kp 18/07/2023) [Is Nepal allowed to make its
own decisions at all? India and the USA do not
want Nepal to cooperate with China, the latter
not with India and the USA. Nepal is
increasingly and ruthlessly becoming the
plaything of the great powers!], Experts
advise Nepal to stick to its non-alignment
policy : We should not deviate from our foreign
policy in the name of supporting the big powers,
says former foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali,
by Anil Giri (kp 18/07/2023)
Cabinet
picks envoys for six missions (kp
16/07/2023) [Of course,
six male Khas Arya, who else?], Panel
to question minister on lack of
inclusiveness in envoy nominations :
Parliamentary hearing committee is set
to meet today, by Anil Giri (kp
02/08/2023), Parliamentary
Hearing Committee endorses names of six
ambassadorial nominees : The President will now
appoint the diplomats to their positions in the
designated countries (kp 04/08/2023) [Nothing against the nominees
personally, but what about the lack of social
inclusion?]
Nepal’s
Compelled Choice: Joining Indo-Pacific Lobbying
Front or Chinese Lobbying Front, by Saurav
Raj Pant (kh 09/07/2023)
Nepal
should adopt a multi-alignment policy, by
Gopal Khanal (ae 04/07/2023)
Nepal
Must Focus On Sound Diplomacy, by Lok Deep
Thapa (rn 30/06/2023)
Shun
Partisanship In Foreign Policy, by Dinesh
Bhattarai (rn 23/06/2023)
Geoeconomics
over geopolitics : Nepal faces challenges in
managing diplomacy on three levels—global,
regional and bilateral, by Achyut Wagle (kp
20/06/2023)
President
Paudel appoints six Non-resident Ambassadors
(rep 04/06/2023) [Male
Bahunbad in practice!]
Infusing
imagination in Nepal’s foreign policy : It is
true that Nepal should not discount the
strategic importance of working with China and
India. But the government seems to think Beijing
and Delhi are the only capitals in the world it
should reach out to, by Simone Galimberti
(nlt 04/06/2023)
President
appoints five non-resident ambassadors : The
head of state appointed non-resident ambassadors
to Fiji, Argentina, Belarus, Norway and Turkey
(kp 01/06/2023)
As
neighbors rise, Nepal must tread with caution,
by DB Sunar (ae 16/05/2023)
Fault
lines in foreign policy : Nepal’s western border
issue is on the backburner and there has only
been a coy response from political elite, by
Lok Raj Baral (kp 12/05/2023)
Nepal
in a multipolar world : We should recognise that
inviting the influence of major powers can be
risky and costly, by Amrit Poudel (kp
21/04/2023)
Foreign
ministry vacant amid great geopolitical churn :
Coalition partner Congress considering NP Saud
for the foreign minister job, but there’s no
official decision yet, by Anil Giri (kp
12/04/2023)
Nepali
missions: How effective are they? Most Nepali
embassies have not made any progress to bridge
the trade deficit. India, United States,
Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Turkey, France,
Australia, Japan, and Italy are the top 10
export destinations of Nepal, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 11/04/2023)
Indo-Pacific
Region as epicenter of contest for global
supremacy, by Binoj Basnyat (ae 10/04/2023)
Nepal
in a geostrategic chessboard, by GP Acharya
(ae 03/04/2023)
Tackling
Geopolitics In South Asia, by Liladhar
Upadhyaya (rn 01/04/2023)
Uncertain
world order dominates Boao discourse : Experts
stress Nepal should not miss chances to show up
at international forums at a time of contested
politics, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
31/03/2023)
As
powerful countries compete for influence,
nations like Nepal advised to tread carefully :
Given that Nepal’s only two neighbours China and
India are arch-rivals, the US seems equally
concerned about happenings in Nepal, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp 24/03/2023)
Nepal’s
Quest for a Dynamic Foreign Minister : Why It
Matters Now More Than Ever, by Adhiraj Regmi
(kh 23/03/2023)
G20
Foreign Ministers’ meet in India; reading
between lines, by Saurav Raj Pant (kh
13/03/2023)
Changes
in global power relations and Nepal, by
Khadga KC (ae 02/03/2023)
Revisiting
foreign policy : That is vital to bring more
investment in order to break the vicious cycle
of labour migration, by Sisir Bhandari (kp
27/02/2023)
Nepal,
be kind to foreigners : Nepal is desperate for
foreign investment but the legislation governing
the visa of foreign workers is extremely
complicated and unfriendly, by Simone
Galimberti (nlt 27/02/2023)
Flurry
Of Diplomatic Visits : epal Gains Geopolitical
Traction?, by Nayaran Upadhyay (rn
21/02/2023)
Defense
Diplomacy: Reshaping Geopolitics in Asia, by
Binoj Basnyat (kh 19/02/2023)
Geopolitical
tectonics : Nepal is being squeezed by the
collision of the Indian, Chinese and American
plates (nt 17/02/2023)
Three
is a crowd : The interest of big powers in Nepal
is increasing, and this is not something to be
celebrated (kp 14/02/2023)
Govt
decides to set up ‘Labor Helpdesk’ in all Nepali
diplomatic missions (kh 12/02/2023)
Striving
From Survival To Progress, by Dev Raj Dahal
(rn 11/02/2023)
Redefining
neutrality : The energy sector shows why Nepal
must redefine its neutrality principle in
foreign policy, by Bishal Thapa (kp
10/02/2023)
Specter
of geopolitics looms large in Nepal,
by Saurav Raj Pant (ae 07/02/2023), Rationalising
smart alignment strategy : Great powers want
Nepal to side with them and become part of their
respective strategies or initiatives, by
Purna B Silwal (kp 07/02/2023)
Multi-vector
foreign policy is in our national interest :
Nepal needs to discourage regional players like
China and India from cultivating, developing,
and reestablishing a sphere of privileged
interests in its internal and foreign affairs,
by Matrika Poudyal (ae 01/02/2023)
Nepal
must creatively take benefits from its partners,
interview with Anil Sigdel (ae 30/01/2023)
Government
reintroduces diplomatic code of conduct :
Successive administrations have failed to
enforce the code first introduced in 2011
(kp 19/01/2023), Fixing
diplomacy - a tough ask, by Devendra Gautam
(ae 19/01/2023), Diplomatic
code of conduct is often flouted in Nepal. What
can be done? In Nepal, foreign diplomats often
get unrestricted access to political leaders and
senior policy-makers and exercise freedom to
advise and criticize the Nepal government,
something their Nepali counterparts cannot even
imagine, by Bhagirath Basnet (nlt
22/01/2023)
New
foreign minister stresses non-alignment :
Experts say Bimala Rai Paudyal has challenges
both on domestic and foreign fronts (kp
18/01/2023), Putting
national interest first : Nepal should learn
from its neighbours that it needs to pursue an
independent foreign policy, by Nischal
Dhungel and Abijit Sharma (kp 18/01/2023)
A
year of geopolitical significance : The year
gone by also saw a series of high-level visits
from India, the United States and China, by
Anil Giri (kp 30/12/2022)
Can
Dahal walk the foreign policy tightrope? Nepali
premier needs to find an equilibrium in ties
with two neighbours and calibrate country’s
relations with the West, by Anil Giri (kp
29/12/2022)
Former
Nepal Army generals, experts highlight role of
military diplomacy to safeguard national
interests : ‘Now that the powerful countries are
at our doorstep to advance their own interests,
military diplomacy can be one tool of the
government to safeguard our national interests’
(nlt 29/12/2022)
What
does fractured mandate mean for foreign
policy?, by Dinesh Bhattarai (rep
21/12/2022)
President
appoints ambassador (rn 18/12/2022)
Dutch
envoy violates diplomatic etiquette : Vienna
Convention says diplomats should not interfere
in internal affairs of host nations, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp 16/12/2022)
Civil
society group expresses concerns over attempt by
foreign govts to influence formation of new
executive leadership (rep 14/12/2022), Nepal’s
eminent citizens decry foreign interference in
government formation, attempt to subvert
election mandate : ‘The effort by one set of
foreign governments to influence the formation
of Nepal’s executive leadership is bound to
trigger reaction from other direction, putting
Nepal in grave danger of becoming a
geo-political football’ (nlt 14/12/2022)
Neighbours
have been snubbing Nepal’s diplomatic
notes : Nepal’s concerns over disputed
Indian map, deaths of two Nepalis in
Darchula and India-China agreement on
trade route through Lipulekh have gone
unanswered, by Purushottam Poudel
(kp 08/12/2022)
The
geopolitical factor in the government formation,
by Bam Dev Bhattarai and Shambhu Kattel (ae
03/12/2022)
Foreign
policy challenges of new government, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 17/11/2022)
Parties’
Foreign Policy Under Scrutiny, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 13/11/2022)
On
foreign policy, parties are almost on the same
page, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 03/11/2022)
Writing
IR in Nepal : The perennial problem of Nepali IR
is its ceaseless stress on the neighborhood,
by Gaurav Bhattarai (ae 13/10/2022)
Smart
Application of Diplomacy, by Gopal Thapa (kp
12/10/2022)
Nepal:
Election Challenges in a new Geopolitical
Environment, by Binoj Basnyat (kh
02/10/2022)
Who
decides Nepal’s foreign policy conduct?, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 29/09/2022)
Amid
tricky geopolitics, Nepal should navigate
carefully, say experts (nlt 29/09/2022)
Call
for rejuvenation in Nepal’s foreign policy,
by Saurav Raj Pant (kh 28/09/2022)
Cooperation
for ecological protection : The Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation nations will feed
almost half of the world’s population if they
are food secure, by Balmukunda Regmi (kp
25/09/2022)
President
Bhandari addressed GSI against Nepal’s foreign
policy: MoFA (rep 23/09/2022)
Nonaligned
Policy Under Scanner, by Hira Bahadur
Thapa (rn 23/09/2022)
Nepal
struggles to balance ties with three major
powers, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
22/09/2022)
For
Pro-Nepal Pride : Prime Minister Sher Bahadur
Deuba says Nepal enjoys cordial relations with
both neighbors and big partners (sp
09/09/2022)
Govt
tightens visit visa permits, travel agencies to
be booked in case of irregularities, by
Tapendra Karki (rep 05/09/2022), NATTA
objects to new provisions (ht 06/09/2022), Confusion
surrounds new tourist visa provisions, by
Sangay Sherpa (ht 07/09/2022), Tough
visit visa rule : Given the unhelpful
bureaucracy, the new regulation will give
unnecessary trouble to ordinary people (ht
08/09/2022)
Nepal's
Foreign Policy : Navigating Geo-strategic
Manoeuvres, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn 03/09/2022)
Advancing
Vision in Nepal’s Diplomacy, by GP Acharya
(rep 02/09/2022)
Strategic
Autonomy Through Nonalignment, by Hira
Bahadur Thapa (rn 02/09/2022)
Is
Nepal Trapped in Geopolitical and Geostrategic
Rivalry?, by Niranjan Mani Dixit (rep
28/08/2022)
Ending
Ambiguity In Foreign Policy, by Dev Raj
Dahal (rn 20/08/2022)
Nepal’s
Nonalignment Relevant Forever, by Dinesh
Bhattarai (rn 12/08/2022)
South
Asia in the Midst of Cold War 2.0, by Binoj
Basnyat (kh 07/08/2022)
Nepal
receives observer status in Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation : Foreign policy observers say
association with such a huge grouping has
benefits but Nepal should tread carefully on
military and security aspects amid rising
geopolitical components, by Anil Giri (kp
31/07/2022)
Enhance
Nepal’s Diplomatic Capability, by Shyam
Prasad Mainali (rn 30/07/2022)
Geopolitical
Tremors In Nepal, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn
20/07/2022)
Subedi
appointed ambassador to Japan (kh
17/07/2022) [Nothing
against all these new ambassadors personally,
but why must all of them be male Bahuns? This is
not prescribed by the constitution, on the
contrary...]
Paradox
of Nepal’s national interest: Every party agrees
on fundamentals, differs in practice : National
interest discourse in Nepal is largely linked
with foreign policy conducts. It is often a
matter of how Nepal should deal with neighboring
India and China and far-off powerful America,
by Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 15/07/2022)
Hurdles
in Nepal’s Newfangled Geostrategic Drive, by
Binoj Basnyat (kh 13/07/2022)
President
Bhandari appoints two residential ambassadors to
Egypt and Vienna (kh 12/07/2022) [Once again, both male
Bahuns. Just a reminder: male Bahuns make up
only six per cent of the total population. Long
live the patriarchal Bahun state!]
President
appoints resident ambassadors to three countries
(kh 08/07/2022) [Thank
god, all of them male Bahuns once again!]
Geography
Shapes Geopolitics, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn
06/07/2022)
President
appoints Khatri, Wagle as non-resident
ambassadors (rep 02/07/2022)
Non-aligned
Foreign Policy Reaffirmed, by Balmukunda
Regmi (rn 29/06/2022)
Plugging
Diplomatic Loopholes, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
26/06/2022)
Riding
Out Turbulent Geopolitics, by Dev Raj Dahal
(rn 25/06/2022)
Foreign
Policy Options : At a time when the old World
Order is in a transition, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs starts YN Khanal Lecture Series to
explore Nepal’s Foreign Policy, by Keshab
Poudel (sp 24/06/2022)
Experts
say SPP exposed Nepal’s civilian and military
diplomacy failure : It’s a fiasco of epic
proportions, they say, which could widen trust
deficit with neighbours and the United States,
by Anil Giri (kp 19/06/2022)
Foreign
policy of Nepal : Learning from past, present
situation and vision for future. Nepal has to
grow out of the ‘a yam between two stones’
mindset and the self-defeating notions of an
insignificant, impoverished, and peripheral
state, by Surya P Subedi (kp 10/06/2022), A
Review of Scholar's Perspective on Nepal's
Foreign Policy, by Madan Kumar Bhattarai
(rep 21/06/2022), A
Scholar’s Response to a Former Diplomat, by
Surya P Subedi (rep 30/06/2022), Friendly
Response to Scholastic Comments on My Review of
Nepal’s Foreign Policy Lecture, by Madan
Kumar Bhattarai (rep 03/07/2022)
Rationalizing
Nepal’s Foreign Policy amid Changing Dynamics of
Geopolitics, by GP Acharya (rep 08/06/2022)
Recognition
For Contribution : Nepal Foreign Service Day
recognized the persons who served in Nepalese
foreign service to defend and promote Nepal’s
national interest, by Keshab Poudel (sp
03/06/2022)
Nepal’s
non-alignment must stay : Non-alignment is
taking a non-military alliance to prevent war
and work for peace, by Katak Malla (kp
03/06/2022)
Closing
or drawing down some Nepali foreign missions is
always on agenda but not a priority : Like his
predecessors, Finance Minister Janardan Sharma
in his budget speech on Sunday announced
government plans to review the number of Nepali
missions, by Anil Giri (kp 02/06/2022)
Parliamentary
Hearing Committee endorses names of two proposed
ambassadors (nlt 24/05/2022)
Scrutiny
In Diplomatic Appointments, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 14/04/2022), Economic
diplomacy takes a back seat as diplomats fail to
push it : Experts stress making it a part of the
country’s overall diplomacy so as to advance and
achieve economic goals, by Anil Giri (kp
15/04/2022) [What can you expect when the
majority have no diplomatic experience but get
their posts on the basis of kinship or party
affiliation?]
Non-residential
ambassadors present credentials to President
Bhandari (kh 11/04/2022)
Doing
diplomacy differently: Bridging the gap between
policies and people : Public diplomacy should
not just be about promoting culinary delicacies
and cultural traditions but also about finding
better ways to involve and engage people in
foreign affairs, by Simone Galimberti (nlt
10/04/2022)
Nepal
Amid Triangular Geopolitical Game, by Yuba
Nath Lamsal (rn 07/04/2022)
Government
recommends names of ambassadors to 20
countries (with list) (kh
07/04/2022) [Three
quarters of them are Bahuns, which once
again shows who considers themselves as
the owners of this land!], Ambassadorial
appointments: Unqualified, yet fortunate
individuals, by Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh
13/04/2022) [Nepotism as
usual!], Writ
petition challenges ambassadorial nominations :
Petitioners say recent nominations have ignored
principles of inclusion and call for new
nominations (kp 23/04/2022)
Nepal’s
diplomatic relations extend to 176
countries (kh 03/04/2022)
Nepali
Army and U.S. Army hold Nepal-U.S. Land
Forces Talks in Hawaii (kh
31/03/2022) [Against
the background of the global competition
between the USA and China, this proves
anything but Nepal's neutrality!]
Government
needs to 'hone its diplomatic skills' (ht
25/03/2022)
Conflicting
geopolitical interests of big powers and its
implications in Nepal : Is Nepal likely to
become a pawn between Washington and Beijing’s
rivalry? Will Nepal benefit materially from its
inherent position?, by Niyati Adhikari (nlt
15/03/2022), US
delegation to be in Nepal right after Chinese
foreign minister’s visit : A team of 25
Congressional members, the biggest ever, is
flying into Kathmandu after the MCC compact’s
passage, which Washington has hailed and Beijing
has noted, by Anil Giri (kp 17/03/2022) [The power games between
China and USA on the back of Nepal continue!],
Ukraine
War: Lessons for Nepal, by Dron Lamichhane
(rep 17/03/2022)
Assessing
Nepal’s foreign policy after MCC Compact
ratification and Ukraine crisis : Has the Deuba
government really deviated from the fundamental
principles of non-alignment and Panchasheel?
What does non-alignment and Panchasheel mean for
Nepal?, by Geja Sharma Wagle (nlt
15/03/2022)
Times
of non-alignment are over, it is good for Nepal
: Nepal voted against Russian aggression in
Ukraine at the UN General Assembly. It could
herald a new era of truly independent foreign
policy for Nepal, by Simone Galimberti (nlt
12/03/2022)
8
countries without Nepali ambassadors (kh
10/03/2022)
High
level visit from abroad soon: Foreign Minister
Khadka (kh 07/03/2022)
Time
for Pax Sinica? The Chinese have shown that even
Americans need their indirect consent to have
their way, by CK Lal (kp 02/03/2022)
Nepal
needs stability in foreign policy : The
controversy has more to do with Nepal’s domestic
politics rather than Nepal’s overall
relationship with the US, by Pragya Ghimire
(ae 24/03/2022)
Nepal:
Status of International Relations, by
Ranjeev Kunwar (kh 22/02/2022)
Between
domestic politics and diplomacy : It is
interesting how political leaders and scholars
have interpreted the MCC document differently,
by Purna B Silwal (kp 20/02/2022)
Nepal
and Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste establish
diplomatic relations (rep 12/02/2022)
Is
Nepal Going Nordic Way?, by Yuba Nath Lamsal
(rn 09/02/2022)
‘Nepali
Congress should learn from BP Koirala’s playbook
on China to resolve border issues with India’.
Interview with Geja Sharma Wagle, foreign policy
analyst (nlt 06/02/2022)
Avoiding
Geopolitical Pitfalls, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 06/02/2022)
Opportunity
or victim of geo-politics : Nepal’s geo-politics
has both opportunities and risks depending on
the capability of our leaders, by Lok Raj
Baral (kp 28/01/2022) [Since
Nepal has no capable leaders, or they are
prevented by the incompetent ones, the focus is
likely to remain on risk.]
Nepal
Faces New Geopolitical Reality, by Yuba Nath
Lamsal (rn 12/01/2022)
Dr
Bhekh Bahadur Thapa looks back at Nepal’s
foreign policy trajectory : The veteran diplomat
discusses evolution of the new global order and
Nepal’s position in it, by Siromani
Dhungana and Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 02/01/2022)
Parliament
announces yet another panel to study foreign
policy : Minister Khadka has flagged several
flaws and shortcomings in the foreign policy
document unveiled by his predecessor Gyawali,
by Anil Giri (kp 01/01/2022)
Use
Of Social Media For Int’l Relations (rn
25/12/2021)
Ambassadors
– Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary?, by
Dhruba Hari Adhikari (rn 14/12/2021)
Amid
shifting geopolitics, how should Nepal navigate
its foreign policy? As the great powers are
focusing on South Asia in general and Nepal in
particular, Nepal’s geopolitics has also changed
significantly in recent times especially in the
post-2015 period, by Hari Prakash Chand (nlt
06/12/2021)
Parliamentary
hearing for ambassador nominees set for today :
The parliamentary committee has already deferred
the hearing twice in the absence of a quorum,
by Pramod Ghimire (kp 06/12/2021), Parliamentary
hearing endorses proposed ambassadorial
candidates (kh 06/12/2021
Himalayan
Quadrangle or Himalayan Triangle?, by
Rajaram Bartaula (rep 01/12/2021)
Experts
fault Deuba for prioritising domestic politics
over foreign policy : As the MCC’s ratification
hangs in the balance, questions arise over the
fate of projects under the BRI, by Anil Giri
(kp 30/11/2021)
NICE
to organize two-day Int’l Conference on Nepal’s
Foreign Policy (rep 26/11/2021)
Five
foreign envoys present credentials to Prez
Bhandari (rep 25/11/2021)
The
Nepal factor in the Indo-Pacific strategy :
Nepal should not rush to side with either of its
neighbours carrying hegemonic ambitions in the
region, by Gaurav Raja Dahal (kp 20/10/2021)
Indo-Pacific
: A new theatre of opportunities and rise of
China, by Divya Rai (kh 15/10/2021)
Foreign
Policy in the Constitution of Nepal, 2015,
by Rajeev Kunwar (kh 09/10/2021)
As
Non-Aligned Movement marks 60 years, many are
questioning its relevance : Experts say new
alliances are emerging and the world is heading
to become multi-polar, so Nepal needs to tread
cautiously while disengaging itself from
strategic alliances, by Anil Giri (kp
02/10/2021), Beyond
System Of Interstate Relations, by Dev Raj
Dahal (rn 02/10/2021)
Policy
interrupted : Rather than non-alignment, Nepal’s
foreign policy represents a lack of continuity,
by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 01/10/2021)
Framing
Independent Foreign Policy, by Dev Raj Dahal
(rn 25/09/2021)
Deuba
recalls 12 envoys appointed by Oli :
Twenty-three missions are now set to go
headless, and some are in key countries—India,
China, US, UK and Qatar, by Anil Giri (kp
22/09/2021), Welcome
home : The government should appoint a larger
number of career diplomats to our diplomatic
missions abroad (kp 23/09/2021) [There should be no political
nominations at all!]
Nepal
Better Off With Non-Aligned Stance, by
Achut Gutam (rn 20/09/2021)
Ambassadorial
appointments: Need of qualification,
expertise, skills, by Nir Bahadur Karki
(ht 07/09/2021)
Diplomacy
through data processing: Is it of concern to
Nepal?, by Madhav Shrestha (ht
06/09/2021)
DoCS
to coordinate with local levels to address
problems facing Nepali people in foreign
land (kh 06/09/2021)
Border
issue with China exposes Nepal’s unstable
foreign policy : When it comes to relations
with neighbours, a studied approach that is
above partisan interests is required, and
both Oli and Deuba have bungled, analysts
say, by Anil Giri (kp 03/09/2021)
Foreign
policy debates in Nepal. What’s new?, by
Biswas Baral (ae 02/09/2021)
Over
1,600 foreigners deported from Nepal in two
years (kh 24/08/2021)
Snarling
global geopolitics : How does Nepal sense it?,
by Madhav Shrestha (ht 16/08/2021)
Oli’s
Flip-Flop On Foreign Policy, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 15/08/2021)
Former
Nepali Ambassadors form new association ‘AFANA’
: Dr Simkhada AFANA President (kh
11/08/2021)
Consensus
foreign policy: Desirable, but can parties
have it? A task force of the ruling
alliance has called for a foreign policy based
on consensus. It is possible if national
interest is kept above petty party interests,
experts say, by Anil Giri (kp 07/08/2021)
US
interest, Nepal foreign policy under Beijing’s
watch with changes in Kathmandu : China would
want to make a push for implementation of BRI
projects, just as Deuba government prepares to
move the American MCC programme forward,
observers say, by Anil Giri (kp 29/07/2021)
From
vaccines to a balancing act, Deuba faces tough
foreign policy challenges : It is not just about
India and China anymore. With the changes in
international rivalries, Nepal needs to tread
carefully while safeguarding its interests,
observers say, by Anil Giri (kp 24/07/2021)
PM
Deuba unveils outline of govt’s foreign policies
: To keep friendly ties with both China and
India (kh 19/07/2021)
Government
cancels appointment process of 11 ambassadors
(kh 18/07/2021), Deuba
govt scraps nine ambassadorial appointments made
by Oli govt (rep 18/07/2021)
Whither
Nepal’s foreign policy : Nepal’s
abstention from voting for the UN
resolution on Myanmar was a mistake, by Kul
Chandra Gautam (kp 05/07/2021)
Nepal
Must Tread A Fine Line, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn
26/06/2021)
Nepal
is in disarray. Its foreign policy doesn’t need
to be : Foreign policy cannot serve individual
interests. In Nepal, unfortunately, this is the
norm, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 25/06/2021)
Nepal’s
foreign policy failure : The oft-repeated policy
of equidistance between India and China is
unrealistic, by Lok Raj Baral (kp
24/06/2021)
Triangular
geopolitical rivalry : Nepal must maintain a
balance among the big powers, or it will turn
into a playground, by Geja Sharma Wagle (kp
07/06/2021)
Change
in criteria to appoint ambassadors meets with
widespread criticism : The share of political
appointees among envoys has grown and if the
candidate is a former minister a high school
degree would qualify them for the role,
officials say, by Anil Giri (kp 06/06/2021),
Govt
amends eligibility criteria for ambassadors to
make space for ‘relatives’ (kh 06/06/2021)
South
Asian geopolitics: : Present and future : The
days ahead are going to be more demanding for
South Asian nations, by Binoj Basnyat (kp
26/05/2021)
Nepal’s
missions abroad have little to show in seeking
Covid-19 assistance : Even as country battles
the virus and the world shows concern, diplomats
have failed in actively lobbying for support,
By Anil Giri (kp 15/05/2021)
Cabinet
recommends 11 envoys for various countries : Of
the recommendations, nine are political
appointees while only two are from the foreign
service (kp 15/05/2021) [This is nepotism in its purest form! Only
those who have the Oli party book shall be
appointed to representative foreign posts for
which only top diplomats are qualified!],
Oli’s
envoy appointments could erode country’s
credibility, experts warn : Only two out of
eleven ambassadorial nominees are career
diplomats, by Anil Giri (kp 16/05/2021)
Government
mobilises its missions seeking aid to fight
pandemic : Foreign Ministry has written to all
Nepali missions abroad, asking them to find help
from the host countries. A diplomat in Delhi
says India will resume supply of vaccines to
Nepal from June-July, by Anil Giri (kp
09/05/2021)
Foreign
Policy Needs Clear Focus, by Dev Raj Dahal
(rn 01/05/2021), No
alternative to working together : There is a
need for common understanding to implement the
country’s foreign policy, by Navaraj
Pudasaini (kp 02/05/2021), Nepal’s
Ties With Neighbours : Red Line Must Not Be
Crossed, by Upendra Gautam (rn 02/05/2021)
Missing
principle in Nepal’s foreign policy?, by
Dinesh Bhattarai (rep 28/04/2021)
Changing
global strategic environment : Reforms Nepal
should make, by Ravindra Prasad Bhatt (ht
15/04/2021)
Does
Nepal need innovation in foreign policy? Our
leaders should have the political wisdom to
optimise soft power and attract investment,
by Surendra Prasad Chaudhary (kp 12/04/2021)
Sustainable
diplomacy : Through on-the-job training, by
Madhav Shrestha (ht 29/03/2021)
136
foreigners expelled in past eight months (kh
23/03/2021)
Evaluating
Nepal’s new foreign policy : To practically
implement the new foreign policy, it is
important to integrate it with core national
interests and priorities, by Abhaya Raj
Joshi (rep 05/03/2021)
Diplomats
are meeting political leaders but Foreign
Ministry is unaware : The interest that foreign
envoys show in Nepali politics during political
instability is the result of political
leadership giving them unhindered access,
leaders and experts say, by Anil Giri (kp
27/02/2021)
Dahal
seeks international community’s support to save
democracy in Nepal : It’s nearly two months
since Oli dissolved the House, but major
countries, including India, the US, the UK and
China, have opted not to speak up on the
political situation here, by Anil Giri (kp
11/02/2021) [This may
also be due to the person of Dahal, who claimed
responsibility for the death of 5,000 people
during the time of the insurgency, but did not
draw any further legal and political
consequences from it!]
Nepal’s
geopolitical nightmares : During such heightened
uncertainty in the region, Nepal does not even
have a permanent government, by Biswas Baral
(ae 29/01/2021)
Govt
eases arrival visa for diplomats, UN employees,
NRNs (ht 20/01/20210)
Smart
diplomacy: Needs tech-driven approach, by
Madhav Shrestha (ht 18/01/2021)
Democracy
is the defense of Nepali sovereignty, by
Robert A Portada and Uttam Paudel (rep 06/01/2021)
Nepal
can decide its own political fate : If India,
China and the US desire to have some show in
Nepal, it is high time they learnt to be on the
sideshows amicably, by Mahesh K Maskey (rep
31/12/2020)
The
business of foreign affairs : As Nepal shows a
renewed focus on foreign policy, it needs to
think about possible transformative changes,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 15/12/2020)
Govt
recommends envoys to Sri Lanka, South Korea and
Egypt (kh 08/12/2020) [Thank god, once again three male Bahuns!
Who else?]
Foreign
ministry unveils govt’s new integrated foreign
policy (ht 07/12/2020), Govt
unveils new integrated foreign policy document;
stresses mutual cooperation based on Panchsheel,
by Santosh Ghimire (rep 07/12/2020), Several
holes in new foreign policy document, leaders
and experts say : Policy should have been
prepared with wider consultations to address
pertinent global issues, observers point out;
Senior ruling party leader says they were not
aware of the policy document, by Anil
Giri (kp 10/12/2020), Nepal’s
view of the world : The new foreign policy
document, albeit a good start, lacks imagination,
by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 11/12/2020)
Political
quake in the offing : Collision of Indian,
Chinese political tectonic plates, by Jiba
Raj Pokharel (ht 30/11/2020), Preparing
for the clash of empires : Slew of recent visits
by Indian and Chinese military, intelligence and
diplomatic officials underscore Nepal’s new
geo-strategic status, by Bhaskar Koirala (nt
04/12/2020)
As
Kathmandu plays host to guests from south and
north, concerns grow over geopolitical games :
Nepali leadership needs to strike a fine balance
when it comes to dealing with neighbours
and friendly nations so as to earn support for
its larger national interests, analysts say,
by Anil Giri (kp 29/11/2020), Discussing
Nepal’s geopolitical trajectory : Maintaining a
delicate balance between the immediate and
extended neighborhood is the best way for Nepal
to realize its national interest objectives,
by Angana Guha Roy (rep 29/11/2020)
Diplomacy
during COVID-19: Time to shift online, by
Madhav Shrestha (ht 25/11/2020)
Experts
emphasize neutrality on foreign policy (kh
13/11/2020)
Ambassadors’
appointment: Quality versus party affiliation,
by Nir Bahadur Karki (ht 12/11/2020) [Nothing has changed over the
years, irrespective which party is in power!],
Hearing
Committee endorses names of proposed ambassadors
(kh 12/11/2020)
Covid-19
and the new Great Game : Nepal has to tread
carefully in a bipolar world in which its
northern and southern neighbours are on opposite
sides (nt 30/10/2020)
Nepal’s
women envoys make a mark : In Oman, Spain,
Israel, Japan, Nepal’s female ambassadors are
proudly flying the flag, by Pratistha Rijal
(nt 16/10/2020)
Former
finance minister Khatiwada appointed as Nepal’s
envoy to the US (rep 01/10/2020), Nirmal
Kumar BK recommended as Nepal’s new ambassador
to South Africa (rep 01/10/2020) [Once again three political
nominations, all male, two of them Bahuns and
one Dalitwhat is a rare exception!], Lok
Dharshan Regmi recommended Ambassador to UK
(kh 01/10/2020),
Nomination
of envoys sparks dispute within NCP; Prachanda
‘displeased’ (kh 01/10/2020)
Place
Of Experience In Diplomacy, by Mukunda
Kattel (rn 21/09/2020)
For
strong diplomacy, Nepal must build a system for
envoy posting, experts say : Despite promises to
streamline ambassadorial appointments, the
government has yet to implement the
criteria it introduced itself around two years
ago, by Anil Giri (kp 18/09/2020)
Nepal
resumes visa services (kh 13/09/2020)
Covid-19
and Nepal’s foreign policy (ae 11/09/2020)
Why
is Nepal drafting a new foreign policy?, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 11/09/2020)
Geopolitical
Factor In International Relations, by Sagar
Phuyal (rn 09/09/2020)
Foreign
policy: Aspirations and realities; Politicians
raise the border encroachment issue rather than
take the necessary steps to remedy the problem,
by Lok Raj Baral (kp 07/09/2020)
Nepal's
Post COVID-19 Foreign Policy, by Khadga KC
(rn 30/08/2020)
‘Nepal’s
foreign relations witness robust growth’ (ht
28/08/2020)
Foreign
Ministry working to revise and reactivate
diplomatic code of conductOfficials say
criticism over meetings between politicians and
diplomats without their ministry’s knowledge has
made plan to introduce the code at the earliest
necessary, by Anil Giri (kp 27/08/2020)
As
world sees rapid geopolitical shifts, Nepal
needs a clear foreign policy, experts say : New
foreign policy is in the works, which analysts
say must serve domestic needs and safeguard the
country’s interests, by Anil Giri (kp
22/08/2020)
Three
career diplomats picked as Nepal’s envoys to
Belgium, Pakistan and Germany (rep
18/08/2020)
Nepal
reviewing its foreign policy; top priority to
immediate neighbors (kh 11/08/2020)
Where
are Nepal-India relations heading? The foreign
policy of the Nepal Communist Party government
has been a blanket failure, by Achyut Wagle
(kp 04/08/2020)
Nepal’s
budget for economic diplomacy not enough, say
experts: The government has allocated just Rs
140 million for its diplomatic posts to organise
programmes and events to promote investment and
aid, by Anil Giri (kp 26/07/2020)
It’s
time to start learning Mandarin: When the
layperson on the street cares more about the MCC
Compact than the pandemic response, it is clear
that the status quo is changing—again, by CK
Lal (kp 22/07/2020)
Nepal
Factor In Global Politics, by P. Kharel (rn
13/07/2020)
Need
Of Revamping Foreign Policy, by Anushila
Bhattarai (rn 13/07/2020)
The
Oli government’s foreign policy is lopsided and
lacks coherence, say opposition parties and
experts: Opposition leaders and foreign policy
analysts pointed to the recent deterioration in
relations with India as emblematic of the
failure of the Oli government’s diplomacy,
by Anil Giri (kp 08/07/2020)
Complexity
Of Triangular Geopolitics, by Dev Raj Dahal
(rn 04/07/2020)
Revisiting
Nepal’s Foreign Policy in Contemporary Global
Power Structure, by Aruna Ghimire (kh
27/06/2020)
The
yam between two loose boulders: Nepal may
profess non-alignment in its foreign policy, but
the signals it’s sending out are contrary to
them, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 26/06/2020)
Handle
with care: The government needs to be cautious
while dealing with its neighbors. It should also
carefully deal with the US without hampering the
interests of India and China, by Umesh K.
Bhattarai (rep 25/06/2020)
Keep
the border regulated: Before the Sugauli Treaty
we had a closed border to the south. Following
the annexation of Naya Muluk in 1860 it became
controlled border and gradually changed into an
open border, by Nara Bahadur Kandel (rep
18/05/2020)
Nepal
government derecognises Honorary Consul of
Kyrgyzstan Agrawal: Police on Tuesday arrested
Agrawal, the owner of Shanker Group, on charge
of blackmarketeering thermal guns used to screen
people for high fever by setting up shop in his
‘blue number plate’ vehicle, by Anil Giri
(kp 10/04/2020)
Envoy
Rana on long home leave in the time of pandemic:
No envoys in embassies in China and South Korea
(rep 08/04/2020)
Govt
briefs diplomats on preparedness against virus
(ht 17/03/2020)
What
ails our diplomacy?Duty bearers in the ruling
party and bureaucracy initially failed to read
thoroughly and understand the MCC pact’s
critical terms and conditions, by Niranjan
Mani Dixit (rep 15/03/2020)
Nepal
suspends visa-on-arrival services for Spain,
France, and Germany (South Asia Time
10/03/2020)
Govt
plans more surveillance over foreign nationals,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 22/02/2020)
The
nitty-gritty of the MCC Compact: The American
aid offer has come at a time when Nepal is
striving to woo foreign investment, by
Jagadish Prasad Bist (kp 20/02/2020)
In
two years, Oli administration’s foreign policy
has been largely one-sided, say analysts:
Although the visit of the Chinese president was
a success, issues with India over Kalapani and
the US over the MCC continue to overshadow Oli’s
foreign policy, by Anil Giri (kp 14/02/2020)
Intelligence
and Nepal’s foreign policy: Continued neglect of
intelligence in foreign policy formulating
process has helped foreign intrigues to, what BP
Koirala warned in 1976, make “Nepal a center of
international conspiracy”, by Dinesh
Bhattarai (rep 13/02/2020)
Reason
to worry: Nepal and other South Asian countries
that have a major stake in the Gulf need to use
their influence in deescalating possible
tensions in the Middle East, by Hari Bansh
Jha (rep 28/01/2020)
Making
foreign policy dynamic: If we want to promote
operational dynamism of foreign policy, Nepal
should start appointing a thoroughly
professional diplomat with long diplomatic
experience and exposure as foreign minister,
by Gopal Thapa (rep 16/01/2020)
Conflict
among ministries stymies Foreign Ministry’s
expansion plans: The ministry had planned to add
more diplomatic staff and expand its missions
abroad but the Finance Ministry says that would
only add to the state’s financial burden, by
Anil Giri (kp 11/01/2020)
Nishchal
Nath Pandey: We agree in private but we disagree
in public: The foreign policy analyst on
Millenium Challenge Corporation, Nepal’s foreign
policy and its strategic importance, by
Pranaya SJB Rana (kp 05/01/2020) [based on
interview]
The
year the Sino-US tussle came to Kathmandu: Stuck
between Indo-Pacific and BRI, it is in Nepal
where the US-China trade war has manifested
itself, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 13/12/2019)
Nepal
no country for expats’ spouses?, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 05/12/2019)
638
foreign nationals deported in 2018-19 (ht
02/12/2019)
Nepal,
Philippines sign MoU to establish Bilateral
Consultation Mechanism (rep 02/12/2019)
The
geopolitical scenario in South Asia: China and
India are marching forward with their
competitive aspirations to draw global attention,
by Bam Dev Sharma (kp 17/11/2019)
HCC-N–FICAC
conference from November 12 (ht 12/11/2019),
Regional
conference of honorary consuls kicks off in
capital (rep 14/11/2019)
Prisoner’s
dilemma: If Nepal ignores its next-door
neighbors, the consequences may be stark.
Ignoring the West may also be costly for Nepal’s
development endeavors, by Chandra D. Bhatta
(rep 07/11/2019)
Prime
Minister Oli will seek to reiterate Nepal’s
commitment to non-alignment in Baku: Amidst
rising geopolitical rivalries, Nepal will need
to assuage the international community’s
concerns regarding the conduct of its foreign
policy, by Anil Giri (kp 22/10/2019), 18th
NAM Summit: PM Oli to hold bilateral talks with
NAM Chair (ht 26/10/2019)
Lack
of consistency in pursuing its foreign policy
has cost Nepal dear: Competition may be forcing
powerful countries to facilitate undemocratic
and corrupt tendencies in the country, by
Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp 21/10/2019)
Foreign
Ministry to deploy officers to all provinces to
ensure provincial officials abide by diplomatic
code: The move follows criticism that chief
ministers and ministers were holding meetings
with foreign diplomats and dignitaries without
informing the ministry, by Anil Giri (kp
20/10/2019)
Health
Ministry prepares a proposal to send health
attachés to South Korea, Malaysia and Saudi
Arabia: The proposal aims to reduce the death
rate of Nepali migrant workers, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 24/09/2019)
Recalibrating
Nepal’s foreign policy: Trends in geopolitics
are changing swiftly and Nepal must be up for
the challenge, by Dinesh Bhattarai (kp
18/09/2019)
Nepal’s
foreign policy problem: The country seems to be
lost on what external affairs strategy to adopt,
but non-alignment has worked for it in the past,
by Lok Raj Baral (kp 16/09/2019)
Nepal
today has more agency than we are led to
believe: Nepal's foreign policy is stuck in a
time warp while the rest of the world has moved
on, by Slok Gyawali (kp 13/09/2019)
New
provision allows migrant workers to obtain
re-entry labour permits in destination
countries: The move will give respite to
thousands of Nepalis who otherwise had to come
to Nepal for getting the permits, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 25/08/2019)
A
new balance of power in Nepal’s neighbourhood:
Hong Kong and Kashmir will test the two Asian
giants in their quest for global power, by
Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 23/08/2019)
Nepal,
watch out: Nepal should not remain oblivious to
big things happening around Asia-Pacific region
because we strategically lie in this region,
by Madhavji Shrestha (rep 08/08/2019)
Spy
on thy neighbours: Nepal’s geostrategic position
makes it the perfect place for clandestine
diplomatic consultations, by CK Lal (kp
07/08/2019)
Expensive
diplomacy: Some Nepali embassies have been
opened without a proper study of their relevance
(kp 25/07/2019)
Finance
Ministry wants to cut down on Nepal’s embassies
abroad. Foreign Ministry disagrees: A task force
formed to review the number of diplomatic
missions abroad has been delayed over
differences between the two ministries, by
Anil Giri (kp 24/07/2019)
Nepali
missions involved in irregularities, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 24/07/2019)
Repeated
diplomatic failures reveal shortcomings in the
Oli administration’s foreign affairs operation:
Foreign Ministry officials have not responded to
at least three requests for clarifications from
American and Indian embassies, by Anil Giri
(kp 14/07/2019)
Hearing
panel endorses names of all four ambassadorial
nominees: Despite a strong stance against the
nominations in the beginning,
opposition withdrew plans to call prime
minister for clarification, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 09/07/2019), PHC
clears four envoy nominees (rep 09/07/2019)
New
directive on diplomatic protocol issued: Bars
local, provincial govt office-bearers from
meeting foreign reps sans federal govt
permission (ht 04/07/2019) [????]
All
parties should be one on foreign policy:
PM Oli (ht 30/06/2019)
Building
diplomatic capital: A formidable challenge,
by Madhav Shrestha (ht 26/06/2019)
For
the first time, ruling party lawmakers criticise
Oli administration’s foreign policy conduct:
Party MPs pointed to the failure of Oli’s Europe
tour and censured the Foreign Ministry’s lack of
direction, by Anil Giri (kp 19/06/2019)
Nepal,
Mauritius ink labour pact (ht 12/06/2019)
Govt
picks envoys to Australia, Qatar, Bangladesh and
Spain (rep 08/06/2019) [Continued nepotism and political
nominations for important diplomatic positions!!],
In
recommending four ambassadors, Cabinet goes
against foreign ministry’s criteria: Mahesh
Dahal, Narad Bhardwaj Wagle, Banshi Dhar Mishra
and Dawa Futi Sherpa have been named as
ambassadors to Australia, Qatar, Bangladesh, and
Spain respectively, by Anil Giri (kp
10/06/2019), Government’s
latest picks for envoys court controversy
(rep 10/06/2019), Faulting
on ambassador appointment (rep 12/06/2019),
NCP
lawmaker blasts govt's envoy selection criteria
(rep 18/06/2019)
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs has failed to implement its
own criteria on ambassador appointments: Even as
Minister Gyawali insists discussions are
underway to appoint envoys soon, officials at
the ministry say the government has adopted
inconsistent policy, by Anil Giri (kp
27/05/2019)
Oli
to visit Switzerland, the United Kingdom and
France next monthOfficials say the prime
minister will, among other things, sign
bilateral agreements, by Anil Giri (kp
25/05/2019)
Nepal's
diplomacy: Road to take: When we have vast
cultural, natural and diplomatic tools to assert
ourselves globally we should not be lagging
behind anymore, by GP Acharya (rep
19/05/2019)
BRI
And Indo-Pacific Strategy, by Narad
Bharadwaj (rn 17/05/2019)
Govt
raises visa fees for foreigners, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 10/05/2019)
Reimagining
diplomacy: Twenty-first century foreign policy
and diplomacy revolves around economics, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 07/05/2019)
As
Oli
prepares to visit Cambodia and Vietnam,
questions are being asked—why? Prime minister
should set his priorities right when it
comes to visiting foreign countries, experts say,
by Anil Giri (kp 06/05/2019)
As
government
recalls envoy to Qatar, six of Nepal’s foreign
missions are now without ambassadors: Officials
say they have no idea when new appointments will
be made because ‘it’s a political matter’,
by Anil Giri (kp 26/04/2019)
Balance
in
a turbulent world: Maintaining a strategic
balance between China, India and the US-led
Western world remains a challenge for Nepal. But
some recent events show we may be losing this
balance, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (rep) [The leadership of the
Western world by the USA is increasingly being
questioned under its current president. India's
Indo-Pacific security interests also differ
substantially from the ideas of the Americans,
who primarily orient themselves along their own
interests and power claims. Accordingly, Nepal
must concentrate on its own security interests
or to say it with Trump: Nepal first!]
Government
plans
to set up annual regional dialogue: Through
‘Sagarmatha Dialogue’, the government wants to
raise issues of climate change, and promote
Nepal’s peace process and social inclusion,
by Anil Giri (kp 13/04/2019)
Ban
the bomb: Nepal should use its record of peace
diplomacy to eliminate nukes from the region,
by Mahesh Maskey (kp 11/04/2019)
Emerging
challenges:
As Nepal respects sensitivities of its neighbors
and friends, they must also respect Nepal’s
priority to safeguard its independence, right to
make decisions for its security and live with
dignity, by Dinesh Bhattarai (rep
10/04/2019)
The
foreign policy enterprise: Acharya’s two-volume
book on foreign policy and diplomacy is the
first of its kind on Nepal, by Lok Raj Baral
(kp 08/04/2019) (book review)
Country’s
premier
foreign policy think tank without chief for over
a year: The Cabinet is sitting over names of
three shortlisted candidates—all former security
officials—which have been lying there for the
past three months, by Anil Giri (kp
02/04/2019)
Foreign
policy dilemma: Nepal cannot antagonise emerging
superpower China or the sole superpower, the US,
by Madhab P Khanal (kp 26/03/2019)
India
and
the Pacific Region: With rising new Asian powers
like India and China, the balance of power in
world politics is shifting dramatically, by
Lok Raj Baral (kp 21/03/2019)
Government
plan
to trim number of missions abroad triggers
debate: While the Foreign Ministry wants to cut
costs on ‘unnecessary missions’, officials say
now is the time to increase Nepal’s outreach to
the outside world, by Anil Giri (kp
04/03/2019)
Soft
power: In diplomacy, nations draw from
intangible heritage and use culture as a wild
card, by Mahendra P Lama (kp 27/02/2019)
National
interest and economic partnership are at the
heart of our foreign policy: Gyawali (kp
26/02/2019) [interview]
In
New Geopolitical Radar, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn
26/02/2019)
Economic
diplomacy is Nepal’s core foreign policy
conduct: Foreign minister says country will seek
FDI, by Anil Giri (kp 19/02/2019)
Conspiracies
afoot to harm Nepal's foreign relations: PM
(rep 14/02/2019)
Ministry
sets parameters for envoy appointment (kp
08/02/2019)
In
third
Venezuela statement, ruling party tries to hit a
diplomatic note: ‘There was feeling among party
leaders that it could sour relations with US and
international community’, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 05/02/2019), Venezuelan
vertigo: Dahal’s statement supporting Nicolás
Maduro is proving to be a bitter pill to swallow,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 05/02/2019)
Nepal
now
has to balance not just India and China, but
also the West: Nepal finds itself unwittingly in
the middle of a new global power game, by
Bhairaja Panday (nt 01/02/2019)
Result
Oriented Diplomacy, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn
28/01/2019)
Below
the call of duty: It is time to scrutinise
Nepal’s lack of a regulatory mechanism for
diplomatic envoys, by Madhab P Khanal (kp
25/01/2019)
House
panel clears three ambassadorial nominees
(kp 23/01/2019) [Thank
god: Three more Bahuns!]
Foreign
Policy: Search For Principled Stance, by
Madhavji Shrestha (rn 16/01/2019)
Nepal
deports
84 foreigners in five months until Jan 9:
Chinese top the list of those sent back, with
Bangladesh following in close second, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 14/01/2019)
Nepal
for rules-based international order: Foreign
Minister Gyawali, by Anil Giri (kp
11/01/2019)
Financial
support for BRI projects should be concessional:
Japan; Urges Nepal to abide by UNSC sanction
against North Korea, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep 10/01/2019)
Joint-secretary’s
appointment
to New York mission defies practice, experts
say: Observers say the decision to refer Amrit
Bahadur Rai for the Nepali mission in New York
is a rare move, by Anil Giri (kp 09/01/2019)
Challenges
for Envoys, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn
09/01/2019)
Four
ambassadors present credentials to President
(kp 08/01/2019)
Gyawali
for national dialogue to develop foreign policy
(kp 07/01/2019)
Global
trends in 2019: Nepal lacks in-house expertise
to predict the future of the region and the
world, by Binayak Basnyat (kp 07/01/2019)
Drifts
on
foreign policy: Diplomacy and development have
been conducted in an ad hoc manner based more on
sporadic “big dream talks” than a clear
framework, vision and time-bound actions, by
Som P Pudasaini (rep 03/01/2019)
Status:
Loading: By all measures, it would be difficult
to call Oli’s foreign policy ‘balanced’, by
Amish Mulmi (kp 31/12/2018), Swinging
for
the fences—and striking out: After years of
political instability, the government under KP
Sharma Oli with sweeping powers was expected to
provide good governance and policy
coherence. But frequent flip-flopping on foreign
policy decisions has weaken the country’s
credibility, by Anil Giri (kp 31/12/2018)
Cabinet
names five envoys, recalls three, by Anil
Giri (kp 28/12/2018) [They
all belong to the small minority of male Bahuns
(about 6.5% of the population) that has been
"extremely discriminated" by filling most of the
positions in state and administration!],
Govt
recalls three envoys, appoints five (ht
28/12/2018)
Nepal
And Indo-Pacific Strategy, by Siddhi B
Ranjitkar (km 26/12/2018)
Finding
our way: The making, unmaking and re-making of
Nepal’s foreign policy over the years, by
Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp 24/12/2018)
Looking
back to look forward: For Nepal, understanding
the past is crucial to understanding our own
role in the present, by Amish Mulmi (kp
14/12/2018)
Foreign
Ministry pins hope on enhanced bilateral ties to
build prosperous Nepal (kp 13/12/2018)
‘Nepali
ambassadors’ main focus should be on economic
diplomacy’ (ht 08/12/2018)
Parliamentary
panel to grill ambassador nominees on Sunday: No
complaints have been filed against the four
ambassador nominees (kp 06/12/2018), House
panel
okays four ambassador nominees: President will
now appoint Nilamber Acharya as Nepal’s
ambassador to India, Anjan Shakya to Isreal,
Udaya Raj Pande to Malaysia and Krishna Prasad
Dhakal to UAE, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
10/12/2018)
Reframing
foreign
policy: The government is constitutionally
obliged to take measures to recalibrate Nepal’s
foreign policy. It should bring detailed vision
for this without delay, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (rep 06/12/2018)
Nepal’s
diplomatic frivolity: Nepal’s bilateral
diplomacy has been marked by glittering rhetoric,
by Madhab P. Khanal (kp 05/12/2018)
Foreign
Relations Under Oli, by G.P. Acharya (rn
31/10/2018)
Diplomatic
deficit as key foreign missions remain headless,
by Anil Giri (kp 29/10/2018), To
let: The government must immediately fill all
the empty ambassadorial positions (kp
31/10/2018)
Diplomatic
passport provisions eased, by Rewati Sapkota
(ht 26/09/2018), Lawmakers
amend passport bill in their favor (rep
27/09/2018)
Govt's
priority questioned over PM's Costa Rica visit,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 24/09/2018)
Indo-Pacific
strategy
and Nepal: Nepal will be living heightened
competition between the two camps America (with
India) and China, by Anil Sigdel and Saurav
Raj Pant (kp 21/09/2018)
Constitution
and Foreign Policy, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn
21/09/2018)
Foreign
Minister Gyawali off to Austria to attend IAEA
conference (ht 16/09/2018)
‘Discourage
the use of diplomatic passports’, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 09/09/2018), MPs
call for body to control misuse of diplomatic
passport (kp 12/09/218)
Govt
set to recall envoys other than ones appointed
under Maoist quota: Decision likely after
conclusion of BIMSTEC summit, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 10/08/2018) [All ambassadors should come from the
diplomatic service. Political nominees are not
qualified!]
Dilly-dallying
at PMO leaves envoy appointments uncertain: Some
question over choice of ex-chief election
commission Upreti (rep 05/08/2018)
Hearing
of ambassador nominees left in limbo, by
Anil Giri (kp 31/07/2018)
Nepal
mulls migrant worker agreement with Mauritius;
Portugal shows interest to hire Nepali workers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 27/07/2018)
Roll-call
of
protocol practices: It is public knowledge that
Nepal’s ambassadorial appointments are largely
auctioned to highest bidder among cronies and
those showered with nepotism rather than merit,
by P. Kharel (rep 23/07/2018)
Govt
revisiting number of diplomatic missions (kp
18/07/2018)
Ambassadors’
oath:
Any public post holder when takes oath, it is to
the constitution, rule of law and the country
and the people, not to the government of the day
(ht 18/07/2018)
Nepal
and the world: The country lacks policies and
capable representatives to conduct successful
diplomacy abroad, by Rebanta Bahadur KC (kp
09/07/2018), ‘Envoys
should have bachelor’s degree and proficiency in
English’ (ht 10/07/2018), Cabinet
lowers bar for envoy’s post: MoFA ‘s minimum
Master’s degree proposal spiked (kp
11/07/2018) [And for the
PM SLC is sufficient????]
Beyond
India
and China: Apart from reaching out to China and
India, the government should enhance relation
with Western as well as Middle Eastern countries,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (rep 02/07/2018), Recalibrating
Nepal’s
foreign policy: The government must
seriously deliberate on matters of foreign
polices to take the country to greater heights,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 03/07/2018)
The
Asian game: Nepal should create plans instead of
trying to know one ally through the other’s eyes,
by Madhukar SKB Rana and Atul K Thakur (kp
26/06/2018)
Be
bold,
and balanced: Should not we balance our
relations with donor countries, multilateral
organizations and international financial
institutions other than India and China?, by
Gopal Thapa (rep 17/06/2018)
Oli’s
foreign
policy: PM Oli’s foreign policy should have a
global outlook even as he tries to balance
relations with the giants in the neighbourhood,
by Geja Sharma Wagle (kp 15/06/2018)
Ministry
reaffirms top court norms for envoys Master’s
Degree mandatory for ambassadorial appointments
(kp 13/06/2018)
Better
preparation needed: The conduct of foreign
policy is a serious business, and it should be
treated as such, by Gyan Chandra Acharya (kp
11/06/2018)
Govt
brings yet another policy to keep close tab on
foreigners (rep 09/06/2018)
Nepal
expands diplomatic ties to 160 nations with
Burundi pact (kp 08/06/2018)
Embassies’
relevance to be assessed (ht 06/07/2018)
Foreign
Policy Issue Oli Government’s Priorities, by
Mohan P. Lohani (rn 02/05/2018)
Uncertain
Asia
in a risky world: Trade wars, the war in Syria,
data exploitation and diplomatic tensions have
resulted in the emergence of new geo-strategic
faultines, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp
22/04/2018)
SC
directs govt to set criteria to select envoy
(kp 19/04/2018)
Rethinking
foreign
policy: The government of K P Sharma Oli should
devise a farsighted foreign policy with specific
guidelines and clear national priorities, by
Rebanta Bahadur KC (rep 16/04/2018)
New
political nexus: The old Nepali focal point was
Varanasi, the new one is spread across
Washington, Brussels and London, by Saurav
Raj Pant (kp 13/04/2018)
The
country needs experts: A coherent foreign policy
is unimaginable without robust foreign policy
institutions, by Suman Mandal (kp
12/04/2018)
Gyawali
to lead Nepali delegation to NAM meet (ht
02/04/2018), ‘NAM
relevancy very much alive’ (kp 07/04/2018),
Minister
Gyawali attends NAM conference (ht
07/04/2018)
MoFA
nod must to host diplomats (kp 30/03/2018)
PM
briefs international community (kp
28/03/2018), More
than
anything else, we hold principles of
sovereignty, independence and non-interference
close to our hearts: Remarks by Prime Minister
KP Sharma Oli at the luncheon hosted for the
diplomatic community at Baluwatar on Tuesday,
March 27 (kp 28/03/2018), PM
urges donors to align aid with Nepal’s
priorities: Govt activities to be founded on six
fundamentals to achieve "Prosperous Nepal, happy
Nepali";Oli urges development partners to align
aid with Nepal's priorities (rep
28/03/2018), Oli’s
priorities:
The Oli government wants international
cooperation in productive sectors – energy,
agriculture, IT, tourism, infrastructure (ht
29/03/2018)
Winning
International Trust, by Madhavji Shrestha
(rn 24/03/2018)
Getting
into murky waters: Oli undermined geopolitical
sensitivity by inviting the Pakistan PM as his
first guest, by Sarin Ghimire (kp
22/03/2018)
Track
2 diplomacy: Nepal should not let its
international relations be handled by
incompetent diplomats, by Saurav Raj Pant
(kp 20/03/2018)
Nepal’s
foreign
policy debate: Putting one’s own house in order
is important for building a stable and
constructive foreign policy, by Suman Mandal
(kp 18/03/2018), Gyawali:
Govt for balanced relations with India, China,
by Mukul Humagain and Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
18/03/2018), Nepal’s
economic growth will form the crux of our
engagement with foreign governments,
interview with Deepak Gyawali (kp 19/03/2018)
Thank
you for coming: The neighbourly visits show that
Nepal may be turning into a hotbed of
competition, by Birendra P. Mishra (kp
16/03/2018)
Course
in diplomacy: Given the current diplomatic
climate, shaping Nepal’s foreign policy to
promote economic interests is key, by
Maxence Castiello (kp 06/03/2018)
Putting
Foreign Policy In Array, by Madhavji
Sjrestha (rn 04/03/2018)
Govt
asked to pick envoys through expert panel
(rep 13/02/2018)
‘Don’t
use
foreign policy for local gain’: High Level
Foreign Policy Review Task Force submits report
to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, by
Anil Giri (kp 09/02/2018)
Nepal,
Uzbekistan establish ties (ht 28/01/2018)
Enhancing
Diplomatic Skills, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
26/01/2018)
Rebalancing
Foreign Relations, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
22/01/2018)
Tajikistan
shows interest in Nepal’s hydro sector (kp
13/01/2018)
4,926,532
machine readable passports issued in seven years
(ht 14/12/2017)
Retuning
foreign policy: Leaders should know that global
beggary and national sovereignty do not go
together, by Biranchi Poudyal (kp
29/11/2017)
MoFA
resumes mandatory language classes for its
staffers (kp 01/11/2017)
Need
of Uniform Foreign Policy, by Madhavji
Shrestha (rn 17/10/2017)
Forge
consensus on foreign policy: House panel, by
Roshan S. Nepal (ht 15/10/2017)
Envoys
ask govt to strengthen foreign ministry,
missions (kp 06/10/2017)
Nepal
should reshape its foreign policy, say experts
(ht 06/10/2017)
PM:
Nepal’s
foreign policy dictated by geopolitical
realities: Says China and India should also
understand Nepal’s limitations. ‘We have
very good relationship with both the countries'
(kp 23/09/2017)
Glocal
concerns: If domestic politics are a major
determinant of international relations, a few
factors will disproportionately influence
Nepal’s foreign policy, by Biswas Baral (rep
14/09/2017)
Coalition
govts
bane of Nepal’s foreign policy? Experts say
matters get complicated at times when there are
prime minister and foreign minister from
different parties, by Anil Giri (kp
09/09/2017), Nepal’s
Diplomatic Approach Status Quoism Or Dormancy?,
by Biswo Pradhan (rn 09/09/2017)
The
road ahead: Nepal’s foreign relations have to be
revitalised if broader national interests are to
be pursued, by Gyan Chandra Acharya (kp
05/09/2017)
American
pivot: US may be shifting from democracy
building to strategic military implementation in
South Asia, by Achyut Wagle (kp 01/09/2017)
Between
borders: Nepali political class has to convey
stability in foreign policy (kp 29/08/2017)
Labour
counsellors, attachés appointed in six countries
(kp 28/08/23017)
Nepal
And Neighbours, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn
22/08/2017)
Measure
for
measure: It is important that our political
class forges a consensual approach to foreign
policy and then vigorously pursues the country’s
interests, by Som P. Pudasaini (rep
15/08/2017)
Diplomatically
Sensitive Period, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
07/08/2017)
Neighbourhood
Policy, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn 02/08/2017)
Dept
of
Passports gets ISO certification (kp
24/07/2017)
Where
Nepal Stands Today, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn
19/07/2017)
Geopolitics
back
to the foreNepal has invested little time in
studying geopolitical shifts and their
implications for us; the past, Kathmandu chose
to deal only with capitals and never gave much
thought to borders and boundaries. Now, it
needs to give more consideration to the nation’s
frontiers, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 18/07/2017)
Compatible
Foreign Policy, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn
11/07/2017)
Swiss
dreams:
Nepal too is located between giant economies,
but it has remained poor for centuries, by
Pawan Roy and Saurav Raj Pant (kp 02/07/2017)
Shifting
Power Dynamics In Asia, by Narad Bharadwaj
(rn 30/06/2017)
Govt
drafts
immigration strategic plan (ht 22/06/2017)
Diplomatic
Performance, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn
10/06/2017)
Foreign
Policy: Challenges And Opportunities, by
Rajendra B. Shrestha (rn 27/05/2017) [see part
2 (28/05/2017)
Enkindling
Foreign Policy Of Nepal, by Madhavji
Shrestha (rn 23/05/2017)
Say
something,
or say nothing: Comparing three press releases
of Kathmandu-based embassies this week, by
Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 19/05/2017)
Reframing
Foreign Policy, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn
09/05/2017)
Diplomats
Of Political Parties, by Madhavji Shrestha
(rn 23/04/2017)
Work
to
review foreign policy begins: Panel for
empowering Foreign Ministry, embassies to make
international relations and diplomacy effective
(kp 22/04/2017)
Experts
for
revisiting foreign policy (kp 06/04/2017)
International
relations:
New challenges, by Khilendra Basnyat (ht
31/03/2017)
Power,
Foreign Policy And Diplomacy, by Yuba Nath
Lamsal (rn 28/03/2017)
Nepal
and
geopolitics: No small concern; Some Chinese
scholars openly claim that Nepal’s strategic
location provides an advantage to China, by
Gaurav Bhattarai (rep 27/03/2017)
Matters
related
to external affairs: Govt agencies asked to seek
MoFA’s consent (kp 22/03/2017)
Hearing
of
seven envoy nominees over (kp 22/03/2017)
Prestige
at
stake: Laws need to be made to ensure that
competent people are appointed as ambassadors,
by Anurag Devkota (kp 17/03/2017)
Diplomacy
As A Public Domain, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn
14/03/2017), Refurbishing
Nepali Diplomacy, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn
14/03/2017)
Mahat
admits
to shortcomings in envoys’ nomination (ht
05/03/2017) [Stop
political nominations once and for all!!]
Downplaying
diplomacy:
Govt needs to appoint competent ambassadors so
that Nepal can handle international challenges
successfully, by Gopal Thapa (kp 03/03/2017)
[!!]
Investment
summit
2017: Govt expects Rs100b in FDI pledges (kp
27/02/2017), Nepal
Investment Summit from Thursday: AIIB President,
Indian Finance Minister keynote speakers
(rep 27/02/2017), Investment
Summit
from today: To be attended by around 300 foreign
delegates, including India’s finance minister
and AIIB president, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp
02/03/2017), Private
investments
and our duties: Nepal needs to create an
investment-friendly environment in order to
prosper, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 02/03/2017),
Govt
okays Rs 30b foreign investment for six joint
ventures, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 02/03/2017),
Investment
climate in Nepal improving: Government
organizing Investment Summit after a gap of 25
years, by Kuvera Chalise (rep 02/03/2017), Making
case
for investing in Nepal: Prime Minister Dahal,
ministers and top NC, UML leaders commit to
promoting a good business environment, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 03/03/2017), ), AIIB
committed
to investing in Nepal’s infra: Chief (kp
03/03/2017), ‘Nepal
will
receive loan assistance from Asian Infra Bank by
2018’, interview with Jin Liqun, AiiB
president (kp 03/03/2017)
Govt
picks
14 envoys (kp 21/02/2017), Govt
recommends envoys for 14 countries: NC Paudel
faction unhappy (rep 21/02/2017), Foreign
Ministry
officials miffed at govt’s envoy picks: Senior
officials at ministry say they were surprised to
see the background and resume of the proposed
ambassadors, by Anil Giri (kp 22/02/2017), Questionable
nominations:
Extreme care has to be taken while picking
ambassadors (kp 23/02/2017), No
ambassadors: 14 envoy nominees (rep
23/02/2017), Govt
to
withdraw two ambassadorial picks: A Cabinet
meeting today is likely to withdraw the names of
Asha Lama and Sharmila Dhakal, earlier
recommended as envoys for the UAE and Oman
respectively (kp 28/02/2017), Govt
drops
Lama from envoy list withholds Rayamajhi, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 03/03/2017)
Diplomacy
In Democratic Age, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn
18/02/2017)
Foreign
investors will get a level playing field:
Industry minister (rep 16/02/2017), Disaster
in
the making: Liquidity crisis, low capital
spending, and swelling trade deficit are chronic
problems, by Achyut Wagle (kp 17/02/2017), More
than
100 foreign delegates to take part in investment
summit (kp 19/02/2017)
Foreign
Policy Strategies, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn
11/02/2017)
Ambassador
nominations
in final stage: NC likely to get 6 or 7
positions, Maoist Centre 4, RPP 2. One post
could be offered to a junior coalition partner,
by Anil Giri (kp 04/02/2017) [No political nominations please! They are
poisonous! Nepal needs qualified diplomats as
representatives!]
Govt
set
to brief diplomats today: Foreign minister and
foreign secretary will apprise the international
community of the latest political developments
(kp 31/01/2017), Envoys
assure
govt support to elections (kp 01/02/2017)
Consular
services
available online from today: Minister Prakash
Sharan Mahat says this facility will save time
and money of thousands of Nepalis for consular
services (kp 29/01/2017)
UML
refuses
to be part of foreign policy review panel
(kp 26/01/2017)
Efforts
under
way to name ambassadors, says PM (ht
25/01/2017) [?],
PM
misleads
media on envoys' appointment, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht 29/01/2017), CPN-MC
likely
to repeat earlier picks; Nepali Congress yet to
decide on names (ht 31/01/2017), House
panel
tells govt to appoint envoys pronto (kp
01/02/2017) [The govt
has never been interested in what parliament or
Supreme Court say!]
Crafting
Foreign Policy Track, by Madhavji Shrestha
(rn 14/01/2017)
The
end
of diplomacy: Nepal’s disastrous international
positioning is the result of decayed domestic
politics, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt
13/01/2017)
Foreign
Minister
Mahat to embark on three nations’ tour (ht
10/01/2017)
Foreign
policy
flux: As long as our leaders seek patronage from
foreign powers, Nepal can only exercise limited
sovereignty, by Achyut Wagle (kp 03/01/2017)
Foreign
policy
review panel in final stages of formation,
by Anil Giri (kp 02/01/2017)
Mahat’s
call
for ‘new foreign policy’ gets mixed responses,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 01/01/2017)
Quota
row
delays envoy appointments: Foreing Ministry
officials are pressing the political leadership
for swift appointments consider-ing the grave
situation in in the Middle East (kp
29/12/2016) [Stop
political appointments immediately!]
Foreign
policy
review panel to be formed ‘soon’ (kp
26/12/2016)
MoFA
working
to bring Foreign Service Act: Despite foreign
service being a dedicated arm of civil service,
it is still guided by some regulations and
ministerial decisions (kp 16/12/2016)
Nepal
absent
in UN vote on Syria (kp 12/12/2016)
‘Taskforce
to
review foreign policy on cards’ (kp
06/12/2016)
Priorities
Of
Nepal’s Foreign Policy, by Shambhu Deo (rn
15/11/2016)
Ambassadorial
appointments
still in limbo, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
13/11/2016)
Envoys
present
credentials (kp 11/11/2016)
The
Asian
connection: Improving connectivity is the way to
push economic growth in this part of the world,
by Binoj Basnyat (kp 06/11/2016)
Redefining
Nepal’s Foreign Policy, by Indra Karki (rn
05/11/2016)
Is
Nepal’s Foreign Policy Changing?, by
Balmukunda Regmi (rn 29/10/2016)
Nepali
Diplomacy: A Kind Of Its Own, by Madhavji
Shrestha (rn 26/10/2016)
Team
to
prepare SOP for diplomatic appointments (kp
25/10/2016)
PM
to
meet all BRICS, BIMSTEC leaders (ht
14/10/2016)
US-India-Nepal
alliance:
Countering China; Nepal, surrounded by three
nuclear powers of Asia- needs to adopt a careful
policy as to whom to be aligned with. The policy
of ‘non-alignment’ has no value now- so, where
Nepal wants to incline for its betterment is a
burning question, by Umesh K. Bhattarai (ht
28/09/2016)
Hearing
of
two envoy nominees on Friday (kp
20/09/2016), Complaints
filed
against Upadhyay, Paudyal, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 22/09/2016), Recalling
me
from Delhi was a mistake: Upadhyay, by Sarin
Ghimire (kp 29/09/2016), UML,
RPP-N
to vote against Upadhyay, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 01/10/2016), PHSC
endorses
nominations of Upadhyay, Paudyal (kp
03/10/2016)
SC
vacates
stay order, allows govt to recommend new envoys
(ht 05/09/2016)
No
fundamental
shift in foreign policy, says Minister Mahat,
by Sarin Ghimire (kp 04/09/2016)
Bizarre
diplomacy:
High-level visits assured, embassies headless,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 24/08/2016),
Ambassadorial
nominations:
PHSC pulls govt up over agreemo issue; Asks not
to send names until parliamentary panel
completes its task (kp 02/08/2016), PHSC
grills
five ambassador nominees: Out of the 22
nominees, hearing of the remaining three
proposed career diplomats will take place today
(kp 03/08/2016), Hearing
of
two more proposed envoys held (ht
04/08/2016), Hearing
of
eight envoy nominees completed (kp
05/08/2016), Govt
withdraws 14 envoy nominees chosen under
political quota, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep
06/08/2016)) [Stop
political nominations of ambassadors forever!],
Four
ambassadorial
nominees file case at SC (ht 16/08/2016), Apex
court’s
show cause to govt (kp 18/08/2016), Decision
to
withdraw names of ambassadorial nominees stayed
(ht 18/08/2016), Three
ambassadorial
nominees file case against govt (ht
22/08/2016)
Diplomatic
nominations
based on political affiliation, says chief secy
(ht 26/07/2016)
Fate
of
proposed envoys uncertain, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht 15/07/2016)
A
diverse diaspora: Nepalis are still struggling
to establish a strong foothold in Australia,
by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 10/07/2016)
Addressing
the
3Cs of Nepal’s foreign policy: Nepal must
address its three fundamental Cs: Clarity about
its national interest, Coherence among domestic
actors and the Capacity of its diplomatic
missions, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp
09/07/2016)
Promoting
Nepal’s Diplomacy, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
09/07/2016)
DoP
launching
new services from Sunday: Passports within a day
after paying Rs 15,000 (kp 29/06/2016), DoP
launches
single day PP delivery (kp 04/07/2016)
Whither
nonalignment?
The geostrategic rebalancing in the Asia Pacific
region has put Nepal’s long-held non-aligned
foreign policy to test, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep 16/06/2016)
Refurbishing
Nepal’s
Diplomatic Standing, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
10/06/2016)
5
years on, no leader, official cares for
diplomatic code: Incumbent government said to be
revising rules set by Khanal Cabinet before
enforcement, by Anil Giri (kp 07/06/2016)
Repositioning
Nepal:
Nepal has to believe that it is no longer the
proverbial yam but an important regional player,
by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 01/06/2016)
Nepal
must
shed its Yam-state mindset: Experts (ht
20/05/2016)
Unqualified
hacks:
Foreign Ministry has been reduced to a mere tool
to be used at the discretion of powerful
political masters, by Gopal Thapa (kp
11/05/2016)
Reorienting
Nepal’s Foreign Policy For Economic Development,
by Kushal Pokharel (rn 07/05/2016)
Neighborhood
watch:
The worldwide attention on India and China puts
Nepal's difficult geopolitics on the global
radar, by Dinesh Bhattarai (rep 07/05/2016)
Govt
drafts
guidelines on signing treaties, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 30/04/2016)
Employment
in
Korea: Applicants face tough job odds (kp
29/04/2016)
Work
starts
to buy homes for 3 missions abroad: The Foreign
Ministry is in process to buy houses in New
York, Bangkok and Geneva this fiscal year
(kp 22/04/2016)
Cabinet
recommends
envoys for 21 missions: 13 picked under
political quota, eight from among career
diplomats, by Anil Giri (kp 20/04/2016), Envoys
to
21 countries named, Oman post vacant (ht 20/04/2016), Govt
names
ambassadors to 21 countries (rep 20/04/2016), PM’s
prison
mate among the nominees (ht 20/04/2016), Undiplomatic
move:
Much delayed ambassadorial appointments leave
more room for concern than celebration (kp
21/04/2016), Envoys
sans
criteria: Though delayed for very long the
naming of the envoys is expected to enhance the
image of Nepal abroad (ht 21/04/2016), Recommendation
of
envoys challenged (ht 22/04/2016), SC
issues
show cause on ambassador nominations (kp
23/04/2016)
MoFA
failed
to set deadline for personising MRPs: OAG
(ht 14/04/2016)
21
foreign
missions to be without chiefs in a month:
Posting delayed as parties stake claim to berths,
by Anil Giri (kp 08/04/2016), Envoy
appointments
kept aside on the backburner (ht 10/04/2016)
BIMSTEC,
BCIM,
BBIN - & ‘BCIN’: A fresh look at the map
will show how Bangladesh-China-India-Nepal could
now be connected, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt
08/04/2016)
Some
500
'illegal migrants' in Nepal, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 06/04/2016)
Making
new
passport: Hi-tech system set to cut down on
delivery time (kp 29/03/2016)
Nepal
to
get ACD membership today (ht 10/03/2016)
Envoys
present
credentials (kp 01/03/2016)
Thousands
of
handwritten passports yet to be replaced (ht
21/01/2016)
Nepal
urged
to join Commonwealth (ht 19/01/2016) [This sounds like admitting
that Nepal has once been a British colony!?]
Appointment
of
ambassadors: CIAA instructions befuddle govt,
by Anil Giri (kp 02/01/2015), Envoy
appointment:
Many jockeying for coveted posts; Offices of
prime minister, deputy prime minister and
ministers are inundated with CVs of those
seeking to secure plum positions, by Anil
Giri (kp 06/01/2016)
Around
a
dozen embassies sans chiefs, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht 31/12/2015)
Passport
application
goes online from Nepali missions abroad (ht
22/12/2015)
Manual
passports
no longer valid (kp 23/11/2015), Passport
application online; process will save time,
effort, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 24/11/2015), Live
enrolment
service begins: 9 centres in Kathmandu and 11 in
foreign missions by Dec first week (kp
24/11/2015)
MRP
application
process to go online (ht 21/11/2015)
Temporary
passports
for those who fail to acquire MRPs (ht
17/11/2015)
Uneasy
neighbour:
Nepal should learn from the recent turn of
events and redefine its relationships with other
countries, by Gyan Basnet (kp 27/10/2015)
Online
MRP
application from October (kp 15/09/2015)
No
plan
to seek ICAO deadline extension: Govt; Some
300,000 to 400,000 Nepalis living abroad still
carrying hand-written passports, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht 04/09/2015)
Where
have
all the passports gone?, by Lekhanath Pandey
(ht 19/07/2015)
Major
reforms
recommended at Foreign Ministry: Panels advise
ministry to revamp its structure from top to
bottom, reform its organisational policy and
reorient diplomacy (kp 17/07/2015)
Shanghai
Cooperation
Organization: Nepal picked new dialogue partner
(kp 11/07/2015), Nepal
granted
dialogue partner status of SCO (ht 11/07/2015)
Foreign
envoys
gathering at UN House today (ht 09/07/2015)
Govt
renews
deal with PP printer (kp 06/07/2015), New
contract
to cost govt Rs 330 million: To buy 2.5 million
MRPs for $4.89 per unit,paying $1.59 more,from
Oberthur Technologies, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
07/07/2015)
Foreigners
with
non-tourist visa flood country Nearly 3,000 have
been allowed by several agencies in last one year
to work in different sectors (ht 04/07/2015)
MRP
distribution:
‘Super fast-track’ passports for Karnali, Far-West
(kp 29/06/2015)
Govt
sending
additional labour attachés (ht 18/06/2015)
Plum
posts
to be shared among four ministries, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 16/06/2015)
Pandey
urges
officials, leaders to strictly abide by diplomatic
code (ht 13/06/2015)
Swiss,
Malaysian
embassies move offices after quake (kp
20/05/2015)
Ministry
objects
to ‘mutual diplomatic briefings’ Following
briefing by Indian ambassador, US Marine Corps
apprise Western diplomats (kp 08/05/2015)
Visa
processing
controversy: Corruption chances high if Nepalis
undertake job: DPM (kp 23/04/2015)
Nepal
for
south-south cooperation: Pandey (kp
21/04/2015)
Who’ll
deliver
MRPs after deal with Oberthur Technologies ends
(ht 02/04/2015), MRPs
for
all by Sept ‘unlikely’ (kp 04/04/2015), House
panel
directs govt to meet ICAO deadline (ht
04/04/2015), Government
sends
teams to Malaysia, Saudi Arabia (ht
05/04/2015)
MoFA
to
deploy teams to destination countries, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 07/02/2015)
PHSC
approves
envoy nominees (kp 05/02/2015), House
panel
okays proposed ambassadors to USA, India, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 05/02/2015)
Foreign
Policy With Clear Guidelines Needed, by
Rebanta Bahadur K.C. (rn 30/01/2015)
Govt
teams
to aid process in Gulf, Malaysia: The Department
of Passport has been urging Nepalis abroad to
replace their hand-written passports with the
MRP (kp 24/01/2015)
Govt
names
envoys for New Delhi, Washington (kp
17/01/2015), Envoys
to
India, USA recommended, by Lekhanath Pandey
(ht 17/01/2015), Cabinet
names
envoys to India, USA, by Santosh Ghimire
(rep 17/01/2015)
Saving
foreign
service: Officials lobby to keep non-career
diplomats at bay (kp 14/01/2015)
Parties
divide
10 envoy seats: NC to pick ambassador for India
and UML for the US (kp 12/01/2015), Dialling
diplomats:
Political parties now must ensure that they
appoint qualified candidates to 10 missions
(kp 13/01/2015), Next
Cabinet
meet to name ambassadors (ht 13/01/2015)
Fast
track
for passports in districts in two weeks, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 09/01/2015)
Haggling
delays
envoys’ appointment: No signs of appointing
ambassadors anytime soon (ht 06/01/2015)
Nepalis
living
abroad toldto get MRPs immediately (ht
03/01/2015)
Errors
resulting
in MRP form rejection: On average 60 to 100
applications are rejected daily (ht
02/01/2015)
Afghanistan
Nepal
to send relief assistance to Afghanistan
(rep 15/01/2022), Government
sends relief supplies to Afghani citizens
(kh 16/01/2022), Nepali
team with humanitarian assistance materials
leaves for Afghanistan (rep 16/01/2022), Nepal hands over
aid materials to Kabul (kh 16/01/2022)
Dealing
with new Afghanistan, a Nepali perspective,
by Bal Mukunda Regmi (ae 25/11/2021)
Security
at Jamunaha border tightened to prevent Afghan
refugees from entering Nepal (rep
01/11/2021)
On
UN Day, Nepali activists draw the organization’s
attention to the precarity of human rights in
Afghanistan : At a demonstration in Kathmandu on
Sunday, a group of Nepali activists urged the
United Nations to take some immediate actions to
ensure the safety of Afghani citizens, by
Anushka Nepal (nlt 25/10/2021), 11
Afghan nationals arrested from a hotel in
Kathmandu (kh 25/10/2021) [??]
Nepal
to wrap up evacuation of its citizens from
Afghanistan on September 18 : Officials say 906
Nepali nationals have returned from Afghanistan
as of Thursday, by Anil Giri (kp 17/09/2021)
860
Nepalis stranded in Afghanistan rescued (kh
04/09/2021)
Afghan
Crisis: What It Means For Nepal?, by
Devendra Gautam (rn 02/09/2021)
Govt
in regular contact with concerned bodies in
Kabul to rescue stranded Nepalis: MoFA (kh
29/08/2021)
Eight
more Nepalis rescued from Afghanistan, 34 moved
to safer location (kh 28/08/2021)
11
Nepalis arrive in New Delhi; 42 still stranded
in Kabul (kh 27/08/2021), Nepali
nationals in Kabul airport safe: Ambassador
(rep 27/08/2021)
‘Time
is running out’: Desperation grows among Nepalis
stuck in Afghanistan Amid reports that the
Taliban are tracking down those who worked for
Western countries, there are concerns about the
safety and security of Nepalis in the war-torn
country, by Anup Ojha (kp 25/08/2021)
5
Ex-envoys ask govt to start dialogue with
relevant countries to address emerging
challenges due to Afghan situation (rep
24/08/2021)
654
Nepalis repatriated from Afghanistan so far :
350 on way back home; 361 awaiting rescue
(kh 24/08/2021)
860
Nepalis in Afghanistan come in contact with
Nepali authorities : 558 people have been
rescued and brought to Nepal (kh 23/08/2021)
470
Nepalis rescued from Afghanistan arrive home
(kh 21/08/2021), 558
Nepalis rescued from Afghanistan (kh
21/08/2021)
Nepal
and the Taliban’s second coming : Kathmandu and
Kabul are far apart, but the two countries share
some difficult history, by Kanak Mani Dixit
(nt 20/08/2021)
Afghan
lessons for Nepal (ae 19/08/2021)
288
Nepalis arrive home after Taliban took over
Afghanistan (kh 19/08/2021)
Nepal
to stay ‘neutral’ on Afghanistan’s latest
political development (kh 18/08/2021), On
Afghanistan, Nepal to pursue a neutral position
at present, officials sayKathmandu has so far
refrained from pronouncing Taliban officially
and called for lasting peace and stability in
Afghanistan, as it focuses on evacuating Nepalis
there, by Anil Giri (kp 20/08/2021), Taliban
takeover : Nepal must explore routes to engage
diplomatically with the militant group (kp
20/08/2021)
72
more Nepalis rescued from Afghanistan arrive
home (kh 18/08/2021)
256
more Nepalis stranded in Afghanistan register
their names : Registration via Viber 9749326458,
9749326459 and 8929601925 (kh 18/08/2021)
164
Nepalis return home from Afghanistan; 134
register their details : Foreign Ministry: 1,500
Nepalis in Afghanistan, NAFEA: 15,000 (kh
17/08/2021)
Govt
making preparations to rescue Nepalis stranded in
Afghanistan : Nepali Embassy in Delhi asks to get
ready for journey back (kh 16/08/2021), Nepali
citizens in Afghanistan plead for their
immediate rescue after Taliban insurgents storm
Kabul (rep 16/08/2021)
Nepal
must be watchful of the geopolitical fallout of US
Afghan pullout, analysts say : Kathmandu has no direct
stake but regional powers and neighbouring countries
have stepped up engagements amid fears of Taliban
takeover of the war-torn country, by Anil Giri (kp
22/07/2021), Nepali
‘Kabuliwalas’ : Repatriating Nepalis in
Afghanistan needs to be a high priority for
Deuba (kp 23/07/2021)
Four
days on, MoFA remains mum on death of 2 Nepali guards
in Afghanistan (rep 06/09/2019)
Nine
Nepalis wounded in Taliban attack in Kabul, by
Sanjeeb Phuyal (kp 01/12/2018)
Kathmandu’s
Little Kabul: Afghan refugees struggle to rebuild
their lives in Nepal, by Gopal Gartaula (nt
28/09/2018)
Three
stranded Nepalis return home from Afghanistan (kp
09/02/2018)
In
the line of fire: Increasing costs may outweigh the
opportunities for Nepalis in Afghanistan in the days
ahead, by Noah Coburn (kp 29/08/2017)
5
Nepalis injured in Kabul attack that killed 80 (kp
01/06/2017), All
five
Nepalis injured in Kabul attack discharged (ht
02/06/2017)
Who
guards
the guards? Simplifying the recruitment process and
easing restrictions will help Nepalis working in
Afghanistan more than a blanket ban, by Om Astha
Rai (nt 18/11/2016)
Govt
lifts
ban on Nepalis working in Afghanistan (kp
17/10/2016)
Kin
of
Kabul attack victims press for compensation: Say the
state has failed to provide justice to them (kp
04/10/2016)
Illegal
flow
of Nepalis to Afghanistan rampant (ht 23/09/2016)
‘Lift
ban
on Afghanistan for foreign job-seekers’: Study
committee recommends numerous measures to ensure
safety of workers (ht 24/08/2016)
Employment
in
afghanistan: PM wants more rigour in security
assessment; Labour Ministry officials hint at partial
lifting of the ban on Nepalis going to work in
Afghanistan (kp 17/08/2016)
Govt
team
leaving for Kabul tomorrow (kp 21/07/2016)
Team
to
leave for Kabul to assess security (kp 10/07/2016)
Dependents
of
Kabul attack victims to get compensation (ht
09/07/2016)
Caught
in
Kabul: Both Nepal and govts of donor countries have
failed to provide any protection for migrant workers,
by Noah Coburn (kp 04/07/2016)
Will
leave
Afghanistan if our security not ensured: Nepalis,
by Hom Karki (kp 25/06/2016), Forty
Nepali
guards return from Kabul: Devoid of security and
better pay, 300 others may follow, by Hom Karki
(kp 27/06/2016), More
Nepalis
returning home from Afghanistan (ht 28/06/2016), 41
more
security guards return from Kabul, by Hom Karki
(kp 29/06/2016)
Taliban
attack
in Kabul kills 12 Nepali workers: Were on their way to
work when minibus was targeted by suicide bomber
(kp 21/06/2016), Tragedy
in
Afghan capital raises many questions: Was lifting ban
on Nepalis from working in Afghanistan a right move?,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 21/06/2016), Govt
steps
up efforts to bring bodies back home (kp
21/06/2016), 12
Nepalis
killed in Kabul suicide blast, by Lekhanath Pandey
(ht 21/06/2016), NAC
plane
to bring home bodies of dead (kp 22/06/2016), Officials
hint
at ban on working in Afghanistan, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 22/06/2016), Dream
of
better life turns into despair for Kabul terror
victims (kp 22/06/2016), Lessons
from
tragedy: Leaders should fix the mess at home, not
merely give lip service to Kabul carnage (kp
22/06/2016), Govt
mulls
keeping Nepalis off war zones (ht 22/06/2016), Families
break
in tears as they receive bodies, by Anup Ojha (kp
23/06/2016), Injured
say
‘there’s something strange about the blast’: Claim it
may not be a suicide attack as has been reported,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 23/06/2016)
Narrow
escape
from Kabul: 6 Nepalis manage to get to Delhi, by
Devendra Bhattarai (kp 05/04/2016)
5
Nepalis rescued in Afghan Capital (kp 09/02/2015)
Africa
(South of Sahara, East Africa)
PM
Dahal interacts with Nepalis in Uganda (kh
19/01/2024)
20
Nepalis have fled civil war-hit Sudan so far :
The Foreign Ministry has said that efforts are
underway to evacuate other Nepalis from the
African nation (kp 02/05/2023), Government
brings eight Nepalis home from Sudan (rn
04/05/2023)
Nepal
establishes diplomatic relations with Malawi
(rep 17/02/2023), Nepal
establishes diplomatic relations with 178
countries (rn 17/02/2023)
Nepal
Embassy cautions Nepali nationals aspiring for
job in South Africa against job fraud (rep
07/01/2023)
Nepal,
South Sudan establish diplomatic relations
(nlt 29/03/2022)
Nepal
and Mauritius have ample avenues for
collaboration (kh 15/03/2022)
Nepal,
South Africa agree to enhance mutual cooperation
(rep 11/03/2022)
Rwandan
Ambassador Calls On Minister Ale, Proposes For
Bilateral Aviation Agreement (rn 12/12/2021)
Could
Zambia Be A Promising Ally For Nepal?, by
Desh Bandu Basnet (rn 14/08/2021)
Gambia
170th country to establish diplomatic relations
with Nepal (ht 26/05/2021)
Ambassador
Bishokarma presents letters of credence (kh
15/04/2021)
Six
Nepali youths rescued from African country
Malawi (kp 13/11/2019)
Women
rescued from Kenya dance bar return, by
Roshan S. Nepal (kp 19/07/2019)
Nepali
women rescued in Kenya will soon be repatriated,
officials say: The recent crackdown by the
Kenyan government has exposed how Nepali women
continue to be trafficked to African countries,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 28/06/2019)
Once
trafficked to Nepal, African footballers now
come willingly to play the beautiful game: Nepal
offers better pay, decent competition and a
stepping stone to greener pastures, say African
players, by Prajwal Oli (kp 16/06/2019)
Nepal,
Equatorial Guinea establish diplomatic ties
(ht 02/05/2019)
Nepal,
Rwanda establish diplomatic ties (ht
22/07/2018)
21
Nepali girls rescued from Kenyan strip clubs
(rep 21/07/2018)
Nepal
expands diplomatic ties to 160 nations with
Burundi pact (kp 08/06/2018)
Stranded
workers back (kp 03/04/2018)
South
Sudanese praise Nepali peacekeepers (kp
05/03/2018)
AIDIA
hosts Nepal-Zambia roundtable meeting (kp
14/02/2018)
Seven
Nepali
girls ‘rescued’ from Kenya; mission goes on:
Indian external affairs minister says the
potential victims of trafficking were rescued
along with three Indian girls, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal(kp 05/01/2018)
Diplomatic
ties set up with Burkina Faso (ht 31/12/2017)
Nepal,
Liberia diplomatic ties set up (ht 19/08/2017)
Nepal
and
Djibouti set up diplomatic ties (kp
16/07/2017)
Ethiopian,
Nepali
private sectors urged to team up (kp
15/06/2017)
Nepal
and
Uganda establish diplomatic relations (kp
14/06/2017)
Nepal,
Guinea
diplomatic ties set up (ht 14/05/2016)
Rai
presents
letters of credence in Botswana (ht
27/04/2016)
Rai
presents
credentials to South African Prez (kp
07/02/2015)
22
Nepali
women working illegally in Tanzania casino held,
by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 26/01/2015), 22
Nepali
girls held in Tanzania repatriated, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 16/02/2015)
Australia
Nepal,
Australia sign Trade and Investment Framework
Agreement (kh 09/02/2024)
Australia
plans to tighten student visa rules. What next
for Nepali students?, by Sajira Shrestha
(rep 15/12/2023)
Delegation
led by NA Chairman leaving for Australia tonight
(kh 26/11/2023)
Australia
announces $6,00,000 in humanitarian assistance
for Nepal earthquake victims (nlt
17/11/2023)
Soft
Power To Boost Nepal-Australia Ties, by
Binod Khanda Timilsana (rn 22/05/2023)
Australian
Assistant Foreign Minister Watts arrives in
Kathmandu on a two-day visit (kh
16/05/2023), ‘There
is growing demand for Nepali cultural cuisine in
Australia’, interview with Assistant
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia Tim
Watts on proposed air services between Nepal and
Australia and development activities that it plans
to support (kp 19/05/2023)
Australia
remains a committed development partner of Nepal
: "Australia has been partnering with Nepal for
over 60 years in development activities that are
evidence-based, sustainable and, importantly,
responsive to the needs and aspirations of the
Nepali people", by Felicity Volk (nlt
24/01/2023)
Studying
to migrate or to learn? For many young Nepalis
going to Australia is a dream but for many
others it is a necessity and burning desire no
matter what, by Simone Galimberti (nlt
18/09/2022)
Australia
tightens application rules for Nepali students :
Stricter document verification is likely to
bring departures down even as Australian
authorities announce schemes to retain
international students, by Pawan Pandey (kp
08/09/2022)
Nepal
and Austria discuss cooperation in hydropower
development (nlt 12/04/2022)
Australia
refunds student visa fees (kh 11/02/2022)
Australia
assures of cooperation in hydropower, renewable
energy (nlt 31/01/2022)
Nepali
students in Australia allowed to work more than
20 hours a week (kh 19/01/2022)
“Australia
is seeing a re-emergence of Nepal’s significance
to its engagement with the Indo-Pacific”,
interview with John Blaxland (kh 27/08/2021)
With
Australia still closed, Nepali students find
themselves in tough spot, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 14/03/2021)
Australian
minister assures support to international
students (ht 10/04/2020)
Australian
Prime Minister Morrison asks visa holders to
return home: Nepali students say they are
worried they will be left in the lurch as
pandemic unfolds, by Binod Ghimire (kp
04/04/2020)
Call
to provide help to Nepali students in Australia
(ht 29/03/2020)
Tourism
Minister’s Visit Nepal rally in Sydney condemned
for being insensitive and inappropriate: Yogesh
Bhattarai held a rally to draw Australian
tourists to Nepal while the country reels under
massive bushfires across millions of hectares,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 07/01/2020)
Nepal's
problem with students flocking to Australia is
so bad even Australians are concerned: In a
report published by Sydney Morning Herald,
leading education experts say the pressure to
pay for tuition leads students to be exploited,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/12/2019)
23
Nepalis get Australian scholarship (ht
30/11/2019)
Nepal,
Australia to sign air service agreement:
Australia will permit seven weekly flights to
key cities like Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and
Perth, by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/09/2019), Nepal,
Australia sign air service agreement to operate
direct flights: The accord allows seven weekly
flights between Kathmandu and Sydney, Melbourne,
Canberra and Perth, by Sangam Prasain (kp
02/10/2019)
Make
sure you fact-check and have financial backing to
study in Oz: Envoy, by Roshan S Nepal (ht
05/06/2019)
One
more technical institute in Australia with
hundreds of Nepali students faces deregistration:
Consultancies say it’s time to reconsider sending
students to vocational training centres, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 02/06/2019)
Accreditation
a
must for nursing in Australia before
registration at skills authority: Move
follows deregistration of Australia Institute of
Business and Technology, which left scores of
Nepali students in limbo, by Binod Ghimire (kp
24/03/2019)
Consultancy
firms
of Australia colleges unite to assuage students:
Members of four umbrella organisations claim they
are consulting with affected students and
stakeholders concerned to address the problem,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 28/02/2019)
Hundreds
of
Nepali students in limbo as a tech college in
Australia gets deregistered: 90 percent of the
1,000 students at Australia Institute of
Business and Technology are from Nepal, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 21/02/2019), Two
more
Australian colleges without accreditation enrolled
students: 300 Nepalis study nursing at Nurse
Training Australia & Health and Management
Institute, by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/02/2019), An
Australian
institution is forcing students to change subject,
Nepalis say: Students from other institutes are
concerned after the country’s regulatory body
cancelled registration for two nursing colleges
earlier this week, by Binod Ghimire (kp
23/02/2019)
Sherpa
leaves for Australia to pack her bags, by Anil
Giri (kp 17/01/2019), Ambassador
Sherpa winds up her Australia stay as envoy,
by Anil Giri (kp 31/01/2019), Lucky
Sherpa resigns as Australian ambassador (ht
02/02/2019)
Addressing
the drain: Nepal has much to gain from the skills
and knowledge of students who have studied in
Australia, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp
15/01/2019)
Envoy
and
minister, contrary to PM’s aides, say she hasn’t
resigned: Officials at Prime Minister’s Office
told journalists the embattled envoy had tendered
her resignation, but Pradeep Gyawali said it
isn’t true, by Anil Giri (kp 09/01/2019
Ambassador
Sherpa summoned to Kathmandu, by Anil Giri (kp
08/12/2018), Nepal’s
envoy to Australia Lucky Sherpa likely to be
sacked, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 09/12/2018), Team
probing allegation against envoy Sherpa, by
Anil Giri (kp 10/12/2018)
Meeting
of bilateral consultation body held (ht
17/08/2018)
Minister
Pun, Australian envoy mull energy ties (kp
21/07/2018)
Aussie
envoy congratulates 26 scholarship recipients
(kp 04/11/2017)
Australian
ambassador visits refugee camps (kp
26/07/2017)
Nepal,
Australian
sign MoU on consultation mechanism: The
understanding is aimed at exchanging views on
mutual interests and common global issues
(kp 16/07/2017)
Australian
envoy
meets DPM Mahara (ht 30/06/2017)
New
Australia
immigration rules may affect Nepalis (kp
20/04/2017)
Budd
picked
next Australian envoy (kp 23/03/2017)
Nepal
proposes
ASA with AUS (kp 02/02/2017)
Nepali
diaspora
in Australia: New generation of Nepalis are
integrating more actively in their new homeland,
by Khagendra Nath Sharma (kp 29/01/2017), Nepali
diaspora
in Australia II: It’s not greed that makes young
people go abroad, but a lack of prospects in
Nepal, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp
26/02/2017)
Australian
Education
Exhibition on Monday (kp 20/01/2017)
Trending
:
Australian education: A record number of Nepali
students are heading to university Down Under,
by Jessica Cortis (nt 06/01/2017)
FM
sets
off on weeklong Australia visit (kp
23/11/2016), FM
urges
Australia to resume visa service from Kathmandu
(kp 25/11/2016)
Australian
embassy
organises ‘Education for All’ workshop (kp
18/11/2016)
‘Arrest
fear’
cited for cancelled tour: Maoist Centre chief
Dahal cancels Australia trip at the last moment,
by Dewan Rai (kp 24/06/2016) [Obviously, he feels guilty!], No
threat
in Australia for Dahal: Envoy (kp
29/06/2016)
Nepali
representatives
to attend short course on inclusive education in
Australia (ht 16/04/2016)
Samskaras
down
under: While traditional rituals reinforce
Nepali identity among migrants in Australia,
they are losing value, by Khagendra N.
Sharma (kp 15/03/2015)
Australia
supports
gender equality (kp 07/03/2015)
Bangladesh
Nepal
and Bangladesh hold third round of foreign
office consultations meeting in Kathmandu :
Lamsal urges her Bangladeshi counterpart to
explore investment opportunities in Nepal
including in hydropower (kp 18/04/2024)
Dhaka
wants preferential trade pact. Nepal says drop
‘hidden tariffs’ first : As the two nations sit
for commerce secretary-level talks, long overdue
bilateral trade agreement is off the agenda,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 17/04/2024)
A
Milestone in Nepal-Bangladesh Bilateral Ties
(rep 13/03/2024)
Bangladesh
bargains for cheaper power : Power sale
agreement with Nepal Electricity Authority
likely to be delayed as Dhaka wants more
negotiation, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
26/02/2024)
Nepal
and Bangladesh closer to finalizing the tariff
of cross-border electricity trade (rep
22/02/2024)
Nepal
proposes tariff for electricity export to
Bangladesh : Provision of rebate and penalty has
also been proposed to ensure prompt payment of
electricity bills, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 06/02/2024)
Bangladesh
has market for up to 4,000 MW power from Nepal,
envoy says : Two countries are currently working
on finalising the terms and conditions for the
40 MW power deal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 17/01/2024), Nepal,
Bangladesh move towards tariff negotiation for
trading of 40MW power : Bangladesh has sent a
draft Request for Proposal to Nepal Electricity
Authority asking the NEA to propose tariff,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/01/2024)
Dhaka
preparing to operate direct bus service to
Kathmandu soon : The international service will
facilitate Nepali students studying in
Bangladesh and Bangladeshis visiting Nepal,
by Parbat Portel (kp 07/01/2024)
Nepal’s
nod to Dhaka’s proposal on trilateral energy
cooperation : Nepal, Bangladesh and India often
discuss power trade, but they don’t have a
mechanism to remove bottlenecks., by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 19/12/2023)
Bangladesh
greenlights purchase of 40 MW electricity from
Nepal (kh 08/12/2023)
Bangladesh
wants trilateral mechanism on energy : Dhaka has
sent a draft proposal. Nepal, India and
Bangladesh only have bilateral mechanisms as of
now, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/11/2023)
Electricity
export to Bangladesh unlikely this year :
Nepal’s power monopoly says the final agreement
has been delayed due to ‘political factors’ in
Dhaka, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (21/10/2023)
Nepal
parliamentary committee members discuss
Nepal-Bangladesh bilateral issues :
Discussions were held on exploring ways
to enhance bilateral cooperation in the
agriculture sector, with a focus on
technology transfer and sharing of best
practices (nlt 06/10/2023)
Bangladesh
could become new trade destination for
Nepal, experts say : Nepal's heavy
reliance on India for its exports and
trade is evident, while its trade
activities with countries beyond India
remain lacklustre (kp 02/09/2023)
Preliminary
agreement on supplying power from Nepal
to Bangladesh, 40MW to be exported in
first phase (rep 17/08/2023)
Prime
Minister Hasina offers Nepal the use of
Bangladesh’s Payra port : Bangladeshi
leader made the offer to PM Dahal during
their visit to Italy to attend the UN
Food Summit (kp 29/07/2023)
Nepal,
Bangladesh agree to sign 25-year power
sale deal : Despite the fixed period,
they are yet to decide the tariff,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/07/2023)
Nepal,
Bangladesh agree to pursue India deal to
start power trade from this wet season :
If Nepal succeeds in selling electricity
to Bangladesh, it will be the country’s
first power export outside India, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/05/2023), Bangladesh
agrees to buy 40 MW of electricity from
Nepal (rep 17/05/2023)
Nepal,
Bangladesh to discuss two options for dedicated
cross–border transmission lines : India’s
approval will be crucial for viability of any
connectivity between the two countries, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/05/2023)
Nepal
and Bangladesh to discuss investment modality
for construction of Sunkoshi-3 Hydropower
Project (rep 12/05/2023)
Nepal,
Bangladesh seek to bring India on board
to help power trade between the two
countries : Development of Sunkoshi-3
Hydropower Project and dedicated
transmission line through India are
among the issues on agenda for next
bilateral meeting, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 07/05/2023)
Nepal,
Bangladesh to sign an MoU on real time
data sharing on weather and floods :
This will be the first time that Nepal
would share its data on floods and
weather with another country, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/05/2023)
Nepal-Bangladesh
JSC Meeting: PTA and energy sector
cooperation to top Nepal’s agenda
(ae 23/03/2023)
Power
Corridor: A New Dimension of
India-Bangladesh Relations, by
Samara Ashrat (rep 05/02/2023))
Bangladesh
seeks visible Indian cooperation, by Pratik
Ghimire (ae 09/01/2023)
Dhaka
wants improved trade relations with Nepal,
interview with Ambassador Salahuddin Noman
Chowdhury (ae 20/12/2022)
Nepal-Bangladesh
joint venture project gets environmental nod :
Nepal and Bangladesh have agreed to jointly
build the Rs160 billion hydropower project on
Sunkoshi River, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
07/12/2022)
Bangladesh
to purchase 50 MW of electricity from Nepal
(kh 26/10/2022)
Bangladesh
keen to invest in Sunkoshi-III (ht
25/08/2022)
Nepal-Bangladesh
meeting on power cooperation likely next month :
Two sides to discuss power trade and attracting
Bangladeshi investment in energy sector., by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/07/2022)
Nepal,
Bangladesh to discuss power trade, investment in
2 hydel projects : The South Asian country has
shown eagerness to import Nepal’s electricity
and proposed to supply to Nepal during the dry
season, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
15/06/2022)
Prospects
rising for electricity trade between Nepal and
Bangladesh : Dhaka’s offer to sell energy to
Nepal when it faces a deficit and buy Nepali
surplus electricity during the wet season could
be a win-win for both countries, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 30/04/2022) [One must not forget that Nepal itself has
to import electricity for many months of the
year. This will not change any time soon!]
Bangladesh
seeks to purchase electricity produced by
Nepal’s private sector (rep 15/12/2021)
Tourism
partnership between Nepal, Bangladesh stressed
(kh 19/11/2021)
Demonstration
staged in front of Bangladesh Embassy against
attacks on Hindus (kh 21/10/2021)
Nepal-Bangladesh
Joint Working Group Meeting Proposed For
Joint-Venture On Power Project, by Ramesh
Lamsal (rn 14/09/2021)
Bangladesh-Nepal
Ties: The Neutrality Dilemma on the Rohingya
Issue, by Anup Sinha (rep 29/08/2021)
Nepal-Bangladesh
ties: Sky’s the limit : The completion of the
desired PTA will open new horizons in trade
between the two countries. Bhutan-Bangladesh
trade has doubled since the signing of a PTA,
by Pathik Hasan (ae 19/08/2021)
Possibilities
of economic cooperation between Nepal and
Bangladesh, by Shanker Man Singh (rep
08/08/2021)
Trade
deficit with Bangladesh on the rise (kh
24/07/2021)
Enhancing
Nepal-Bangladesh Ties, by Lalbabu Yadav (rn
31/03/2021)
B’desh-Nepal
deals : Although it will take time for the dream
to come true, Nepal and B'desh can exchange
trade in energy through the BIMSTEC deal (ht
25/03/2021)
Nepal,
Bangladesh sign MoU on sanitary and
phytosanitary cooperation (rep 23/03/2021),
Four
agreements inked with Bangladesh (ht
24/03/2021)
Nepal-Bangladesh
trade pact stuck over other charges : Nepali
officials say an agreement between the two
neighbours is unlikely until the other duties or
charges (ODC) on listed goods are dropped to
zero, by Krishana Prasain (kp 10/03/2021)
Nepal-Bangladesh
trade deal unlikely by end of December : The
proposed agreement gives preferential access to
certain products by reducing tariffs but
Bangladesh is reluctant to remove other duty
charges on imports, officials say, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 20/12/2020)Nepal, Bangladesh
sign MoU on sanitary and phytosanitary cooperation
Bilateral
Relations between Bangladesh and Nepal reach new
height: Dr. Islam, by Eak Raj Bastola (kh
07/11/2020)
Banking
on BIN : How Bangladesh-India-Nepal Initiative
(BIN) can trigger connectivity and prosperity
for Nepal, Bangladesh and India, by Sunil KC
(rep 02/11/2020)
Nepal
seeks duty-free access to Bangladesh for 76
goods : Nepal has been urging Bangladesh to
expand the list to cover major exportable items
such as tea, coffee, large cardamom, broom,
fresh fruits, kattha and pashmina, among others,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 07/10/20209), Nepal,
Bangladesh to sign preferential trade agreement
: Bangladesh will ‘soon’ provide on-arrival visa
through the land route for Nepalis, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 09/10/2020)
Crossing
the border: The motor vehicle agreement between
Nepal, Bangladesh and India has potential—but
it, unfortunately, may go the same route as
SAARC, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 13/05/2020)
Bangladesh-Nepal
Trade Relations: Influences of Economic
Diplomacy, by Mohammad Tarikul Islam (kh
11/05/2020)
Enhancing
exports to Bangladesh: Taxes levied on imports
at Bangladesh customs is primary obstacle to
Nepal’s exports. The high taxes arise from
customs duty, para-tariff and overvaluation of
certain products for customs purposes, by
Kshitiz Dahal (rep 03/03/2020)
Bangladesh
issues letter of intent to purchase 500 MW from
Upper Karnali hydro project: The $1.5 billion
hydropower project was awarded to India’s GMR
Group in 2008 after an international competitive
bidding process, by Sangam Prasain (kp
10/02/2020)
Nepal-India-Bangladesh
talks: Tripartite meet on energy cooperation
uncertain, by Umesh Poudel (ht 06/01/2020)
Bangladeshis
are being trafficked into Nepal, but most cases
go unreported: The Embassy of Bangladesh in
Kathmandu receives two to three cases of labour
trafficking every month, by Eliha Shrestha
(kp 24/12/2019)
Bangladesh
agrees to pay 7.7 cents per unit for Upper
Karnali power: The energy-hungry country will
pay out a massive Tk381.60 billion (equivalent
to Rs511.69 billion) over 25 years to procure
500 megawatts of electricity, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 21/12/2019)
Nepal-India-Bangladesh
talks on power trade long overdue: Nepal hopes
to export projected excess power to Bangladesh
using Indian transmission lines, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 10/12/2019)
Enhanced
Nepal-Bangladesh Relations, by Mohan P.
Lohani (rn 18/11/2019)
Bangladesh
Prez to visit Nepal on Nov 12 (ht
10/11/2019), Hamid
meets President Bhandari (ht 14/11/2019), Close
ties between Nepal, B’desh stressed (ht
15/11/2019)
Leading
a 70-member delegation, Bangladesh President
arriving in Kathmandu on Nov 12 (rep
04/11/2019)
Bangladesh
prez to visit Nepal in November (ht
31/10/2019)
Bangladesh
keen on funding 20 hydropower projects in Nepal:
Nepal also asked Bangladesh to allow the export
of local cardamom, yarn and broom grass (amriso)
without any hurdles during the first day of
trade talks, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
23/10/2019)
Two-day
Nepal-Bangladesh talks begin (ht 23/10/2019)
Nepal
likely to export power to Bangladesh using
Indian grid: Tripartite meeting to be held
within three months to fix transmission
modalities and commercial terms, by Prahlad
Rijal (kp 17/10/2019)
Four
years since signing, a crucial transit agreement
sees no progress: Nepal, Bangladesh and India
have not been able to move forward on a
cross-border motor vehicles agreement after
Bhutan pulled out two years ago, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 12/08/2019)
Energy
Ministry officials leave for Bangladesh to talk
electricity trade, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
20/06/2019)
Nepal
and Bangladesh sign Double Tax Avoidance Agreement,
by Anuj Kumar Adhikari (kp 06/03/2019)
Traders
urge improvement of Nepal-Bangladesh customs
process, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp 24/02/2019)
Nepal,
Bangladesh to consolidate relations through
information (kp 18/01/2019)
Bangladesh
lifts ban on Nepali yarn import via land port,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 10/01/2019)
Nepal,
Bangladesh
agree to build hydro projects: The electricity
produced by these schemes will be exported to
Bangladesh via India, by Bibek Subedi (kp
05/12/2018)
Nepal-Bangladesh
energy cooperation meet starts today (ht
03/12/2018)
Nepal,
Bangladesh to talk power trade, investment,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 30/11/2018)
Nepal,
Bangladesh
energy meeting slated for Nov 15: Two major
agendas are likely to be discussed: energy
trading between the two countries and
Bangladeshi investment in the Nepali hydropower
sector (kp 12/10/2018)
Bangladesh
set to buy power from Nepal (kp 10/09/2018)
Deepen
ties
with Bangladesh: Trilateral cooperation between
Nepal, Bangladesh and India can be established
for connectivity. This will be beneficial for
all three countries, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(rep 20/08/2018)
Nepal,
Bangladesh sign power cooperation deal (kp 1
/08/2018), GMR,
Bangladesh to sign power purchase pact, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 14/08/2018)
Oli
invites PM Hasina to BIMSTEC summit (kp
08/08/2018)
Nepal-B’desh
to
sign energy cooperation pact: The agreement with
Bangladesh will pave the way to export surplus
electricity that Nepal is expected to produce
within a few years (kp 31/07/2018)
Nepal’s
trade deficit with Bangladesh grows: Nepal used
to have a trade surplus with Bangladesh just
recently in 2014, by Parbat Postel (kp
27/07/2018)
Cabinet
gives consent to sign DTAA with B’desh (ht
29/06/2018)
Bangladesh
to revise list of duty free products, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 02/06/2018), Nepal,
B’desh agree to conclude BIPPA soon (ht
02/06/2018)
Nepal
asks Bangladesh to simplify trade procedures:
Nepal has long been asking Bangladesh for easy
visa facility for Nepalis, preferential
treatment for a number of Nepali goods and
access to Bangladeshi ports (kp 31/05/2018)
Nepal-Bangladesh
trade talks to focus on barriers: Nepal will ask
Bangladesh to address hurdles to exporting
acrylic yarn to Bangladesh and review the list
of 108 Nepali products which have duty free
access to the Bangladesh market, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 26/05/2018)
Littérateurs
commend
Nepal, Bangladesh ties: Poet Manjul said
Bangladeshi people share feelings of brotherhood
that reflect in their writings (kp
03/05/2018)
B’desh-India-Nepal
bus trial run (kp 24/04/2018), Buses
from Dhaka arrive in Nepal (ht 26/04/2018),
Trial
run boosts tri-nation bus, cargo services plan:
Two buses travel 1,197 km from Dhaka to
Kathmandu, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 27/04/2018)
Govt
plans to sign energy pact with Bangladesh
(ht 16/04/2018)
Plan
to trade power with China, B’desh, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 20/03/2018)
Bangladesh
lessons: Nepal’s strategic location can be
better utilized to expand market access to
China, India and Bangladesh, by Purushottam
Ojha (rep 20/03/2018)
Let’s
get together: Cooperation between Nepal, India
and Bangladesh will give a boost to South Asian
regionalism, by Sunil KC (kp 01/03/2018)
Calls
for strong Nepal-Bangladesh ties, connectivity
(kp 26/02/2018)
Bangladesh
Expo to kick off on Friday (kp 22/02/2018),
Bangladesh
Expo opens its door to visitors (kp
24/02/2018)
Nepali
ginger finds alternative market in Bangladesh,
by Raju Adhikari (rep 01/02/2018)
Bangladesh
proposes to build hydropower plants in Nepal
(kp 19/01/2018)
Trade
secy meets Bangladeshi counterpart (ht
12/12/2017)
Nepalis
enrolled in blacklisted Bangladesh colleges:
Future of more than 200 students at stake,
by Sabitri Dhakal (kp 24/11/2017)
B’desh,
India and Nepal to enforce transport deal: Dhaka
urges Delhi to facilitate power import from
Nepal, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
25/10/2017)
Secretary
Bairagi
meets Bangladeshi foreign minister: Holds discussions
on bilateral matters, including trade, transit,
connectivity, energy, higher education and tourism
(kp 09/10/2017)
Safe
haven: Young LGBTI blogger flees Bangladesh to find
safe shelter in Nepal, by Shristi Kafle (kp
12/08/2017)
GMR,
B’desh
to sign deal to evacuate power, by Bibek Subedi
(kp 06/07/2017)
Hatil
makes
foray into Nepali market (kp 01/05/2017)
Indian
help
sought for Nepal-Bangladesh trade, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp 10/04/2017)
Bangladesh
willing to invest $1 billion in Nepal's power
sector (rep 13/02/2017)
B’desh
‘keen’
to develop big hydel projects in Nepal, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 11/12/2016)
Nepal,
Bangladesh
likely to sign power trade agreement, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 17/08/2016)
Let’s
team
up: Though de jure territorially separated,
Nepal and Bangladesh de facto are
conjoined by virtue of common Himalayan rivers,
by Madhukar Shamsher JB Rana (kp 08/07/2016)
Bangladesh
to
gift 10k tonnes of rice, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 02/06/2016), First
instalment
of rice gifted by B’desh arrives (kp
27/06/2016)
Nepal-Bangladesh
commerce
secretary-level talks kick off (ht
11/05/2016), Nepal,
Bangladesh
agree to remove TBT (ht 12/05/2016), 108
Nepali
products get duty-free access to Bangladesh,
by Parbat Portel (kp 14/05/2016)
Nepal-Bangladesh
bilateral
talks: Easy market access, trade barrier removal
top agendas (kp 27/04/2016)
Nepal-B’desh
commerce
secretary-level talks next month (ht
13/04/2016)
Vishakhapatnam
port
to be operationalized for Nepal’s third country
trade: Another transit route to Bangladesh to be
opened, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 20/02/2016), India,
B’desh
open immigration offices, by Parat Portel
(kp 22/02/2016)
Crisis
delays
planned Nepal-Bangla accord (kp 16/12/2015)
Nepal-Bangladesh
bilateral
trade halted, by Parbat Portel (kp
08/10/2015)
First
trade
deficit with Bangladesh in 10 years, by
Parbat Portel (kp 06/08/2015)
Bangladesh
donates
10,000 tonnes of rice (kp 18/05/2015)
Bangladesh
agrees
to simplify visa process (kp 24/04/2015)
Nepal-Bangladesh
trade
talks slated to start on Wednesday, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 20/04/2015), Nepal
to
cut customs on 50 B’deshi items: Seeks duty free
access to 45 more products, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 23/04/2015), Nepal,
Bangladesh
sign pact to facilitate trade: A total of 108
Nepali products to be extended duty-free access to
Bangladeshi market, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
24/04/2015), Trade
surplus
dips (ht 24/04/2015)
Nepal-Bangladesh
trade
talks: Nepal pushes for visa on arrival facility
for B’desh (kp 07/04/2015)
B’desh
new
transit for traffickers: On Saturday, a Nepali
woman was caught in Bangladesh trying to fly to
Saudi Arabia without a visa (kp
06/04/2015)
Nepal,
B’desh
trade talk in April second week (ht
01/04/2015)
Nepal,
Bangladesh
ink tax agreement (ht 30/01/2015)
Burma (Myanmar)
Burmese
of Nepali descent flee to Thailand : Trapped
Nepali workers and Burmese Nepalis escape the
junta to Thailand, but many remain behind,
by Chandra Kishore (nt 22/12/2023)
The
plight of Rohingya in Nepal, by Anushka
Nepal (ae 20/10/2022)
Why
Nepal must speak out against human rights abuses
in Myanmar : The government in Kathmandu should
not desist from voicing its gravest concerns
about what is happening in Myanmar, a country
where there is still a well-rooted
Nepali-speaking community, by Simone
Galimberti (nlt 01/08/2022)
Protest
staged in Kathmandu condemning execution of four
democracy activists in Myanmar (kh
26/07/2022) [Please call
it what it is : cold-blooded murder of
peace-loving democrats by a terrorist military
regime! Every so-called "execution" is
cold-blooded murder, whether in the USA, Russia,
China, Iran, Myanmar or anywhere else in the
world!]
Rohingya
refugees who once saw Nepal as 'promised land'
now stare at uncertain future, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 27/10/2021)
Whither
Nepal’s foreign policy : Nepal’s abstention from
voting for the UN resolution on Myanmar was a
mistake, by Kul Chandra Gautam (kp
05/07/2021)
Nepal
failed to stand up for democratic values while
reacting to military coup in Myanmar, analysts
say : It took a whole day for the Foreign
Ministry to come up with a statement where it
called for immediate release of elected leaders
but stopped short of showing concern over the
risk of reversal of democratic reforms in the
Southeast Asian country, by Anil Giri (kp
03/02/2021) [How can the
Oli government criticise what is happening in
Myanmar when it is taking its own country back
to the democratic stone age?], The
stable sterility of ‘ethnocratic’ regimes :
Ethnonationalism and democracy are incompatible
principles, by CK Lal (kp 03/02/2021)
Nepal
says it has been closely following latest
developments in Myanmar (kp 02/02/2021), Coup
in Myanmar : Nepal must join the world to
strongly denounce the heinous step by the
military (kp 02/02/2021)
Closing
the border isn’t an option: There is no reason
why Rohingyas will not be able to successfully
integrate into Nepali society, by
Maximillian Morch (kp 12/01/2020)
The
Rohingya in Nepal: Any further influx of these
refugees would pose a serious threat to the
country’s sovereignty, but the country should
still protect the ones that are already here,
by Rosanna Mahat (kp 01/01/2020)
President
Bhandari leaves for Myanmar (ht 17/10/2019)
Nepal,
Myanmar sign trade, investment agreement (ht
01/12/2018)
Nepal
should raise Rohingya issue with Suu Kyi: Rights
groups, by Binod Ghimire (kp 29/11/2018)
Nepal
abstains
from UN vote on Myanmar’s human rights
violation: This is not the first time Nepal has
abstained from voting on a UNGA resolution
(rep 18/11/2018) [This
reflects Nepal's own human rights standards!]
Rohingya
In Nepal, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 07/11/2018)
Nepal,
India to jointly monitor movement of Rohingya
refugees in border areas, by Rewati Sapkota
(ht 31/10/2018)
Nepal
and
Burma delay, dilute and deny justice: The
failure of both countries to address past human
rights violations impedes their ability to
confront the present, by Naw Gladys Maung
Maung (nt 14/09/2018)
Rohingya
in Nepal want plight resolved by Myanmar, B'desh
leaders at BIMSTEC summit, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 29/08/2018) [This could be an opportunity for Nepal to
play an important role as mediator on the
international level!]
Nepal,
Myanmar set up consultation mechanism (kp
31/07/2018)
Rohingyas
in Kathmandu search for their loved ones, by
Roshan Sedhai and Dipendra Rokka (rep 19/06/2018)
On
refugees,
with empathy: If Nepal is concerned about Nepali
speaking Burmese in Burma, it should support Rohingya
refugees and speak against Burmese atrocities, by
Mukesh Baral (rep 16/06/2018)
Myanmar
army chief’s visit: Nepal must raise Rohingya crisis
issue, say human rights activists (kp 10/12/2017),
Myanmar
army chief’s visit stirs controversy, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 13/12/2017)
Rohingya
and Nepal: Nepal, India and Bangladesh should exert
pressure on the United Nations and the Myanmar
government to create proper environment for safe
return of the Rohingya, by Hari Bansh Jha (rep
26/11/2017)
No
country for Rohingya: If we are indeed a tolerant
country, why can’t Nepal offer a sanctuary to the
Rohingya people, often dubbed ‘the most persecuted
minority in the world’?, by Biswas Baral (rep
19/10/2017), Lhotshampa,
Rohingya: Burma’s pernicious populism and a
preoccupied world abandon the Rohingya, by Kanak
Mani Dixit (nt 27/10/2017)
Don’t
allow Rohingya refugees to enter Nepal: CPN-UML
(ht 25/09/2017), Living
as
refugees: Statelessness of Bhutanese Lhotsampas
and Myanmar’s Rohingya has been a cause of human
suffering and needs global attention, by
Suresh Sharma (kp 26/09/2017)
Art
and
the Rohingya of Kathmandu: In Sujan Dangol’s Displaced
are images of moments stolen from the lives of people
trying to lead fruitful, ordinary lives in sync
with the culture of a foreign land, by Kurchi
Dasgupta (kp 17/09/2017)
Govt
ups vigil amid Rohingya influx concerns, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/09/2017)
Banke
Muslims call for end to Rohingya crisis (kp
11/09/2017)
Separated
by violence and tested by time, Rohingya in
Nepal ache for home, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
10/09/2017)
Over
200
Rohingya settle 'illegally' in capital: Government
says they are illegal migrants, by Kamal Pariyar
(rep 04/06/2016) [??]
Rohingya
in
Nepal: Urban refugees’ fate hangs in balance, by
Dewan Rai (kp 19/11/2015)
The
Gurkhas
of Burma, by Kai Weise (ht 04/04/2015)
Canada
Representatives
from 25 Canadian universities and colleges to
visit Kathmandu to showcase education
opportunities in Canada (rep 21/11/2023)
Do
Nepali visa applicants need to worry about
India-Canada diplomatic tension?, by Sajira
Shrestha (rep 29/09/2023)
Nepal
requests Canada to make arrangements for
issuance of visa from Kathmandu : Nepal has a
residential mission in Canada, but Canada does
not have an embassy or a consulate office in
Kathmandu (kp 30/09/2022)
'Both
Canada and Nepal can benefit from trade,
investment cooperation' (ht 15/04/2022)
Canadian
federal govt settles lawsuit over deadly suicide
attack on Kabul embassy that killed 15 Nepali
Gurkhas (rep 04/10/2020), Kin
of Nepalis killed and hurt in Kabul settle case
with Canadian government : The two parties
agreed on $20.4 million in compensation,
according to CBC News (kp 05/10/2020)
Together,
Canada and Nepal can build a more secure and
inclusive world: Canada will continue to
leverage its membership in many international
institutions and will unite forces, leaving no
one behind, by Nadir Patel (kp 17/06/2020)
Visiting
Canada senate speaker not scheduled to meet Agni
Sapkota (rep 11/02/2020) [This reflects the image of
Nepal's rule of law abroad!]
Canada
and Nepal want to up trade, tourism and investment
(nt 07/09/2019)
Nepal,
Canada bilateral body holds first meet (kp
06/10/2018)
Nepal,
Canada set up bilateral consultative mechanism
(kp 26/09/2018), PM
Oli holds talks with Trudeau (ht 26/09/2018)
Shortening
Distance With Canada, by Prem Khatry (rn
03/07/2018)
Nepal
caucus
formed in Canadian parliament (kp 06/10/2016)
Nobodies
who
are somebody: What would the compensation be if
Canadian nationals, not Nepali guards, had been
killed in Kabul?, by Sangita Thebe Limbu (kp
15/07/2016)
‘Lack
of
empathy’ sparks outrage, by Anil Giri (kp
23/06/2016), Nepal
to
seek compensation from Canadian government (ht
24/06/2016)
Canadian
official
in town for weeklong visit (ht 14/01/2015), Canadian
official
calls on President (kp 17/01/2015), Canada
to
support democratic transition in Nepal (ht
17/01/2015)
Nepal-Canada
Relations:
Half A Century On The Friendship Road, by Prem
Khatry (rn 06/01/2015)
Europe (including non-EU
countries like Switzerland, DisUnited Kingdom, Norway,
etc.)
Nepal
and Switzerland discuss bilateral cooperation in
trade and tourism (rep 03/04/2024)
Croatia
opens doors to Nepali workers (ae
28/03/2024)
Nepal,
Germany conclude political consultation meeting
in Kathmandu : Invitation of President
Ramchandra Paudel to Germany, Nepal’s graduation
from LDC among other issues were discussed
during the meeting (kp 21/03/2024)
15th
meeting of Nepal-EU Joint Commission taking
place today (kh 19/03/2024), Nepal,
EU renew commitment to work together to uphold
democracy and human rights : The two sides
review the progress of EU’s development
cooperation in various sectors during the 15th
joint commission meeting, says foreign ministry
(kp 21/03/2024)
Federalism
brings services and politics closer to people,
interview with EU Ambassador Lorenzo by Ishwar Dev
Khanal (kh 18/03/2024)
Charting
a New Century of UK-Nepal Friendship, by
Andrew Mitchell (rep 21/02/2024)
Seven
years is not a long time for federalism’s
institutionalisation, EU envoy says : Presenting
a strong defence of federalism, she said that
Nepal’s constitution provides for political
stability (kp 16/02/2024)
British
Minister of State Mitchell to visit Nepal next
week (rep 09/02/2024)
British
Gurkha ex-servicemen protest in Kathmandu
(kh 07/02/2024)
EU
Ambassador to Nepal holds meeting with NPC Vice
Chair (rep 22/01/2024)
European
Commission extends its decade-long ban on Nepali
airlines : Experts say Prime Minister Dahal
should be held responsible this time as he has
prevented two crucial civil aviation bills from
becoming law, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/12/2023)
The
choices Kathmandu must make : As the world
shifts its focus to the Indo-Pacific, Nepal has
a window of opportunity, by Amish Raj Mulmi
(kp 21/11/2023)
EU
approves two million Euro package for Nepal’s
earthquake affected people : “This new aid
package will provide shelter to people that have
lost their homes and prepare them to face the
upcoming winter, while helping with other
pressing needs,” said Janez Lenarčič, European
Commissioner for Crisis Management (nlt
16/11/2023)
Nepal
to establish embassy in Portugal : A Cabinet
meeting also decides to list Biratnagar, Mulpani
and Bharatpur cricket stadiums as national pride
projects (kp 10/11/2023)
Nepal
counts as close friend of EU, interview with
EU Ambassador Veronique Lorenzo (rn 09/11/2023)
Finance
Minister Dr Mahat and Baroness Penn hold talks
(rep 31/10/2023), Nepal
seeks UK investment and climate change support
in bilateral meeting (rep 01/11/2023)
President
Paudel to embark on European tour starting Nov 8
(kh 21/10/2023)
We
are keen to ensure that
transitional justice is
served for the conflict
victims, interview
with EU Envoy to Nepal,
Veronique Lorenzo (rep
20/10/2023)
EU
brings relief to victims of earthquake in Nepal
: The European Union is allocating €70 000 (over
9.8 million Nepali Rupees) in response to the
earthquake that hit western Nepal earlier this
month (nlt 20/10/2023)
German
embassy commemorates German Unity Day, 65th
anniversary of the diplomatic relations with
Nepal (rep 14/10/2023)
President
Paudel to visit Germany next month (kh
13/10/2023)
Nepal
and Germany sign JDoI on skilled labor migration
(rep 11/10/2023)
EU
Ambassador Lorenzo pledges support for
Constitution enforcement and Federal governance
(kh 09/10/2023), Three
priorities of EU in Nepal: Green recovery, human
capital and federalism implementation : EU
Ambassador to Nepal Veronique Lorenzo also
announced the plans to launch various programs
to mark the 50th anniversary of the EU-Nepal
relations next year (nlt 10/10/2023)
Nepali
ambassador to UK hails British support to
Nepal’s biodiversity conservation : Deputy
Director of FCDO, Charlotte Coles assured UK’s
continuous cooperation to Nepal’s socio-economic
development in the days ahead (nlt
08/10/2023)
‘Genuine
partnership and collaboration are hallmarks of
Nepal-Finland relations:’, interview with
Riina-Riikka Heikka, Finnish ambassador to Nepal
(nlt 06/10/2023)
EU
Ambassador to Nepal presents her credentials to
President (rep 06/10/2023)
Exploring
Bilateral Relations Between Kosovo and Nepal,
by Güner Oreya (rep 07/09/2023)
Gurkha
veterans share doubts ahead of September talks :
For years Gurkha soldiers fought wars for
Britain, but despite promises of equal pensions
and rights, their pleas for fairness remain
unaddressed (kp 29/08/2023)
Programme
funded by EU seeks to boost trade in Nepal : The
programme is voluntary and open to importers and
exporters, including MSMEs whose needs are being
specifically catered for by the department
within the programme (kp 22/08/2023)
British
Ambassador Fenn presents credentials to
President Paudel (rn 17/08/20223)
Love,
hope, concerns and best wishes: EU ambassador’s
Nepal reckoning : EU ambassador to Nepal Nona
Deprez is preparing to depart from Kathmandu
treasuring fond memories of the last three
years. She says she has deep love for this
Himalayan nation and has a great hope for the
country’s bright future, by Mahabir Paudyal
(nlt 31/07/2023)
EU’S
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Enhancing Capacity of
Nepali Youth : 53 Nepalese students received
Erasmus+ scholarships from the European Union to
study in Europe at a time when Nepal needs to
improve the capacity of the younger generation
(sp 21/07/2023)
British
Secretary of State for Health commits UK’s
continued support to Nepal’s health sector
(nlt 18/07/2023)
Both
EU and Nepal share views on rules-based
international order, Nona Deprez, Ambassador of
European Union to Nepal (ht 14/07/2023)
Norway
and UNDP-Nepal partner to improve food security
in Karnali and Sudurpashchim provinces (rep
14/07/2023)
Nepal
and the Netherlands discuss investment
opportunities : FNCCI president emphasises the
potential for investment in Nepal across various
sectors (kp 14/07/2023)
IBN
inks pact with German firm to prepare DFS for
chemical fertiliser plant : Chief Executive
Officer of Investment Board Nepal, Sushil
Bhatta, and Managing Director of DIAG Industries
GmbH, Benjamin Becker signed the MoU on behalf
of their respective organisations (kp
14/07/2023)
Industry
Minister Rijal urges Italy to increase
investment in Nepal (rep 05/06/2023), ‘We
can share technology in mountaineering tourism’
: Vincenzo De Luca, the Italian ambassador to
Nepal and India, on Nepal-Italy ties and areas
of cooperation (kp 06/06/2023) [interview]
EU-Nepal
trade project supports training officials on
international trade : A total of 26 government
officials, including seven female officers are
taking part (kp 23/05/2023)
Revenue
of Rs 50 million raised through passport camp
in Portugal (kh 18/05/2023)
Team
comprising International Development Minister
of Norway visits MSI Centre (rep
18/05/2023)
'UK's
seasonal agriculture visa scheme exposes
migrant workers to serious risk of abuse' :
This year, 45,000 visas are available under
the scheme (ht 17/05/2023), Experts
call for fair treatment of migrant workers in
UK : The UK’s Home Office immigration
statistics show that 2,072 Nepalis got
seasonal work visas in the first half of 2022,
by Pawan Pandey (kp 18/05/2023)
FNCCI
asks EU to facilitate Nepali goods : The
European Union has 27 member states and
represents one of the world’s largest
economies (kp 09/05/2023), EU-Nepal
business forum ends with commitment to
increase trade and investment (kh
10/05/2023)
First
EU-Nepal business forum begins from
Monday : The Forum will bring together
over 250 participants from Nepal and
over 30 foreign participants, including
government officials, EU member states
representatives, and trade
representatives working in the South
Asia region (nlt 07/05/2023), The
European Union and Nepal: Growing
stronger together, by Nona Deprez
(ht 08/05/2023)
Nepal
seeks British investment under BII and
BIP mechanisms : At a meeting that ended
on Wednesday, the British side agreed to
continue discussions on ex-Gurkha
grievances (kp 28//04/2023)
Nepal
raises deportation of over 100 Nepali
guards with British officials : British
newspaper The Guardian said the guards
were flown to the UK and were secretly
repatriated to Nepal against their
wishes (kp 27/04/2023), ‘Used
and thrown’
Nepali guards who protected British
forces in Afghanistan still face
unemployment and threat of deportation,
by Jenna Mae Biedscheid (nt 12/05/2023)
Nepal-UK
Bilateral Consultation Mechanism meeting
held in London (rep 27/04/2023)
Exhibition
organized to mark 100 years of Nepal-UK
Treaty of Friendship : Foreign Secretary
Bharat Raj Paudyal highlighted the way
the 1923 Friendship Treaty provided a
foundation for the evolution of Nepal-UK
relationship in the past 100 years
(nlt 27/04/2023)
British
NGOs call for enhanced support to Nepal
: In a conference organized by the
Britain-Nepal NGO Network,
representatives of various British NGOs
called for continued support to Nepal in
the areas of education, health and
combating climate change (nlt
24/04/2023)
UK
halts removal of Nepalese security
guards who worked at British embassy in
Kabul (rep 06/04/2023)
‘EU
shares many values with Nepal, one of them is
the importance of education’, interview with
Nona Deprez, EU ambassador to Nepal (nlt
05/04/2023)
Progress
and perseverance in Sudurpashchim : Although
much work remains to be done, the province is
making remarkable progress in health, education,
and inclusion, by Riina-Riikka Heikka, Nona
Deprez , Gilles Bourbao & Thomas Prinz
(kp 02/04/2023)
British
State Minister Trevelyan calls on Prime Minister
Dahal (nlt 10/03/2023), 100
years of UK-Nepal friendship
Nepal and Britain will forever maintain peace
and mutual friendship and respect each other's
internal and external independence, by
Anne-Marie Trevelyan (kp 15/03/2023)
European
Union Supports Nepal To Close The Digital Gender
Divide, by Nona Deprez (sp 10/03/2023)
Nepal
and EU fight food insecurity together : My key
takeaway of the visit to this beautiful country
of yours is simple: The European Union and Nepal
will continue to grow stronger and flourish
together, by Jutta Urpilainen (nlt
08/02/2023), EU
Commissioner meets PM Dahal, offered luncheon by
Foreign Ministry (nlt 09/02/2023)
European
Commissioner for International Partnerships
Jutta Urpilainen visiting Nepal, by Ishwar
Dev Khanal (kh 05/02/2023), Global
Gateway: European Commissioner for International
Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen to visit Nepal :
Nutrition, education, green recovery, inclusive
green growth, human capital development and good
governance to be priority agenda during her
visit that will take place on February 8
(nlt 05/02/2023)
Nepal-EU
Joint Commission meeting in Brussels: What did
the two sides talk about? Rules-based
international order, transitional justice,
strengthening bilateral trade, air safety and
the representation of women and disadvantaged
groups were among the talking points (nlt
02/02/2023)
UK
may not hire Nepali seasonal workers this year :
The organisations licensed to recruit workers
have decided not to do so because of
controversies over illegal fees and abscondment,
insiders say, by Pawan Pandey (kp
30/01/2023)
Switzerland
supports implementation of the constitution in
Nepal : The implementation of the constitution
is a political answer to longstanding root
causes of conflict in Nepal related to
inequality, identity, geography, religion,
gender discrimination and social exclusion,
by Silvana Hogg (nlt 27/01/2023)
UK
envoy talks about the 1923 friendship treaty.
Why is it important? During her meeting with PM
Dahal on Wednesday, British ambassador to Nepal,
Nicola Politt, shared priorities of the 1923
friendship treaty. Historians have attached a
great importance to this treaty (nlt
19/01/2023)
What
does EU to mean to Nepal? ‘Development partner,
the idea of inspiration for regional
integration, promoter of peace and partnership
of equals,’ said the speakers at Diplomats’
Forum (nlt 25/12/2022)
European
diplomat faults China for spreading fake news
against MCC in Nepal : German Ambassador to
Nepal, Dr Thomas Prinz, also said journalists in
Kathmandu are paid from China for printing news
formulated in Beijing (nlt 04/12/2022) [???], Former
Deputy PM Bhim Bahadur Rawal raises questions
over remarks by German ambassador about ‘fake
news’ on MCC : Dubbing the remarks as
‘deceitful’ and ‘pugnacious’, Bhim Rawal has
said that the statements violate the diplomatic
norms (nlt 06/12/2022)
Nepal
has a really difficult line to tread in terms of
geo-politics: Ambassador Pollitt : Ambassador
Pollitt also said that she would try her best to
organize Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's visit to
Kathmandu. If that happens, Sunak will be the
first British Prime Minister to travel to
Kathmandu in more than two centuries, by
Bhagirath Yogi (nlt 11/11/2022)
Domino
effect on developing economies likely with
escalating Ukraine war, recession in Europe,
interview with Mirco Günther, Head of the
Asia-Pacific Department at Friedrich-
Ebert-Stiftung in Berlin (ht 11/11/2022)
Roundtable
discussion between Nepali community and FCDO
held in London (nlt 11/11/2022)
EU
in Nepal collaborating for increasing women
participation in football (kh 07/11/2022)
Nepal-German
Mart 22 exhibition begins in Kathmandu (kh
29/10/2022)
Nepal-Swiss
cooperation mature and trustful, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 23/10/2022)
High-level
SDC delegation in Nepal for four-day official
visit (ht 16/10/2022)
Nepal
asked to support Italy’s bid to host Universal
Exposition in 2030 : Italian ambassador hails
bilateral relations while requesting Nepal’s
support (kp 12/10/2022)
German
Unity Day marked amidst special function in
Nepal (rep 29/09/2022)
European
Parliament delegation arriving in Kathmandu
today (kh 22/09/2022)
French
parliamentary delegation calls on Foreign
Affairs Minister Dr Khadka (kh 06/09/2022)
Temporary
Romanian Mission set up in Tahachal (kh
26/08/2022)
Germany
to increase collaboration in education,
technology sector in Nepal (kh 08/07/2022)
Chasing
the European dream : Changing migration patterns
mean that more Nepalis are now traveling to
western Europe via dangerous, illegal routes in
the hopes of obtaining residence in a European
country like Portugal, by Bhrikuti Rai (rec
17/06/2022)
Norwegian
State Secy reaffirms commitment to support
UNFPA’s efforts in Nepal : In her visit to
Nepal, Norwegian State Secretary reaffirms
commitment to support UNFPA’s efforts to promote
sexual and reproductive health and rights, and
end gender-based violence in Nepal (nlt
11/06/2022)
EU
Ambassador announces application call for Youth
Sounding Board (kh 11/05/2022)
Nepalis,
Swiss hold bilateral talks (ht 04/05/2022)
Need
for a multistakeholder and holistic approach to
promote rapid, inclusive and sustainable
development in Nepal highlighted : Stakeholders
expressed concerns about the reduction of the
British overseas development assistance in
recent years (nlt 22/04/2022)
Nepali
Ambassador to UK Acharya presents his
credentials to Queen Elizabeth II (kh
01/04/2022), Ambassador
Acharya presents letter of credence to Queen
Elizabeth II (rep 01/04/2022)
German
business practices are marked by organization,
planning and perfectionism: Saraswati Maharjan,
Chief Executive Officer, NGCCI : "NGCCI
has been bridging businesses between Nepal and
Germany and promoting German investment in
Nepal." (interview) (nlt 26/03/2022)
CM
Shahi and EU ambassadors hold meeting (kh
24/03/2022)
Netherlands
ready to share expertise with Nepal: Dutch
envoy (ht 12/03/2022)
Rastriya
Ekta Abhiyan submits Memo to EU against
Chinese encroachment in Nepal (kh
11/03/2022) [Okay, but
why does this organisation, which is based
near the Indian border, not mention the Indian
enroachment of Nepali territory, some of which
has existed for decades?]
French
Delegation Calls On PM Deuba (rn
09/03/2022), French
Delegation Pays Courtesy Call On Speaker Sapkota
(rn 09/03/02022)
Finland
is ready to negotiate with EU for Nepal’s
development: Finnish Ambassador Anttinen, by
Eak Raj Bastola (kh 04/03/2022)
Nepal
forms talks team to hold dialogue with UK over
Gurkha veterans’ demands : Gurkha veterans have
been protesting for long putting forth different
demands including an equal pension on a par with
their British counterparts (nlt 02/03/2022)
“Germany
and Nepal will deepen partnership based on
shared values”, interview with Thomas Prinz,
Ambassador of Germany to Nepal (kh 10/02/2022)
Gyan
Chandra Acharya appointed Ambassador to UK
(kh 28/01/2022)
EU
will support Nepal in achieving its Nationally
Determined Contributions, interview with EU
Ambassador Deprez (kh 18/01/2022)
Three-member
French parliamentary team visiting Nepal (kh
16/01/2022)
Nepal,
UK agree to establish labor relation (nlt
15/01/2022)
“The
EU’s priorities in Nepal are linked to its
global priorities on peace, human rights and
good governance”, interview with Paola
Pampaloni, Director for European External Action
Service (EEAS) for Asia and Pacific (nlt
01/12/2021)
13th
Nepal-EU Joint Commission meeting kicks off
(kh 24/11/2021), EU
commits to green, resilient and inclusive
development of Nepal (kh 25/11/2021), 13th
Nepal-EU Joint Commission meeting concludes
(ht 26/11/2021)
Nepal-EU
joint commission meeting set for Wednesday
(rep 21/11/2021)
Lithuania
visa application center opens in Kathmandu
(kh 02/11/2021)
New
German envoy presents credentials (ht
01/10/2021)
Calling
on an old friend : Gurkhas have served the
British crown; now, the UK should help Nepal in
its fight against Covid-19, by Lex Limbu (kp
30/06/2021)
Finland’s
response to Nepal during COVID has been timely
and robust: Finnish Ambassador (kh
23/06/2021) [interview]
Portugal
imposes travel restrictions on Nepal (kh
17/06/2021)
16
British MPs mount pressure on Foreign Secretary
Raab to support Nepal (kh 08/06/2021), Anger
grows in Nepal over Covid vaccine delays :
“Nepalis died for Britain and India, now they
are letting us die.", by Alisha Sijapati (nt
25/06/2021)
Govt
to sell Bonn-based Nepali mission’s old real
estate (kh 04/06/2021)
The
UK must help Nepal : The British Parliament
discusses Nepal’s Covid crisis after Nepalis
organised a petition, by Sanyukta Shrestha
(kp 27/05/2021)
Ambassadors
Regmi, Khadka given additional portfolios
(kh 24/05/2021)
UK
House of Lords discusses matter related to
immediate vaccines support to Nepal (kh
23/05/2021)
Spain
provides health materials to Nepal (kh
17/05/2021)
“EU
will stand by Nepal in hard times” : Team Europe
will do its part so that 20% of Nepal’s
population is vaccinated under the COVAX
initiative, by Nona Deprez (nt 14/05/2021)
Denmark-Nepal
ties to be further harmonized via tourism:
Ambassador Svane (kh 17/04/2021)
Nepali
migrant workers find themselves entangled in
Poland’s red tape : The country needs hands but
Nepali workers are exploited on the way. A
formal deal between the two countries
would help, officials and experts say, by
Ula Idzikowska, Abhaya Raj Joshi and Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 10/04/2021)
Nepal
to benefit from debt service relief amounting to
NPR 582 million through EU contribution to IMF
managed CCRT (rep 06/04/2021)
EU
support to Bungamati : Reviving Tradition; At a
time when Kathmandu Valley’s traditional
heritage sites are gradually disappearing, EU is
extending support to revive the ancient treasure
of Bungmati with a message, conservation for
promotion of tourism (sp 19/03/2021)
Nepal
needs to move ahead by resolving all disputes
through peaceful means: Finnish Ambassador
Anttinen (kh 22/02/2021) [interview]
I
believe SC will determine Nepal’s political way
forward: EU Ambassador Deprez (interview)
(kh 08/02/2021)
Malta-Nepal
parliamentary friendship group formed (kh
07/01/2021)
Nepal
restricts travellers who visited the UK to
prevent spread of new virus strain : The
restriction is effective from Thursday until
further notice as the new coronavirus strain is
considered to be 70 percent more contagious than
the strain found elsewhere (kp 23/12/2020)
New
UK job options for Nepalis : With Brexit, new
immigration rules may make it easier for Nepalis
to find employment in Britain, by Upasana
Khadka (nt 18/12/2020)
Nepal-Ireland
friendship society established (kh
17/12/2020)
Europe
now favoured destination for Nepalis . Despite
pandemic, workers lured by better earnings,
benefits and chance at citizenship, by
Upasana Khadka (nt 04/12/2020)
Nepal,
Austria hold talks on bilateral ties (ht
16/10/2020)
The
misery of migrant workers : Our workers are
needlessly losing lives in Qatar due to
dehumanising working conditions, by Sakun
Gajurel (kp 04/12/2022)
Nepal-EU
meeting dwells on COVID-19 impacts (ht
/10/2020)
Head
of EU Delegation to Nepal presents credentials
to President Bhandari (kh 27/09/2020)
Switzerland
Ready To Support Nepal In Safe Migration (rn
25/09/2020)
Last
one year was meaningful in bolstering ties
between France and Nepal: French Ambassador
(kh 27/07/2020) (interview)
“We
want to be more than a development partner. We
want to be a political partner”, Interview
with Veronica Cody, EU ambassador to Nepal, who is
wrapping up her three years of tenure in Kathmandu
and leaving for Brussels (kp 24/07/2020)
UK
repatriates over 200 nationals from Nepal
(ht 18/04/2020)
Nepalis
in Portugal live in fear of infection but are
financially insulated: The Portuguese government
has temporarily provided all migrants with full
citizenship rights to ensure that everyone has
access to health care and social security,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/04/2020)
Nepal,
UK agree to establish labor relation900 German,
French and EU nationals flown back home from
Nepal (rep 29/03/2020), Some
200 German nationals still stuck in Nepal’s
different regions: Embassy (kh 29/03/2020)
German
govt evacuates 305 German nationals, by
Arpana Ale Magar (kp 28/03/2020)
74
Nepalis quarantined in Portugal (ht
17/03/2020)
Nepal
officially proposes a review of the 1947
tripartite agreement with Britain on Gurkha
soldiers: The agreement allows the recruitment
of Gurkhas into the British and Indian armies
but the government has long been asking for a
review in the changed present context, by
Anil Giri (kp 17/02/2020)
Gyawali,
Asselborn hold talks (ht 30/01/2020)
British
Council owes millions in taxes, a complaint
filed in Parliament says: A consumer rights
forum lodged a complaint alleging that the
British Council has not paid taxes on its income
from IELTS, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/01/2020)
We
want to be more active and present in Nepal,
interview with French Foreign Minister Thierry
Mathou (rep 24/12/2019)
Govt
seeks UK investment in energy, roads (ht
18/12/2019)
Nepal
seeks review of Gurkha recruitment deal with
Britain (ht 15/12/2019)
Nepal,
France establish Bilateral Political
Consultation Mechanism (rep 14/12/2019)
Nepal,
EU Joint Commission meeting to be held today
(ht 08/11/2019), EU
briefs Nepal on Connecting Europe and Asia
Strategy during 11th Nepal-EU Joint Commission
in Kathmandu, by Santosh Ghimire (rep
09/11/2019)
Nicola
Pollit is new UK envoy (rep 07/11/2019)
First
Nepal-German Business Forum concludes: German
Vice-minister Norbert Barthle arrives today
(ht 03/10/2019), German
vice minister visiting Nepal today (rep
03/10/2019), Government
to facilitate business and investment in Nepal
(rep 03/10/2019)
Nepal
explores labour market in Europe for Nepali
immigrant workers: The Labour Ministry is
holding consultations with the Ministry of Law,
Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and Ministry
of Foreign Affairs to draft a labour agreement
with Turkey, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
08/08/2019)
After
Gulf and Malaysia, Nepal reaches out to Europe
to send its workers thereLabour Ministry is
approaching European countries like Germany,
Portugal, Poland, and Turkey as its new labour
destinations, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
28/07/2019)
Visa
stickers in short supply in Consulate Office,
Munich (ht 23/07/2019)
Many
Nepalis hope to reach Europe. But their dreams end
in Libya: Despite a high rejection rate, Nepalis
continue to apply for asylum inNepal-Ireland
friendship society established Europe in large
numbers, often choosing perilous paths through the
North African country to cross into Europe, by
Bhrikuti Rai and Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp)
Nepal,
Germany to hold joint political consultations
annually: Germany welcomes Nepal’s efforts for
investment climate with a pledge to step up
cooperation (kp 18/07/2019), Germany
for speedier conclusion of transitional justice
issues (rep 18/07/2019)
Prime
minister returns from Europe, but has very little
to show: Oli failed to meet with heads of state of
both the UK and France, and did not reach any
agreements or understandings of substance, by
Anil Giri (kp 17/06/2019) [What
did he expect from an extremely 'lame duck' like
outgoing British PM May? Not meeting Macron shows
the real failure of Oli's superfluous trip to
Europe! Telling lies on Nepal's human rights
practices at Oxford was all he did!], UK
did not accept proposal, says prime minister
(ht 17/06/2019) [!!!]
Oli’s
Euro trip: Maybe our politicians should learn a
thing or two from the netas around the
world: they resign when they feel that they
have failed the country, by Guffadi (kp
15/06/2019)
PM
Oli in France after visiting UK (ht
14/06/2019)
Oli
proposed review of 1947 tripartite pact in a
meeting with Theresa May, foreign minister says.
The statement from the British prime minister’s
office makes no mention of a review of the
treaty that allows Gurkha recruitment, by Anil
Giri (kp 13/06/2019), Oli
for revising Gurkha recruitment pact: Puts forth
the proposal during his talks with British Prime
Minister Theresa May in London, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 13/06/2019), ‘Gurkhas
a vital link for boosting Nepal-UK relations’
(ht 14/06/2019)
Prime
Minister Oli leaves for Europe (ht
09/06/2019), Nepal’s
expanding horizon: Oli’s Europe tour is expected
to further boost an expanding development
partnership, by Swaran Singh (kp 11/06/2019)
Competing
bid from Germany puts security printing press deal
with France in limbo: Even as negotiations with
France were ongoing, Germany has placed a
competing bid, offering a soft loan of 260
million euros at 2 percent interest, by Anil
Giri (kp 08/06/2019)
PM
Oli to leave for Europe on June 8 (ht
03/06/2019)
Talk
programme on Nepal, Germany ties (ht
25/05/2019)
Nepal
to sign bilateral labour pact with Turkey and
Poland (ht 12/05/2019)
French
embassy, govt mark 70th year of diplomatic ties
(ht 22/04/2019)
Inside
the
ugly world of Nepali restaurants in Finland:
Nepali restaurants, run by a small group of
owners, are popular in Finland. But an
investigation by a Finnish newspaper shows
the dark side of the Nepali restaurant business,
revealing systematic exploitation of workers
from Nepal, by Paavo Teittinen (kp
20/04/2019)
German
embassy to hold exhibition on energy (ht
12/04/2019)
Nepal-France
Business Forum held (ht 11/04/2019)
European
Union wants to be a political partner of Nepal:
statement (rep 19/03/2019)
Nepal
and France sign memorandum on setting up
security printing facility, by Anil Giri (kp
11/0/2019)
Nepal,
Austria to boost bilateral cooperation (ht
23/02/2019)
Austrian
minister to visit Nepal (ht 29/01/2019)
Nepal,
France to mark 70 years of relations (rep
10/01/2018)
Top
French diplomat to visit Nepal (kp
06/01/2019)Nepal, Germany to hold joint political
consultations annually
Nepal,
Norway Cross sign pact (kp 29/11/2018)
Nepal-UK
bilateral mechanism meet held (ht
17/11/2018)
Bairagi
lauds France for helping Nepal’s development
(kp 14/11/2018)
Four
decades
of partnership: From the beginning, EU-Nepal
relations have been based on mutual respect,
learning from each other and support to Nepal’s
development, by Veronica Cody (rep
14/10/2018)
Germany
pledges Rs7.5b new grant to Nepal (kp
21/09/2018)
Gyawali
meets with Austrian minister (kp
18/09/2018), Gyawali
meets senior EU official in Brussels (kp
21/09/2018)
New
labour markets: Focus on six Euro nations,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/08/2018)
EU
keen to invest in Nepal: Gyawali (ht
02/08/2018)
FM
urges envoys to promote Nepal in Europe (rep
30/07/2018)
Gyawali
to begin Europe visit from Lisbon (kp
24/07/2018), Foreign
Minister Gyawali leaves for Portugal, Belgium
and Luxembourg (rep 24/07/2018), Gyawali
holds meeting with Portuguese minister (ht
27/07/2018), Foreign
Minister Gyawali addresses interaction in
Brussels (ht 28/07/2018), Gyawali
meets Luxembourg’s minister (kp 31/07/2018)
Nepal,
Belgium pact to spur economic ties (kp
30/06/2018)
Building
bridges between peoples of Nepal and Switzerland
(ht 12/06/2018)
A
Momentous Partnership – Nepal And Germany Today:
60 years ago Nepal established diplomatic
relations with Germany. Both countries were
emerging from dark and difficult times, both
were trying to establish a new identity, by
Roland Schäfer (sp 25/05/2018)
Steadfast
friendship: The time is right to explore the
ways Nepal and the UK can build further upon
historical ties, by Mark Field (kp
06/05/2018), British
MPs
call on Energy Minister Pun: Conservative
Party’s Nigel Evans leads MPs’ team; The
officials discussed topics of bilateral concerns
for Nepal and the UK during the meeting
(kp 08/05/2018)
Serbia-Nepal
bilateral ties ‘could expand’ (kp
06/05/2018)
UK
parliamentarians arriving on May 6, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 27/04/2018)
Nepal-German
Relations at 60, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn
04/04/2018)
EU
mission urges EC to maintain transparency
(kp 21/03/2018) [see official eu
report], Mission
against Khas-Aryas’ proportional representation
(kp 21/03/2018), EU-EOM
report undermines successful holding of
election: Government (rep 21/03/2018), Govt
rejects
EU report on elections: Foreign Ministry says
the report not only undermines the recent polls,
but also goes against the scope and norms of
international election observation (kp
22/03/2018), Stop
comments challenging constitution: Govt tells EU
(rep 22/03/2018), Uncalled-for
report:
The Eu election observation mission has gone
beyond its mandate to comment on political
issues that have already been settled (ht
23/03/2018), EU
report totally unacceptable: EC (rep
23/03/2018), Hail
to the chiefs, by Om Astha Rai (nt
23/03/2018), EU
mission sticks to advice for EC (kp
24/03/2018), EUEOM
claims it fully abided by ToR, MoU (ht
24/03/2018), European
Union’s Divisive Mission, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 25/03/2018) [Criticising
the EU and favouring the non-inclusive politics
of Nepal's male Tagadhari politicians!
The EU critics is necessary and justified as
long as these politicians continue their
non-inclusive practice of selecting candidates
for the FPTP system!],
PM
Oli urges EU to correct its report on election
observation (ht) [What
kind of election observation shall this be? The
EU shall claim that the election has been
inclusive and that there have to be additional
Tagadhari representatives elected though the PR
system even though you and the other parties
have predominantly nominated male Tagadhari
candidates for the FPTP system?], PM
criticises EU poll mission for its report
(kp 26/03/2018), EU
report smacks of rancour, says Prime
Minister Oli (ht 26/03/2018), Long-term
returns: Govt is rightly keen to maintain
state’s autonomy but must guard against
majoritarian overreach (kp 16/03/2018) [Hopefully, the PM and others
of the over-represented male Tagadhari leaders
have time and are able to read this excellent
editorial!], PCN
asks EU to retract poll report (kp
26/03/2018) [??????],
Lest
we ignore: Provisions of positive discrimination
are meant to benefit under-represented groups
and its very purpose is defeated if an already
dominant ethnicity is brought under its ambit,
by CK Lal (rep 26/03/2018), UML,
Maoists,
NC slam EU mission’s poll report: Congress MPs
avoid issue in House n RJP-N members say report
rightly seeks changes (kp 27/03/2018), What
EU wants: Nepal is a home to more than 100
ethnic communities, multiple castes and
languages. Why should EU always target Khas
Arya?, by Prem Singh Basnyat (rep
28/03/2018) [The basic
misunderstanding is that the EU did not "direct"
Nepal, as the author claims, to exclude
Tagadhari castes from the PR system but simply
"advised" the state to think about better
inclusion of still disadvantaged sections of
society in the election system! This has been
part of the EU's election observation task
because it has to do with the fairness of recent
elections. An intervention into the internal
affairs of Nepal would have been if the EU had
"directed" the parties to stop their outstanding
preference of male Tagadharis when nominating
FPTP candidates! If the FPTP system becomes
inclusive for all sections of society, there
would be no reason to exclude any social group
from the PR system!]
Swedish
MPs hail Nepal’s progress in recent years:
Multi-party panel visits projects funded by UNDP
in Kaski, Gorkha (kp 24/02/2018)
Merkel,
Abe congratulate Oli on his election to high
office (kp 22/02/2018)
Nepal’s
envoy to Hungary presents credentials
(kp 17/02/2018)
UK
minister, Army chief to begin weeklong visit
tomorrow (kp 07/02/2018), UK
minister calls on PM Deuba, Oli and Dahal
(ht 14/02/2018)
MoFA
sending additional staff to Geneva mission
(rep 16/01/2018)
Nepal,
Liechtenstein establish diplomatic ties (ht
24/12/2017)
EU
team congratulates govt for holding polls
peacefully (ht 09/12/2017)
EU
launches poll observation mission (kp
08/11/2017)
First
batch of European Union election observers
arrives (kp 26/10/2017), European
Union deploys election observation mission to
Nepal (ht 27/10/2017)
‘Germany
will work as interlocutor to Nepal’s peace
process’ (kp 25/10/2017), Nepal
should create business environment: Envoy
(ht 25/10/2017), German
envoy for publicizing Nepal's peace process
success abroad (kp 25/10/2017)
The
Macron era: It is important to understand the
repercussions of French elections on Nepal and
the world, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 01/08/2017)
Deported
Nepali teen Bivsi Rana can return to Germany
(kp 27/07/2017)
CoAS
meets
top UK army officials (kp 13/07/2017)
Nepal-Ireland
friendship
group formed (kp 30/06/2017)
50
years
of Nepal-Germany friendship: Themed Building
Bridges, an event was organised in Cologne,
Germany earlier this week to mark 50th
anniversary of GNFA (kp 25/05/2017)
EP
SAsia
delegation calls on CEC, foreign minister:
During the meeting, the European
parliamentarians held talks about the local
polls and preparations for the second round
scheduled for June 14 (kp 23/05/2017)
Nepali
asylum
seekers in Europe: Poverty, natural disasters
and a political impasse are not grounds for
refugee status, by Shubhash Wostey (kp
07/05/2017)
UK
parliament
motion seeks Saptari probe; MP Clwyd: Hold
elections after charter revision (kp
22/04/2017)
Bundestag
VP
arriving (kp 08/04/2017), Nepal
should
not send labour to Qatar under Kafala law:
Bundestag Vice President (ht 12/04/2017)
German
Minister
Hendricks on four-day official visit to Nepal
(ht 03/04/2017), German
minister
in town on 4-day visit (kp 04/04/2017), German
minister
urges all to take part in local elections:
Minister Hendricks assures that she would try to
convince the concerned ministry in Germany to
extend all possible support for Nepal (kp
06/04/2017), German
minister
praises Nepal’s community forestry (kp
06/04/2017), German
minister urges Nepalis to vote (rep
06/04/2017)
Swiss
envoy
calls on PM Dahal (kp 16/03/2017)
Envoy
Thapa
presents credentials to Dutch king (kp
10/03/2017)
Danish
Prince
in Nepal on 10-day visit (kp 26/02/2017)
Will
address
concerns raised by EU on statute: Mahat (kp
13/02/2017), FM
to ask EU to lift ban on Nepali airlines
(rep 13/02/2017), Mahat
to
seek removal of EU ban on Nepali airlines
(ht 13/02/2017), In
Brussels,
Mahat defends Nepal’s constitution (kp
15/02/2017), Mahat
defends Nepal constitution in Brussels (rep
15/02/2017), Minister
Mahat
describes Nepal’s peace process as unique
(kp 16/02/2017) [??],
Nepal
requests
EC to unban Nepali airlines (kp 17/02/2017)
Nepal’s
ambassador
to EU presents letters of credence: Ambassador
Thapa thanks the EU authorities for their
contribution to Nepal’s development (kp
27/01/2017)
Many
struggles: Most Nepali migrant workers in
Portugal don’t have legal papers or are working
in precarious jobs, by Alexandra Pereira and
Sanjeev Dahal (rep 17/01/2017)
Alliance
Française
de Katmandou’s new home (kp 15/01/2017)
Swiss
envoy
calls on DPM Nidhi (kp 21/12/2016)
Envoy
Thapa
presents letter of credence to Belgian king
(kp 09/12/2016)
EU
increases
aid for PFM reform (ht 08/12/2016)
Nepal
can
be Brussels of South Asia, interview with
Rensje Teerink, Ambassador and Head of the
European Union Delegation to Nepal (kp 05/12/2016)
EU
to
allow only certified exports (ht 21/11/2016)
Nepal
to
shut down its Denmark mission (kp
09/11/2016)
At
least
20 Nepalis in UK jail, by Nabin Pokharel (kp
28/09/2016)
Subedi
is
Nepal’s envoy to UK (kp 09/09/2016)
UK
Minister
Rory Stewart in Nepal (kp 02/09/2016), UK
minister
in Nepal to assess reconstruction progress
(ht 02/09/2016)
Nepal-France
Friendship
Society established (ht 28/08/2016)
Nepal
seeks
extension of GSP facility in EU (ht
23/08/2016)
Sherpa
receives
one of Italy’s highest honours (ht
10/08/2016)
Brexit
may
bolster radical elements in Nepal (ht
25/06/2016)
EU
to
give GSP facility to registered firms only,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 23/06/2016)
Together
we
walk: Investment from both public and private
sectors is critical for growth, by Mark
Lowcock and Simon McDonald (rep 09/06/2016) [on UK
and Nepal]
Mending
fences:
For the European Union, South Asia falls neither
under its sphere of influence nor is it among
its priority areas, by Seema Pandey (rep
02/06/2016)
Swiss
support
‘to continue’ (kp 01/06/2016)
Nepal-EU
trade
cooperation helping build capacity of dairy
stakeholders (rep 31/05/2016)
UK
warns
brits not to involve in political activities in
Nepal (kp 21/05/2016)
Ireland
urged
to relax travel restrictions, by Nabin
Pokharel (kp 02/05/2016)
Parliament
delegation
busy in Britain: The team led by Speaker Onsari
Gharti meets British MPs and learns of their
parliamentary system, by Nabin Pokharel (kp
21/04/2016)
‘EU
stands
by its position on Nepal’s new constitution’
(kp 06/04/2016), EU-India
statement
surprises Teerink, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
06/04/2016), EU
Nepal
head denies changing stance on constitution
(rep 06/04/2016), A
Diplomatic Wakeup Call, by Narad Bharadwaj
(rn 08/04/2016) [???]
Pace
of
post-quake reconstruction too slow, say German
MPs (ht 27/03/2016)
UK
Prince
Harry arriving today (kp 19/03/2016), UK
Prince
Harry in Nepal to ‘shine a spotlight’ on Nepalis’
resilience (kp 20/03/2016), Prince
Harry
appreciates Gurkhas (ht 20/03/2016), Prince
Harry
to visit Pokhara, by Bharat Koirala (ht
20/03/2016), Harry
visits
quake-affected areas (kp 21/03/2016), GAESO
president
accuses Britain of enslaving Nepalis: GAESO
President Gurung says Prince Harry meeting former
Gurkha servicemen in Pokhara would be a
hypocritical move (kp 21/03/2016), Prince
Harry
to address Nepal Girl Summit 2016 (ht
21/03/2016), Prince
Harry
extends Nepal stay (ht 24/03/2016), Nepal
is
a country you really have to come and visit:
Prince Harry; Extends visit by six more days,
by Thira L. Bhusal (rep 24/03/2016), Dying
for
others: The royal tour has revived a debate in
Nepal to redefine Nepal-UK relations that allows
Gurkha recruitment, by Om Astha Rai (rep
25/03/2016)
British
trade
mission in Kathmandu (rep 14/03/2016)
Prince
Harry
arriving a day earlier: Itinerary rescheduled for
the British royal to catch up with Prime Minister
Oli, who is leaving for a week-long visit to China
on March 20 (ht 10/03/2016)
British
trade
mission to visit Nepal (rep 01/03/2016)
Nepal,
Germany
sign mutual scientific cooperation deal (ht
25/02/2016), NAST,
IASS
sign MoU for scientific cooperation (rep
25/02/2016)
Rs
231m
EU aid for Bhutanese refugees (kp 14/01/2016)
UK
prince
to visit Nepal this spring (kp 09/01/2016)
Thapa
to
fly to Nepal-UK bicentenary reception (kp
14/12/2015), Thapa
in
UK to ‘mend fences’ (kp 16/12/2015), Nepal’s
new
charter a milestone: UK; But urges Kathmandu to
agree a political position that meets concerns
of all Nepali citizens (kp 18/12/2015), Thapa
urges
UK to end Col Lama’s case (kp 20/12/2015) [??], ‘Nepal’s
taken
up ex-Gurkha issue with UK’, by Nabin
Pokharel (kp 21/12/2015)
Nepal-EU
Joint
Commission meeting hel]d (ht 25/11/2015)
EU
envoys
vow support to new govt (kp 16/10/2015) [What else shall they say?]
Morris
appointed
new UK envoy To Nepal (kp 08/10/2015)
UK
minister
arriving in Kathmandu (ht 27/08/2015), British
minister
visits emergency relief base at Tribhuvan
International Airport (ht 29/08/2015)
Dutch
minister
arriving in Kathmandu (ht 05/06/2015)
Duke
of
Cambridge offers his sympathy (kp
02/05/2015)
John
Rankin
new British envoy to Nepal (rep 21/04/2015)
Number
of
Nepalis in Portugal has doubled in one and half
years, interview with Makar Hamal, Honorary
Consul General of Nepal in Portugal (rep
20/04/2015)
Norwegian
state
secretary arrives (ht 15/04/2015), PM,
visiting
Norwegian offical discuss ties, energy sector
dev (kp 16/04/2015), Norway
state
secy calls on PM Koirala: Also meets foreign,
finance and women, children and social welfare
ministers (ht 16/04/2015)
European
Parliament
delegation arrives (ht 08/04/2015), EU
delegation
concerned over statute writing (ht
10/04/2015), EU
lawmakers
call on Nembang, delegate asks about third CA
(ht 10/04/2015), EU:
Is
third CA poll possible? (rep 10/04/2015), EU
delegates
stress inclusive statute (kp 11/04/2015), Third
CA
election can’t even be imagined, PM tells EU
team, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 11/04/2015) [Second CA was not necessary
either!!], EU
lawmakers
clarify on their third CA query (ht
11/04/2015)
Ambassador
Dhital
presents credentials (kp 26/03/2015)
Germany
seeks
support in bid for UNSC seat (ht 11/03/2015)
FNCCI
woos
German investment (ht 11/03/2015)
Outgoing
British
envoy pays farewell call on PM (kp
28/02/2015)
Swayne
inspects
DFID work (kp 21/02/2015)
UK
envoy
to retire in March; says leaving foreign service
(kp 12/02/2015), UK
envoy
quits British Foreign Service, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht 12/02/2015), UK
envoy
says resignation not linked to Nepal (ht)
Meeting
with
CK Raut apolitical, insist European ambassadors:
PM tells envoys that consensus and dialogue had
not been abandoned even if CA process has begun
(kp 03/02/2015), Don’t
violate
diplomatic code: PM; Prime Minister tells them
the process of voting is democratic practice,
by Lekhanath Pandey (kp 03/02/2015), “We
should
have probably waited for a less sensitive
moment”, interview with Rensje Teerink (nt
06/02/2015)
In
Rumor
Mill: European ambassadors have clarified their
stand on events that unfolded on the basis of
rumors, by Keshab Poudel (sp 30/01/2015)
Lessons
from
Belgium: A former Belgian Prime Minister gives
his take on Nepal’s constitution writing
processes, by Cynthia Choo (nt 30/01/2015)
Nepal,
Czech
Republic in cooperation agreement (kp
29/01/2015), NCC,
CCC
sign MoU to strengthen ties (ht 30/01/2015)
EU
envoys
clarify positionon meeting with CK Raut: Say
‘did not intend to endorse his political lines’
(ht 28/01/2015)
German
envoy
visits Tilaurakot (kp 25/01/2015)
Taking
Nepal
Britain Ties To The Highest Level: British
Government started Gurkha recruitment from the
same time to strengthen its security, by
Dhan Prasad Pandit (sp 16/01/2015)
Gulf region - Near and
Middle East - Northern Africa
Nepal,
Qatar to sign nine agreements during Emir’s
visit in April : Qatar, with deep pockets, is
interested in investing in big projects in
Nepal, officials privy to developments say
(kp 23/03/2024)
Nepali
women face harsh realities of foreign employment
in Gulf countries, by Sabita Khadka (rep
12/02/2024)
Nepali
woman rescued from Oman (rep 30/11/2023)
Emir
of Qatar postpones Nepal visit (kh
30/10/2023)
Nepalis
‘deceived, cheated and exploited’ at Amazon
warehouses in Saudi Arabia : An Amnesty
International report exposes the multinational’s
failure to prevent contracted workers from being
exposed to human rights abuses, despite
receiving complaints, by Arjun Poudel (kp
11/10/2023) [see AI
report]
Nepali
woman held hostage in Iraq for three
years : Kamala Murmu, 30, was 'sold' in
Iraq three years ago by a human
trafficker in the pretext of taking her
to Oman for foreign employment, her
mother claimed (nlt 20/08/2023)
Hot
and dangerous : At COP28, Nepal should
negotiate with Gulf countries to
prioritise the well-being of its
citizens (kp 05/07/2023)
UAE
requests Nepal to resume sending domestic
helpers : On Wednesday, Nepal and the UAE
renewed the labour deal, which paves the way for
the resumption of sending domestic workers to
the Gulf nation more conveniently, by Pawan
Pandey (kp 15/06/2023)
Out
of job, Nepali delivery riders in UAE await help
: The migrant workers say they paid recruiting
agencies in Nepal Rs250,000 to Rs315,000 each in
the hopes of making over Rs100,000 a month,
by Pawan Pandey (kp 09/09/2023)
Beset
by poverty at home, Banke women face horror
abroad : Several debt-ridden Nepali women who
illegally visited Gulf nations for jobs are in
captivity and crying for help, by Rupa
Gahatraj (kp 03/03/2023)
Nepalis
no more allowed to go to UAE and Qatar as
motorcycle and taxi drivers (rep 22/02/2023)
PM
Dahal pledges to bring Dinesh Karki from Saudi
jail to Nepal (rep 21/02/2023)
Healing
begins at home : A thorough investigation is
required to find the actual causes of the deaths
of migrant workers in Qatar, by Surya Nath
Mishra (kp 25/12/2022)
Nepal
rights groups ask FIFA chief to ensure
compensation for Nepali workers : The rights
bodies have written that it would be
unforgivable to continue to ignore the plight of
Nepali workers (kp 15/12/2022)
The
misery of migrant workers : Our workers are
needlessly losing lives in Qatar due to
dehumanising working conditions, by Sakun
Gajurel (kp 04/12/2022)
Workers
want Qatar, FIFA to pay for abuses (ht
18/11/2022)
World
Cup behind the scenes: Workers get raw deal :
Many Nepali migrant workers have been facing
contract breaches, wage theft and
discrimination, according to human rights
watchdogs, by Pawan Pandey (kp 12/11/2022)
Seven
stranded workers rescued from Kuwait (kh
11/11/2022)
Saudi
Arabia beheads Nepali national : Saudi officials
ignored Nepal’s requests for clemency for Bibek
Dahal, who was convicted of murder and
bestiality, by Anil Giri (kp
02/11/2022) [The action
of the Saudi state is also bestial murder. No
human being has the right to kill another human
being to punish his or her wrongdoing!]
Thousands
of workers evicted in Qatar’s capital ahead of
World Cup (kh 29/10/2022) [The next step in the policy
of exploitation of the workers! When will the
World Cup finally be cancelled? Money must not
justify everything!], Foul
play : The abuse Qatar employed while completing
World Cup projects will be etched in public
memory (kp 01/11/2022)
Are
Nepali workers being sent back from Qatar?
Reports suggest they are, but government
authorities say they are not aware (ht
11/10/2022)
Qatar
expels Nepali migrant workers for joining
protest : The demonstrating workers were
demanding their backpay, and they were sent home
after being paid in full, rights activists say,
by Pawan Pandey (kp 24/08/2022) [This regime in Qatar, which
despises human rights, does not accept the
rights of the exploited and often cheated
workers! And the world interested in football
looks on idly and will celebrate with this
regime in November!] [see also: What
German Football Can Do to Remedy Abuses in
Qatar : Football Association Pledges to Press
FIFA to Compensate Migrant Workers, by
David Fischer, HRW (12/08/2022)],
SAAPE
denounces deportation of migrant workers
including Nepalis from Qatar (nlt
28/08/2022)
16
Nepalis stranded in Saudi Arabia starving on the
streets (kh 15/08/2022)
Qatar
seeks Nepalis to fill service sector vacancies
during FIFA World Cup : The decision to hire
Nepali workers in the service sector comes amid
growing criticism of Qatar for poor treatment of
foreign workers, by Pawan Pandey (kp
30/07/2022)
53
Nepali youths stranded in Saudi Arabia :
Manpower company remains out of contact after
promise for rescue, by Yogendra Yogi (kh
09/07/2022)
Additional
99 Nepalis in Saudi Arabia receive exit visas,
by Yogendra Yogi (kh 25/06/2022)
29
Nepali youths stranded in Saudi appeal for
facilitation of home-return (kh 03/04/2022)
Demonstration
held in Kathmandu demanding release of
journalist Pandey detained in UAE (rep
02/04/2022)
10
Nepalis stranded in Saudi Arabia appeal for
rescue (kh 01/04/2022)
After
being enslaved in Lebanon for 12 years, Sajita
Lama finally returns to her home in Nepal
(nt 25/03/2022)
Nepal,
Qatar agree to renew bilateral labour agreement
(kh 21/03/2022)
Nepalis
are dying in the Gulf. Not enough done to
prevent loss of life : The causes of death are
not being properly investigated, says a report,
highlighting how migrant workers are exposed to
a series of risks to health, including heat and
humidity, by Binod Ghimire and Arjun Poudel
(kp 19/03/2022)
Minister
Shrestha holds interaction with Nepali diaspora
in UAE (kh 16/03/2022)
Nepal-UAE
Joint Committee meeting: Nepal stressing on
social security, safety of Nepali workers
(nlt 15/03/2022), Nepal,
UAE agree to resolve issues related to visit
visa (nlt 16/03/2022), UAE
agrees to waive recruitment process fee of
Nepali migrants (kh 16/03/2022)
Saudi
Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal arriving
today (kh 14/03/2022), Nepal
and Saudi Arabia sign an agreement to enhance
mutual cooperation (kh 15/03/2022)
145
Nepalis stranded in Saudi Arabia in dire straits
(kh 13/03/2022)
13
Nepali migrants who reached Dubai on visit visa
stranded (kh 12/03/2022)
Media
watchdog condemns Nepali journalist’s arrest in
UAE (kh 12/03/2022)
Nepal’s
water in Qatar : From the Himalaya to the
desert, a Nepali company is exporting bottled
spring water, by Ramesh Kumar (nt
25/02/2022)
Debt
bondage, forced labor and discrimination: How
migrant workers, including many Nepalis, are
suffering in Dubai : Dubai is currently hosting
Expo 2020 Dubai. Migrant workers working on the
Expo projects face a host of problems including
forced labor, debt bondage, delays and
non-payment of wages, passport retention,
threats and harassment, by Deepika Thapaliya
(nlt 16/02/2022)
Nepali
migrant workers stranded in Dubai (kh
14/02/2022)
As
many as 150 Nepalis returning home from Saudi
Arabia stranded at Riyadh Airport (kh
11/02/2022)
Minister
Shrestha to go to UAE for management of Nepalis
stranded there (rep 06/02/2022)
25
Nepalis stranded in Saudi Arabia : Compelled to
drink contaminated water, by Yogendra Yogi
(kh 27/01/2022)
70
Nepali youths stranded in Saudi Arabia : Youths
struggling to get their salaries, by
Yogendra Yogi (kh 05/01/2022)
Qatar
announces reforms in labor laws, Nepali workers
expected to benefit : Qatar is among the major
destination countries for Nepalis to go for
employment. Around 4,00,000 Nepalis are
estimated to be working in Qatar in various
sectors (nlt 22/12/2021), Nepali
lying in jail for 4 yrs for failure to pay 2.5
million as compensation, by Yogendra Yogi
(kh 23/12/2021)
Nepal-Qatar
Joint Committee meeting: An opportunity to
address challenges faced by Nepali workers : As
the Nepal-Qatar Joint Committee meeting is
taking place in Kathmandu today, here are a host
of issues the two countries need to address to
ensure safety and wellbeing of Nepali workers in
Qatar, by Deepika Thapaliya (nlt
03/12/2021), Qatar
agrees to review labor agreement with Nepal
(kh 03/12/2021)
Minister
Shrestha shows concerns on welfare of Nepali
workers (kh 28/10/2021)
UAE
Ambassador Alnaqbi calls on Energy Minister
Bhusal (kh 17/09/2021)
Workers
stranded in Qatar rescued (kh 11/09/2021)
Nepali
workers still unsure if they will be able to
report to their jobs in Kuwait : Nepalis have
not been able to migrate to Kuwait since March
last year. Even after getting jabbed against
Covid-19, Nepalis who came home on job breaks
are denied entry, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 12/08/2021)
UAE
allows conditional entry to Nepalis : The
decision comes as a relief to only those workers
vaccinated in the UAE and possessing valid visas,
by Cjhandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/08/2021)
Kuwait-bound
workers face new obstacle as jab certificates do
not have QR code : Nepalis who are home on job
break fear losing employment as their vaccine
certificates don’t have the required QR code,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/08/2021)
Nepalis
among workers exploited in Qatar’s high-end
hotels set up for FIFA World Cup : Study shows
luxury hotel brands have failed to protect
migrant workers, who suffer serious abuses,
including exorbitant recruitment fees,
discrimination and being trapped in a job
through fear of reprisal and intimidation,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/07/2021)
COVID-19:
UAE bans its citizens from traveling to Nepal
(kh 16/07/2021)
Bahrain
offers free vaccines to undocumented workers but
Nepalis are not showing up : Only 50 of around
600 undocumented Nepalis have registered for
vaccination, possibly fearing arrest. Nepali
mission says the fear is unfounded, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 09/072021)
Bahrain
imposes ban on entry of passengers from Nepal,
warns of action against violators (rep
23/05/2021)
Qatar
pardons 14 Nepali prisoners : The Qatari
government bears all the expenses for the
repatriation of the pardoned Nepalis, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/05/2021)
Nepalis
in Kuwait worry for their safety after deaths
of compatriots from Covid-19 : Three
Nepali workers in the Gulf state died after
contracting the virus last week, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 23/04/2021)
Oman
amnesty offers undocumented Nepalis chance to
return home : The amnesty programme, which was
introduced in October last year, has been
extended till June 30, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 07/04/2021)
Saudi
Arabia to assess skills of migrant workers :
Nepali workers can acquire skills and also
demand better pay under the provision, labour
migration experts say, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 22/03/2021)
Saudi
labour reforms for millions of migrants draw
mixed reaction : The kingdom has promised
freedom to change the employer and exit the
country. However, labour rights experts and
activists say these new rules are inadequate,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/03/2021)
Demands
for thousands of Nepali workers start pouring in
from Saudi Arabia : Recruiting agencies fear the
sluggish process of demand attestation process
and other obstacles might lead to job loss for
potential Nepali migrant workers, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 09/03/2021)
Qatari
employers to pay service fees to Nepali
recruiting agencies : From next month, the
Nepali mission in Doha will not verify workers’
demand if Qatari employers do not agree to pay
them, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
28/02/2021)
As
World Cup draws closer, Nepalis continue to die
in Qatar : A recent investigation by the
Guardian has shown that at least 1,641 Nepali
workers have died in the Gulf country in the
last decade, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
26/02/2021)
Nearly
a year on, Nepal remains on Kuwait’s travel ban
list : Labour migration to the Gulf state has
been affected since March, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 24/02/2021)
Qatar
recruiting Nepali youths into its police force
without Nepal govt approval, by Rudra Khadka
(rep 26/01/2021)
Nepali
in Saudi Arabia rescued after 12 years :
Domestic worker Lilamaya Dhimal calls her former
Saudi employer “a monster”, by Upasana
Khadka and Marty Logan (nt 18/12/2020)
Nepali
mission in Qatar resumes verifying workers’
demand documents : Recruiting agencies happy
with the resumption of the verification process,
but unconvinced that select agencies are not
being given exclusive rights to send Nepali
workers to Qatar, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 24/11/20209
Four
Nepalis stranded in Saudi Arabia since past 15
months, by Yogendra Yogi (kh 19/11/2020)
Saudi
Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal arriving
todayHeld hostage in Saudi Arabia for over 15
years, a Nepali woman pleads for rescue, by
Raju Adhikari (rep 07/11/2020)
Over
18,000 Nepalis return from Saudi Arabia (kh
07/11/2020)
Nepalis
in the Middle East fear starvation as government
delays repatriation, by Rudra Khadka (rep
10/09/2020)
1,200
Nepali migrant workers hit the streets in Saudi
Arabia : Shout slogans against Nepali Embassy,
by Yogendra Yogi (kh 08/09/2020)
Kuwait
lifts Covid-19 travel bans but Nepalis still not
allowed: The decision has cast uncertainty on
the future of hundreds of Nepalis, including the
workers who had returned home during their job
break from Kuwait, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 01/08/2020)
Nepali
migrant worker sentenced to death in Qatar
(ht 22/05/2029
United
Arab Emirates seeks permission to repatriate
Nepali migrants (ht 12/05/2020) [Shame on the Oli govt!]
Undocumented
and overstaying Nepalis in Kuwait could be
deprived of amnesty as Nepal is under lockdown:
Kuwait government has offered a general amnesty
to undocumented workers allowing them to leave
the country without having to pay any fines and
airfares and also the option to return Kuwait
later, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
18/04/2020)
“We
don’t want to die in this desert”: Nepali
workers in the UAE plead to be brought home:
Dozens of Nepalis have already been forced to
live on the streets with no shelter and nothing
to eat after quitting their jobs, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 16/04/2020)
‘Qatar
illegally expelled Nepali migrant workers during
COVID-19 panic’ (ht 16/04/2020)
Foreign
Minister Gyawali discusses safety of Nepali
workers with Saudi counterpart (ht
10/04/2020)
Kuwait
allows migrant workers on leave to file visa
renewal application online: Nearly 400 Nepalis
on holiday at home wait to return to work,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 27/03/2020)
Nepalis
in Qatar live in overcrowded and squalid
conditions even during pandemic: In the wake of
the Covid-19 outbreak, Qatar imposed a harsh
lockdown on camps where migrant workers live in
close quarters with inadequate amenities, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 26/03/2020)
Nepali
missions in Gulf stop approving workers’
documents: Foreign employment department says no
such decision has been taken by the government,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/03/2020)
Thousands
of Nepali workers affected as Qatar imposes
temporary entry ban amidst Covid-19 outbreak:
Nearly 40,000 workers with valid work permits
are now unable to fly to Qatar, placing them at
risk of being blacklisted, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 09/03/2020), Government
temporarily halts issuing labour permits to
Qatar (ht 11/03/2020), NAC
and Himalaya Airlines suspend flights to Doha
(ht 11/03/2020)
Bahrain
immigration authorities deport 38 Nepali workers
(ht 02/03/2020)
Nepali
workers who had returned empty-handed from Qatar
three years ago are set to get their due
salaries: The workers employed by Mercury MENA,
a company building stadium for FIFA 2022 World
Cup, were forced to return without their wages
after the firm ran into a financial crisis,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 03/02/2020)
Even
as tensions flare in Iraq, Nepali workers say
they feel relatively safe: Nepalis haven’t
stopped going to Iraq—one of the countries Nepal
has barred for foreign employment, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/01/2020)
Nepal,
Oman sign MoUs on labor, tourism, visa waiver
for diplomatic, official passport holders
(rep 17/12/2019)
A
year after Qatar’s offer of zero cost jobs to
Nepalis, there is no substantial progress:
Despite a series of negotiations and start of
Qatari visa centre in Kathmandu, officials say
they are yet to hear back from the Arab nation,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/12/2019)
Nepal
proposes collaboration with Qatar for rural
electrification (rep 27/11/2019)
Labour
pact with Oman soon (ht 20/11/2019)
Jordan’s
garment sector remains barred for Nepali workers
over low wage issue: The government has stopped
approving labour demand letters since 2018,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/11/2019)
United
Arab Emirates implores Nepal to lift
restrictions on housemaids (ht 05/11/2019)
Making
sense of law reforms in Qatar for Nepali migrant
workers: The new laws seem to be progressive,
but implementation is key. Nepal can help by
adding pressure, by Jeevan Baniya (kp
25/10/2019), Nepali
workers aren’t much hopeful about Qatar labour
reforms: Qatar says it would be ending the
exploitative Kafala system and set a minimum
wage for foreign workers to protect their rights,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 26/10/2019)
Migrant
workers returning home without salary and
justice from Qatar: Amnesty International:
Workers’ exploitation continues despite Qatar’s
promise to improve the foreign labour force’s
condition, says the latest report, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/09/2019) [see AI
report of 19/09/2019]
New
provision to allow Nepali domestic help in Gulf
to return home during break: Nepali workers will
be provided with re-entry labour permit to
rejoin their job in destination countries,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/08/2019)
A
Nepali worker’s death in Doha leaves others
shocked and scared: Five Nepalis were injured in
what looked like a premeditated assault on
Tuesday, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
16/08/2019)
Nepalis
join hundreds of foreign construction workers in
Qatar to protest against exploitation: The rare
protests in the Gulf nation are being
orchestrated by workers tired of their appalling
working and living conditions, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 11/08/2019)
4
Nepali abductees rescued in Libya, 3 more seek
rescue (rep 15/06/2019)
Nepal-UAE
deal offers zero cost jobs to Nepali workers:
Employers will bear all the costs and fees on
behalf of workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 15/06/2019)
Nepalis
building World Cup facilities in Qatar continue
to be exploited: Six years since a Guardian
report exposed wholesale exploitation of migrant
workers, an investigation by a German
outlet shows the abuse has continued unabated,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/06/2019), End
the slavery: Nepalis continue to suffer
from slavery-like conditions in Qatar (kp
12/06/2019)
4
Nepali youths abducted and tortured in Libya
plead for help (ht 10/06/2019)
Qatar
Visa Centre to open today: MoFA and MoLESS
differ on allowing setting up of the centre,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 29/05/2019), Qatar
visa centre comes into operation amid concerns
that workers may have to pay extra fees: Such a
centre could impose an additional financial
burden on aspiring migrant workers and
create another organised syndicate, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/06/2019)
15
Nepalis rescued in Libya, four more waiting
(ht 21/05/2019)
Nepal,
Oman to finalise labour pact next week (ht
01/05/2019), Nepal,
Oman finalize draft of labor pact: Employers to
bear all costs of Nepali workers (rep
04/05/2019), Nepalis
can
soon fly to Oman for jobs with zero investment:
Nepal and the Gulf sultanate have agreed on a
draft agreement that ensures all costs for jobs
will be borne by the employer, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 05/05/2019)
Qatar
labour pact review delayed due to ‘lounge fee’
confusion (ht 25/04/2019)
Government
invites UAE, Oman for discussion on labour
agreement (ht 22/04/2019), Nepal
and
UAE agree on zero investment jobs for Nepali
workers: The latest labour agreement frees
Nepali workers from any fees or cost while going
to the Gulf country for employment, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 26/04/2019)
Nepali
workers
in Qatar struggle for jobs after being duped
with lucrative pay and free visa promises:
Agents, recruiting agencies, and employers lure
workers promising the freedom of working
with companies of their choice, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 20/04/2019)
Search
for
lucrative jobs leaves 16 Nepalis stranded in
Qatar for months: Nepal’s embassy in Doha says
it has started the process to send them back
home, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
14/04/2019)
Labour
demand from Jordan halted for months: Nepali
mission in Egypt stops demand letter
verification over low salary, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 07/03/2019)
Officials
leave for Oman and the UAE to discuss labour
issues, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
27/01/2019)
Qatar
approaches
Nepal to build international airport in Nijgadh:
Modality for the government-to-government
undertaking has yet to be finalised, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 14/01/2019)
Nepal
seeks clarity before Qatar opens its service
centre here, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
10/12/2018)
Qatar
to establish visa, bio-metric health centre in
Kathmandu (ht 07/11/2018)
Qatari
team arrives to hold talks on labour pact
(kp 05/11/2018)
President
Bhandari pitches Nepal to Qatari investors,
companies (kp 01/11/2018)
Govt
to review labour agreement with Qatar, by
Umesh Poudel (ht 31/10/2018)
Qatar
offers ‘zero cost’ recruitment: To set up
service centre for Doha-bound Nepali
workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
28/10/2018)
Nepal,
Kuwait to discuss labor deal (rep
13/10/2018)
Nepal
and UAE agree to revise labour pact (kp
28/09/2018)
Qatar
World
Cup workers unpaid for months: AI; ‘At least 34
male Nepali migrants returned home from Qatar
penniless, overloaded with debt' (ht
27/09/2018)
Nepal
proposes G2G deal with Qatar for sending workers
(rep 19/09/2018)
Minimum
wage for Saudi-bound workers set at 1,300 riyals
(kp 17/09/2018)
16
migrant workers in Saudi Arabia running out of
food stock (rep 16/09/2018)
AI
lauds Qatar's partial abolition of exit permit
for workers (rep 06/09/29018)
Nepali
worker fell to his death in Qatar WC stadium:
Contractor (ht 31/08/2018)
Stranded
Nepali workers could rejoin jobs in Saudi
(kp 27/08/2018)
Nepali
workers’ GCC forums discuss key issues in Dubai
(kp 25/08/2018)
Workers
await Nepal-Qatar pact for safe, lucrative job,
by Chandra Kumar Mandal and Prakash Chandra
Timilsena (kp 18/08/2018)
UAE
offers to help Nepal combat gold smuggling
(ht 27/07/2018)
Nepal
to rescue 38 workers stranded in Saudi Arabia
(kp 22/07/2018), Stranded
Nepali workers provided food in Saudi (rep
24/07/2018)
Minister
discusses labour issues with Qatar envoy (kp
19/07/2018)
Qatar
pardons 17 Nepali prisoners (kp 07/07/2018)
20
Nepalis in coma in GCC: 335 languish in
foreign prisons n Minister Gyawali assures govt
will help comatose workers (kp 28/06/2018)
UAE
offers 3-month amnesty to illegal expatriates
(kp 23/06/2018)
Migrant
workers facing problems in returning home from
Saudi Arabia (ht 06/06/2018)
Qatar
hands death penalty to Nepali (kp
05/06/2018)
Hiring
Nepali migrant workers: Qatar to adopt one-door
system, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 04/06/2018)
Nepal
and Oman mull labour pact, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 29/05/2018)
Nepalis
in Qatar: Migrant workers live in a system of
exclusion without any protection of human rights,
by Anwar Alam (kp 10/05/2018)
Govt
concerned about Nepalis in war-torn Syria
(kp 16/04/2018)
UAE
defers character certificate for job visa:
Temporary suspension spares long queues for
migrant workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
03/04/2018)
Govt
presses for safety of Nepalis in Saudi (kp
27/03/2018)
Kin
of migrant in Saudi appeals for his rescue,
by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 27/03/2018)
Qatar,
beyond
labour: At a time when the Qatari sovereign
wealth fund is seeking investment opportunities
around Asia, Nepal can be an attractive
destination, by Prashanta Pradhan (kp
20/03/2018)
Jordan
jobs: Work begins for sending Nepali domestic
helps, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
17/03/2018)
Govt
mulls signing labour pacts with Kuwait, UAE
(ht 13/03/2018)
UAE
Embassy selects two agencies to verify Nepali
migrant worker certificate (kp 12/03/2018)
UAE’s
character certificate rule a hassle for migrant
workers, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 09/03/2018)
Nepal
Embassy in Saudi Arabia rescues maid: Missing
Shanta Pariyar reunites with her family after
seven years (kp 09/03/2018)
Qatari
investors keen in importing mineral water: Qatar
mainly imports mineral-mixed bottled water from
France and Italy (kp 08/03/2018)
11
stranded Nepali workers rescued from Oman
(kp 07/03/2018)
Thousands
of Nepalis accept Kuwait amnesty (kp
24/02/2018)
Labour
Ministry announces vacancies for counsellors,
attachés in 4 Gulf countries (kp 11/02/2018)
‘Good
Conduct Certificate’ must for work visa in
UAE (kp 08/02/2018)
Saudi,
Oman decision to hit Nepali workers, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 03/02/2018)
Saudi
job restriction rule to hurt Nepalis (kp
01/02/2018), Can
Saudi Arabia dispense with expat workers?
(kp 01/02/2018), Weight
of migration: Saudi decision to restrict foreign
employment workers could hit our economy,
migrants hard (kp 02/02/2018)
Kuwait’s
amnesty offer to reprieve hundreds of stranded
Nepalis, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
26/01/2018), Govt
to tell stranded Nepalis to accept Kuwait
amnesty, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
29/01/2018), 20
more Nepali workers rescued from Kuwait (kp
30/01/2018)
Rs52
million compensation recovered for 31 migrants
who died in Kuwait (kp 14/01/2018)
Marooned
in
Kuwait: Govt gears up to rescue 200 other
workers: Officials say the government is also
trying to waive off fines and recover unpaid
wages of workers left in the lurch by Kharafi
National (kp 30/12/2017)
Qatar
top destination for Nepali migrants (ht
29/12/2017)
Nepali
woman returns home from Iraq incapacitated,
by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 26/12/2017)
Kunwar
returns with support of fellow migrants (kp
24/12/2017)
Bilateral
labour agreement with Gulf nations soon: Mansur
(ht 19/12/2017)
Stranded
in Kuwait: Nepali mission initiates rescue of
workers, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
05/12/2017), Government
tells concerned agencies to expedite rescue
(kp 07/12/2017), 20
stranded citizens to be sent home in first phase,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 09/12/2017), ‘21
stranded Nepalis to return home shortly’ (kp
15/12/2017), 20
stranded Nepalis to return home today, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/12/2017)
Family
in agony as sole breadwinner languishing in
Saudi prison, by Mahesh Kumar Das (rep
05/12/2017)
Qatar's
basic wage rule ignores Nepal's stance, hurts
workers, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 01/12/2017)
Stranded
in Kuwait: With no money and job, migrants cry
for help, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
28/11/2017), Efforts
on to rescue Nepalis stranded in Kuwait’ (kp
01/12/2017)
Labour
agreement with UAE soon (kp 25/11/2017)
Nepal
to have Qatar service centre, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 24/11/2017)
Nepali
migrants in Qatar: Poor treatment of workers
goes on, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
23/11/2013)
Prez
Bhandari
hold talks with UAE crown prince in Abu Dhabi:
The President lays stress on making the
bilateral mechanism between the two
countries (kp 15/11/2017), President
asks UAE authorities to reconsider Bam’s
sentence (kp 17/11/2017)
Nepali
woman dies in Kuwaitwhile trying to escape
confinement (kp 09/11/2017)
Qatar’s
migrant fund expected to support Nepali workers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 04/11/2017)
Nepal-Jordan
sign labour agreement (kp 19/10/2017), Joint
panel to implement pact (kp 23/10/2017), Nepal,
Jordan to form committee (ht 27/10/2017), BLA
paves way for Nepali maids to work in Jordan
(ht 03/11/2017)
Nearly
1,300 Nepalis lose job in Qatar (kp
16/10/2017)
Facilitate
migrants:
The government should be constantly informed
about plights of nepali workers and ensure their
safety in Qatar (ht 09/10/2017)
Nearly
50k
Nepali workers set to miss Qatar training: The
training is aimed at improving technical
capabilities, enhancing job performance and
increasing productivity and safety of migrant
workers on construction sites, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 08/10/2017)
‘Unfree’
labour: Only a concerted global effort will
destroy the extremely exploitative employment
system in the Gulf, by Leila Antier (kp
06/10/2017)
Nepal,
Oman establish bilateral consultation mechanism
(ht 28/09/2017), PM
Deuba tours historical palaces and forts in Oman
(ht 28/09/2017)
Nepali
worker in Qatar ‘sacked’ after speaking to UN
team (kp 27/09/2017)
Nepali
languishing in Saudi jail for four years, by
Rudra Khadka (rep 12/09/2017)
Caught
in the deadlock: The plight of Nepali migrant
workers in Qatar exposes Nepal’s institutional
deficiencies, by Marco Kuan Long Lam (kp
23/08/2017)
Human
distress: Govt needs to do more to protect
migrant workers in the Gulf region (kp
10/08/2017)
Nepal,
Morocco sign MoU on cooperation (kp
04/08/2017), Nepal,
Morocco to form consultation body (ht
04/08/2017)
Qatar
ambassador
briefs PM on latest situation (kp
20/07/2017)
12
stranded
Nepali migrants return home (ht 18/07/2017)
15
Nepali
migrant workers stranded in Qatar
(13/07/2017)
Govt
team
off to Qatar (ht 08/0772017), Nepali
migrants
safe in Qatar: Study team (ht 14/07/2017)
Nepal
in
a fix as Gulf rivals seek support, by Anil
Giri (kp 07/07/2017)
Govt
planning
to depute police attachés in Gulf (ht
02/07/2017)
Mahara’s
concern
over Nepalis in Qatar: Ambassador Hamar pledges
security of the Nepalis working in Qatar and the
companies operated by Qatari businessmen in
other parts of the Gulf (kp 01/07/2017)
Gathering
storm:
If migrant workers lose their jobs, how will
they repay their debt to recruiting agents? How
will they even return home?, by Nishchal
Nath Pandey (rep 26/06/2017)
Remittance
inflow
from Qatar likely to be adversely hit (ht
21/06/2017)
'Nepali
workers won't be affected by Qatar diplomatic
tension' (rep 21/06/2017)
Chaos
in
Qatar: Recent events in the Gulf should make us
think of all eventualities and come up with
effective contingency plans, by Sujeev
Shakya (kp 20/06/2017)
Cause
for
concern for Nepalis in gas-rich nation, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/06/2017), Arab
countries’
action may hit Nepali migrants (ht
06/06/2017), Doha
bound:
Nepal govt should be ready to help our migrant
workers if Gulf crisis worsens (kp
07/06/2017), Nepalis
in
Qatar worried: The Saudi-led blockade of Qatar
has fanned fear about the future among Nepali
migrant workers in the Gulf region because of a
lack of information, by Karma Dolma Gurung
(nt 09/06/2017), Families
ripped apart, freedom of expression under attack
in Gulf: AI (rep 12/06/2017), Blockading
Qatar (nt 16/06/2017)
Ambassador
Dhakal
submits copy of credentials to Omani Foreign
Minister (ht 05/06/2017)
Cremated
‘dead’ man turns up alive from Gulf (rep
27/05/2017)
Migrant
workers continue to face appalling treatment in
Qatar (rep 20/05/2017)
Nepalis
among
migrant workers blocked from leaving Qatar
(ht 30/03/2017)
UN
sets
Nov deadline for Qatar to end abuse of migrants:
Warns of investigation if new labour reforms not
implemented; Qatar is home to around half a
million Nepalis, and the Arab state hired
129,038 workers from Nepal in 2015-16 to become
the second largest recipient of Nepali migrants
after Saudi Arabia in the region (kp
24/03/2017)
Saudi
amnesty for undocumented workers: Around 40,000
Nepalis may benefit (rep 21/03/2017), Embassy
urges
illegal workers to make use of amnesty (rep
27/03/2017)
Nepali
migrant
workers stuck in Saudi Arabia: Are struggling to
obtain ‘return permit’ from recruiters (kp
26/02/2017)
Home
he
returns, in a coffin, almost six years after
death: Bam Bahadur Moktan died in a Saudi
hospital on July 8, 2011, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 16/02/2017)
7
years in Jeddah jail: Ten Nepali migrant workers
return home to ask: "Why did our government
abandon us?", by Om Astha Rai (nt
03/02/2017)
2
Nepali women held in Lebanon on spying charge:
According to Lebanon General Security
Directorate, those caught for spying for Israel
include two Lebanese and a Palestinian refugee
(kp 27/01/2017)
PM
leaves
for UAE today to attend energy summit (kp
14/01/2017), Dahal
urges
investment in Nepal’s energy sector (kp
17/01/2017)
Nepal
raises
labour issues with Qatar (kp 12/01/2017)
15,000
migrants
stranded due to row over medical fees: Nepal
Association of Foreign Employment Agencies says
workers have not been able to apply for visa for
almost a month (kp 11/01/2017)
Workers
get
jail, flogging over Saudi unpaid wage unrest
(kp 04/01/2017)
Nepal,
Qatar
sign MOU activation plan (kp 19/12/2016)
Qatar
labour
reform: ‘Ending kafala barely scratches the
surface’; Old wine in new bottle; laws do not
protect migrant workers: Activists; Will make
comments after studying new legislation: Nepali
officials, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 14/12/2016)
Kin
of
unpaid workers in Saudi appeal for help (kp
13/11/2016)
Costly
Saudi
visa could hit Nepalis: Saudi Arabia has been
the top destination for Nepalis, with 138,529 of
them going to work there last fiscal year
(kp 03/10/2016)
Looming
crisis in Gulf dims prospects for Nepali economy
(rep 28/09/2016)
Situation
getting worse for Nepali migrant workers in
Saudi Arabia, by Siromani Dhungana (rep
12/09/2016)
Around
20,000
Nepalis to benefit from Qatar’s amnesty
programme: Doha gives 3 months starting Sept 1
to illegal residents to leave country (kp
26/08/2016))
Women
stranded
in Saudi: Nepali mission starts repatriation
process (kp 25/08/2016)
Nepali
mission
offers help to stranded workers in Saudi (kp
19/08/2016)
Sponsorship
laws
to be replaced in Qatar in Dec: Will make
switching jobs easier for half-a-million migrant
Nepalis (kp 14/08/2016)
Man
from
Kavre languishing in Saudi prison for 15 months
(ht 10/08/2016)
DoFE
flooded
with complaints from migrants in Saudi Arabia,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 08/08/2016), MoFA
asked
to rescue Nepalis from Saudi (kp
09/08/2016), Workers
urged
to get in touch with embassy: According to Saudi
media, Saudi King Salman has instructed
authorities to ensure that all the workers are
paid their salaries (kp 09/08/2016), Nepal
urges
Saudi to help stranded workers (kp
10/08/2016), Oil
shock:
Govt should urgently take up issues of laid-off
Nepali workers in Saudi Arabia (kp
11/08/2016)
Concern
for
Nepali workers as Saudi economy sputters:
Reports of big companies dismissing foreign
workers; India arranging for evacuation of
‘10,000’ stranded Indian migrants, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp 02/08/2016)
Bruised,
woman
returns from Kuwait empty-handed (kp
24/07/2016)
23
Nepalis
denied pay for months in Saudi Arabia, by
Hom Karki (kp 18/07/2016)
130
Nepali
migrants left in the lurch in Qatar, by Hom
Karki (kp 07/07/2015)
Rights
groups
against age limit for women migrant workers:
Only those women who are 24 years and above are
allowed to go to Gulf countries for employment (kp
25/06/2016)
3,500
Nepalis
at work for 2022 World Cup, by Harikrishna
Gautam (rep 09/06/2016)
Held
hostage
for 16 yrs, claims Nepali worker in Saudi,
by Hom Karki (kp 05/06/2016)
UAE
opens
embassy in Kathmandu: PM Oli seeks clemency for
Nepali facing death sentence in the Gulf country,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 11/05/2016)
Saudi
prepares
to hire 1m workers: Warns visa fraud cases will
be sternly punished (kp 07/05/2016)
Qatar
gifts
nine Mercedes cars to Nepal (ht 05/05/2016)
Qatar
set
to send Bippa proposal to Nepal govt, by Hom
Karki (kp 18/04/2016)
Shrestha
asks
Qatar to give Nepalis free visa, free ticket,
by Hom Karki (kp 17/04/2016)
Nepal’s
envoy
to Saudi injured in knife attack (kp
15/04/2015)
Amnesty
International
paints a bleak picture of Nepalis in Qatar,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 01/04/2016)
Seven
women
returned from Saudi, by Hom Karki (kp
26/03/2016)
Embassy
in
UAE starts probe into ‘human trafficking’ case,
by Hom Karki (kp 24/03/2016)
Kuwait
deports
714 Nepali migrants, by Hom Karki (kp
21/03/2016)
Innocent
Nepali
languishing in foreign jail, by Madhusudan
Guragain (rep 17/03/2016)
Nepali,
Bangladeshi
women trapped in Syria (kp 14/03/2016)
7
Nepali workers held in Kuwait: Number of Nepalis
being charged of prostitution, drugs smuggling
or trafficking liquor have risen in
recent times, by Hom Karki (kp 11/03/2016)
Nepali
woman
raped in Kuwait, by Hom Karki (kp
10/03/2016)
Work
in
progress: Dubai is one of the wealthiest and
most luxurious cities in the world, and it is
the migrant workers who toil here that make this
lifestyle possible, by Jan Møller Hansen (nt
04/03/2016)
United
Arab
Emigrants: Nepali workers in the UAE move from
construction to services, by Om Astha Rai
(nt 04/03/2016)
Foreign
Secretary
Bairagi leaves for Qatar: To take initiatives to
set up a bilateral consultative mechanism during
his visit (ht 24/01/2016)
583
Nepalis
died in Gulf last year: Report, by Hom Karki
(kp 22/01/2016)
Unprepared
Nepal:
The Shiite-Sunni conflict and diminishing
petro-earnings will affect two millions Nepali
workers in the Middle East, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 20/01/2016)
Kuwait
amnesty
for migrants begins, by Hom Karki (kp
12/01/2016)
No
visa
on arrival to Syrians from today (ht
01/01/2016)
Missing
woman
rescued after 10 yrs, by Hom Karki (kp
25/11/2015)
NHRC
team
off to Qatar to promote rights of Nepali migrant
workers (ht 14/11/2015), NHRC,
Qatar’s
rights body sign 10-pt deal: Agreement aims to
ensure Nepali migrant workers’ human rights,
by Hom Karki (kp 17/11/2015)
50
Nepalis
stranded in Saudi Arabia (ht 10/11/2015)
Qatari
police
free 17 Nepali workers: Nepal mission to
repatriate 37 others, by Hom Karki (kp
06/11/2015)
Working
away
from home: One in every five people in Doha is a
Nepali migrant worker, by Pattabi Raman (nt
06/11/2015)
Qatar
government
makes changes in sponsorship law, by Hom
Karki (kp 29/10/2015)
Govt
preparing
to sign labour pact with Jordan (ht
23/09/2015)
Nepali
travellers
safe in SArabia, by Hom Karki (kp
13/09/2015)
Nepali
woman
dies in iraq kitchen fire, by Hom Karki (kp
30/08/2015)
Qatar
grants
amnesty to 21 Nepalis, by Hom Karki (kp
13/08/2015)
Bahrain
to
grant amnesty to illegal workers, by Hom
Karki (kp 29/06/2015)
Foreign
firms
seek ways to help quake-hit workers, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 08/06/2015)
Qatar
minister
vows to improve migrants’lives (ht 06/05/2015)
Embassies
ask
host countries to grant Nepali workers leave
(kp 30/04/2015)
Nepal
to
shut down shelter for migrants in Kuwait (kp
08/04/2015)
Kuwait
sets
up lodging centre to support female migrants
(ht 08/04/2015)
Qatari
delegation
in Kathmandu: Cost-free hiring of Nepalis in
Qatar tops agenda, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
06/04/2015), Qatar
urged
to ensure full insurance cover, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 07/04/2015), The
exodus:
Qatar and Nepal should both explore a
govt-to-govt deal for migrant workers (kp
08/04/2015)Govt preparing to sign labour pact with
Jordan
Illegal
Nepalis
in Oman and Bahrain: Thousands of workers to
benefit from amnesty (kp 05/04/2015)
Nepal,
Bahrain
sign 10-point pact, by Shreejana Shrestha
(rep 04/04/2015)
Housemaids
in
M'sia, gulf: Nepali missions against lifting
employment ban on women, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 03/04/2015)
Bid
to
bring Nepalis home from Yemen (ht
01/04/2015), 10
Nepalis
rescued from Yemen (kp 03/04/2015), Nine
Nepalis
rescued from two Yemen cities, nine still
trapped, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 03/04/2015)
Qatari
minister
scheduled to visit Nepal to discuss labour
issues (ht 25/03/2015)
Four
Nepali
migrant workers stranded in Saudi, by Dilip
Khatri (ht 05/03/2015)
549
Nepali
workers died in Gulf countries in 2014, by
Hom Karki (kp 16/01/2015)
No
country
for women: Despite a ban, women migrant workers
come back from the Gulf in the thousands with
harrowing tales of economic and physical
exploitation, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
09/01/2015)
Qatar
upholds
death penalty to Karki, by Hom Karki (kp
02/01/2015)
Indonesia
Indonesia-Nepal
Business Forum focuses on narrowing trade gap (ht
06/10/2023)
Nepali,
Indonesian entrepreneurs discuss tourism cooperation,
by Dilip Paudel (rep 06/04/2019)
Indonesian
envoy
calls on PM Dahal (kp 20/01/2017)
Prime
minister
to lead 11-member team to Indonesia (ht
17/04/2015), PM
to
attend Asian-African summit (kp 18/04/2015), PM
Jakarta-bound
today (kp 20/04/2015), Koirala
meets
Indonesian President‚ B'desh PM (ht 24/04/2015)
One
on
death row, five face life term, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 25/01/2015), Govt
initiates
diplomatic channel to find out details, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 27/01/2015), Dispatch
from
death row: It is a moral imperative for govt to appeal
for the repatriation of Nepalis on death row (kp
27/01/2015)
Nepalis
in
Indonesia: INSEC asks govt to press for clemency
(kp 20/01/2015)
Israel, Palestine
Two-state
solution for Israel and Palestine, key to peace
in Middle East: PM Prachanda (rn 19/01/2024)
Qatar
prime minister says all efforts being made to
free Bipin Joshi : Nepali student Joshi has been
held hostage by Hamas militants since the
October 7 attack on Israel (kp 12/12/2023)
Nepali
national Bipin not among those released by Hamas
so far (kh 26/11/2023)
The
vote against Israel : Having faced multiple
blockades, Nepal cannot be indifferent to the
plight of the people of Gaza (kp 30/10/2023)
Israel-Hamas
War and Nepal, by Narayan Manandhar (rep
29/10/2023)
Nepali
peacekeeping army injured in Lebanon (rn
29/10/2023)
UN
SG extends condolences to families of Nepalis
killed in Israel, renews calls for humanitarian
ceasefire in Gaza (rep 29/10/2023)
Nepal
supports UN resolution calling for immediate
‘humanitarian truce’ in Israel-Hamas war (kp
28/10/2023),
Israel
expresses displeasure as Nepal votes for a UN
resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian
truce (rep 28/10/2023) [Israel has the right to resist Hamas
terror, but genocide of the Palestinian people
is not a permitted option. If the Israeli
government does not understand this, then it
cannot be helped. The criticism of both Nepal
and the other signatories of the resolution, as
well as the degrading personal criticism of the
UN Secretary General by their ambassador, needs
an official apology!]
Amid
war, many Nepalis in Israel say they feel safe
enough : Their resolve to stay is backed by
solid income and the trust they have in the
country’s missile defence system, by Hom
Karki (kp 20/10/2023)
19
more Nepalis rescued from Israel (kh
17/10/2023)
Israel
confirming identity of Nepali students killed in
Hamas attack : Israel is in the long process of
managing and establishing the identity of around
1,300 bodies including those of foreign
nationals, by Hom Karki (kp 15/10/2023)
Nepal’s
position on Israel-Palestine conflict, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 12/10/2023)
Nepal
sends plane to evacuate citizens from war-hit
Israel : A Nepal Airlines 274-seater Airbus A330
leaves at 2:30am Thursday and will return to
Kathmandu at 8:20pm, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/10/2023), 254
Nepalis rescued from Israel brought home : "Out
of 503 Nepalis who sought to return from Israel,
254 were successfully brought back, with plans
underway to repatriate the remaining individuals
promptly (nlt 13/10/2023)
Over
350 Nepalis in Israel eager to return home
(kh 11/10/2023), Nepalis
working near Gaza Strip relocated to a secure
place (kh 11/10/2023), Govt
sending NA aircraft to rescue stranded Nepalis
in Israel (kh 11/10/2023), Repatriation
of dead Nepalis from Israel to take a few days,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/10/2023),
‘Reports on Nepalis being held hostage by Hamas
false’ : The Nepali Ambassador informed that the
southern region of Israel is where most of the
clashes have been taking place, and there are no
Nepalis in the zone and its immediate vicinities
needing emergency rescue, by Pratik Ghimire
(ae 11/10/2023)
Anxious
mom yearns for clues about son missing in Israel
: Responding to government’s call, over 200
Nepalis have applied to return home, Nepali
mission in Tel Aviv says, by Bhawani Bhatta
and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/10/2023)
10
Nepalis killed, one still missing as Hamas
terrorist group attacks Israel (nlt
08/10/2023), 10
Nepali nationals feared killed in Hamas’ attack
in Israel (rep 08/10/2023), 10
Nepalis confirmed dead in Hamas attack on Israel
(kh 08/10/2023), Ten
Nepali students killed in Hamas attacks in
Israel : All deceased were students of
agriculture from Sudur Paschim University.
Foreign ministry says four injured Nepalis are
being treated at a local hospital, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 09/10/2023), 32
Nepali students rescued from Hamas-targeted area
of Israel (kh 09/10/2023)
Nine
Nepali nationals injured in terrorist attack in
Israel, a few others reportedly taken hostage
(rep 07/102023), Nine
Nepalis injured, two in critical condition in
Israel, foreign ministry confirms : According to
the ministry, it has been informed that a farm,
where 14 Nepalis were working, was also under
attack (nlt 07/10/2023), Foreign
Minister Saud discusses security concerns of
Nepalis residing in Israel with Israeli
Ambassador (kh 08/10/2023), Nepalis
in Israel make desperate appeal for safety
(kh 08/10/2023), Nine
Nepalis injured, two critically, in Hamas attack
on Israel : At least 14 Nepalis working in areas
that came under attack. Nepal condemns the
assault, expresses solidarity with Israel,
by Anil Giri (kp 08/10/2023)
Nepal's
Israel policy : Rhetoric And Reality, by
Keshab Poudel (sp 21/10/2022)
Israel
seeks 1,000 Nepali workers to fill its farming
job slots : Farm labour shortages have hit
developed nations, leading to reduced yields,
experts say, by Pawan Pandey (kp 17/08/2022)
Family
appeals to trace whereabouts of Israeli citizen
missing since five months in Nepal (kh
04/03/2022)
99
Nepali workers set out to Israel in 1st phase
(kh 20/01/2022)
Nepal
and Israel to form team for sending Nepalis to
work in Israel’s construction sector (kh
19/01/2022)
Israel
“displeased and disappointed” from Nepal’s
negative votes against Israel in the UN, by
Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh 04/12/2021)
Israel
positive in creating more employment
opportunities for Nepali laborers (kh
16/11/2021)
Israel
approves list of over 1,100 Nepalis for
employment (rep 13/10/2021)
Israel
caregiver job vacancies getting huge response
from Nepali youths : For 1,000 caregiver jobs,
more than 5,000 candidates have already applied
and over 20,000 are in the application process.
The application deadline expires on August 16,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/08/2021)
Israel
set to start taking in Nepali caregivers soon :
As per an existing agreement between the two
countries, 500 Nepali workers are expected to
get employment in the Middle Eastern nation,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/07/2021)
Collaboration
with Israel for boosting agro commercialization:
CM Nepali (kh 30/06/2021)
Guidelines
ready for sending Nepali carers to Israel :
Nepal and Israel had signed a deal in September
last year for sending 500 Nepali caregivers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/05/2021) [Israel is definitely not a
safe haven for migrant workers at the moment!]
Nepal-Israel
relations lauded (ht 19/03/2021)
Promoting
Nepal-Israel Economic Cooperation, by
Shanker Man Singh (rn 14/12/2020)
Nepal
and Israel seal deal on labour, agriculture
(kh 01/10/2020), Making
workers pay for Israel jobs is a step back from
zero-cost recruitmentRecent labour policy calls
for employers to bear recruitment fees, airfare
and related costs, but the latest accord to send
500 nurses to Israel makes Nepalis pay the fees,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 02/10/2020)
Nepal
to sign pact with Israel to send caregivers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 25/09/2020)
Israeli
contribution for Nepal Army: Nepal-Israel ties
further strengthened after Nepal started sending
troops in the United Nations Peace Keeping Force
in Lebanon, by Prem Singh Basnyat (rep
25/06/2020)
Anjan
Shakya named Nepal’s ambassador to Israel
(kp 16/11/2018), Govt
replaces ambassador to Israel Thapa with Shakya:
Shakya is Prime Minister KP Oli’s sister-in-law
(rep 16/11/2018)
Pun
urges Israel to consider investment in energy
sector (kp 31/07/2018)
Israel
‘ready’ to establish agricultural training
centre in Nepal (kp 02/05/2018)
Israel
to recruit more Nepali caregivers: Officials at
Israeli embassy hint the Jewish state could
demand 500 workers in 2018 (kp 29/03/2018)
Nepalis
caring
for Israel: There are about 10,000 Nepali women
taking care of elderly Israelis, by Tsering
Dolker Gurung (nt 07/07/2017)
Nepal-Israel
chamber
set up (kp 22/02/2017), Nepal-Israel
CCI
established to boost bilateral trade (ht
22/02/2017)
2
Nepali women held in Lebanon on spying charge:
According to Lebanon General Security
Directorate, those caught for spying for Israel
include two Lebanese and a Palestinian refugee
(kp 27/01/2017)
Israel
likely
to take more Nepali caregivers (ht
03/09/2016)
Students
benefit
from Israeli agro programme (ht 05/08/2016)
Bilateral
consultations
deal with Israel (kp 26/05/2016), Thapa
seeks
more support from Israel: Israel PM Netanyau
ready to extend more support (rep
26/05/2016)
First
lot
of Nepali caregivers in Israel (kp
12/04/2016)
14
Nepalis
leaving for Israel jobs by mid-April: Govt
(kp 05/04/2016)
Final
training
for Israel jobs starts today (kp 25/02/2016)
Selection
test
on Tuesday for caregiver job in Israel (kp
30/01/2016)
DoFE
compiling
records of Israel job aspirants: Plans to send
all 300 workers within a year in two groups
(ht 11/09/2015)
Israeli
labour
market to reopen soon for Nepalis, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 05/08/2015), Deal
with
Israel to send workers (kp 08/08/2015)
Nepal
Army
says it can purchase arms through embassy,
by Kamal Pariyar (rep 18/06/2015)
Israel
advises
its nationals to leave Nepal pronto (ht
30/04/2015)
Preps
to
send Nepali workers to Israel: Ministry to table
proposal soon (kp 19/04/2015)
Waiting
to
leave: Nepal and Israel need to consider a new
government-to-government deal for Nepali migrant
workers, by Uddhab Pyakurel (kp 07/04/2015)
Stop
Hundis:
Nepali workers in Israel send millions of dollars
back home through Hundi every month on order to
save commission charges, by Sushil Adhikari
(rep 16/02/2015)
Israel
‘ready’
to support Nepal in farm sector (kp
10/01/2015), B2B
meeting
on agriculture sector held with Israel (kp
10/01/2015)
Japan
Japan
Embassy expresses grave concern over stone
pelting incident targeting JICA Nepal Chief's
vehicle, deems it a criminal offense (rep
14/09/2023)
Japan-Nepal
Devlopment Forum inaugurated, to foster
investment opportunities (kh 05/09/2023)
Japanese
MPs urged for more Japanese investment in Nepal
(kh 25/08/2023)
Japan
resumes Overseas Cooperation Volunteer Program
in Nepal after three-year hiatus (rep
04/07/2023)
Japan’s
caregiving sector eyes workers from Nepal :
Japan opened up its labour market to Nepalis as
specified skilled workers in March 2019 (kp
23/05/2023)
Japan’s
New National Security Strategy and Nepal, by
Rajani Thapa (kh 08/05/2023)
Japan
to continue its support for Nepal’s social and
economic development (nlt 13/03/2023)
JICA
vice president on Nepal visit (rep
08/12/2022)
Japan’s
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takei
visiting Nepal to observe Nov 20 election
(kh 17/11/2022)
Youths
skilled in Japanese language and skills to be
sent for employment in Japan (kh 04/08/2022)
NCC
urges Japanese government to consider investment
in Nepal (rn 01/06/2022)
Nepal
hosts AA20 program in Japan (rep 30/04/2022)
Nepalis
in the land of the rising sun : This year marks
120 years since eight Nepali students first went
to Japan for their higher education. Now, that
number has swelled to the thousands, by
Marissa Taylor (rec 04/04/2022)
Japan
lifts travel ban on Nepal into its country
(kh 18/09/2021)
Japan
Stands With Nepal Against Pandemic, by
Kikuta Yutaka (ht 16/06/2021)
Nepal-Japan
jobs deal still stuck : Nearly two years later,
a win-win bilateral employment agreement has not
taken off, by Upasana Khadka (nt 29/01/2021)
Nepal
yet to send workers to Japan under new deal:
Sixteen months after Nepal and Japan signed a
labour deal, details on how Nepali workers are
to be selected and recruited still remain
sketchy, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
26/07/2020) [On top of
this nonsense: How shall they get there?]
Japanese
vice minister for foreign affairs in Nepal on
two-day official visit (rep 18/01/2020)
No
Nepali job-seeker to go to Japan next year
(ht 12/12/2019)
Japan’s
support to Nepal's post-quake reconstruction
lauded (rep 07/12/2019)
Japan
to implement phosphorus-efficient paddy in
Nepal: The two countries have signed a pact on
research collaboration in the farm sector,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 14/11/2019)
25-member
Japanese delegation to arrive in Kathmandu
tomorrow (ht 09/11/2019)
Lottery
system for language test leaves Nepali
candidates worried about Japan job prospects:
Thousands of Nepali youths are studying the
Japanese language, but only a fraction of them
will be able to sit in the examination, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/09/2019)
Language
test for Japan-bound workers on October 27 and
28 (ht 14/08/2019)
Labour
migration to South Korea remains suspended for
one year : Thousands of Nepalis selected for
Korean jobs have been unable to go work due to
Covid-19-related restrictions, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 07/02/2021)
Japan-Nepal
doctors conference kicks off (rep
04/08/2019)
Language
tests for Nepalis wanting to work in Japan to
take place later this year: The quota for Nepali
workers is still not decided although the job
sector for the first batch has been finalised;
Nepal is the only South Asian nation
on Japan’s list of hiring countries,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/07/2019)
After
labour deal, Japanese employers are coming
forward to hire Nepali workers: The Nepali side
is awaiting language and skill test mechanisms
for implementing the agreement reached two
months ago, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
12/05/2019)
Nepal,
Japan technical teams to hold meet on labour
agreement (ht 30/04/2019)
Nepal
and Japan to finalise labour migration
mechanisms this month: G2G modality possible for
sending Nepali workers to Japan, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 05/03/2019), Japan
opens
its door for skilled Nepali workers: A deal
signed by representatives of two governments
rules out recruiting agencies’ role in labour
migration, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
26/03/2019)
Government,
recruiting
agencies differ on possible modality for
labour migration to Japan: Recruiting agencies
claim hiring of workers will take place via
private agencies only; ministry says no decision
taken yet, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
10/02/2019)
Japan,
Nepal to work together in agri sector (kp
25/01/2019), Japanese
delegation explores agricultural cooperation
with Nepal (rep 26/01/2019)
Japan
to induct labour with new process, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/01/2019)
Labour
departures for Japan possible by April this year,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/01/2019)
Kono
assures continued Japanese support, by Anil
Giri (kp 11/01/2019)
Japanese
embassy's clarification over news attributed to
foreign ministry spokesperson (rep
11/01/2019)
Japan
to send technical team to discuss hiring of
Nepali workers (ht 10/01/2019)
Japan
sends proposal to hire Nepali workers, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 04/01/2019)
Japan
to
take Nepali workers under new blue-collar visas:
apan has recently amended its immigration laws
paving the way for blue-collar jobs for certain
countries, including Nepal, by Anil Giri (
kp 26/12/2018), Japan
work visas now open for Nepalis (rep
26/12/2018), Government
drafts MoU for sending workers to Japan, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 28/12/2018)
Govt
starts process of sending workers to Japan from
April (ht 22/12/2018)
Nepal
to explore prospects of sending workers to Japan
(kp 15/11/2018)
Nepal,
Japan likely to sign revised ASA today, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 18/06/2018), Nepal,
Japan
sign pact for 14 weekly flights: The deal allows
Nepali carriers to fly to any airport in Japan,
except Haneda Airport, by Sangam Prasain (kp
19/06/2018), Nepal,
Japan sign amended ASA: Nepali airlines granted
'fifth freedom' in revised pact, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 19/06/2018)
From
Chitwan to Chidoya: The number of Nepalis
exploiting immigration loopholes to work in
Japan is rising exponentially, by Kunda
Dixit (nt 29/12/2017)
NC
CC leader held at Japanese airport for seven
hours, sent back to Nepal (ht 18/09/2017)
Japanese
lawmakers, entrepreneurs arriving (kp
26/07/2017)
Govt
picks
Rana as envoy to Japan (kp 25/04/2017) [Long live family connections
and other forms of nepotism: Pratibha Rana is
the mother-in-law of Nepali Congress President
Sher BahadurDeuba who will probably become PM in
May ]
Rising
like
the sun: Nepal-Japan ties have expanded rapidly
since Kawaguchi’s visit over a century ago, by
Bhim Udas (kp 30/12/2016)
Texture
of
bonding: Nepal-Japan relationship is shaped by a
broad sense of human love and respect than
anything else, by Abhi Subedi (kp 04/09/2016)
Japan
honours
contribution of individuals, organisations (kp
27/08/2016)
Japan
appoints
friendship envoy to Nepal (rep 26/03/2016)
Nepalis
in
Japan face psychological problems, suicide cases
rising: These deaths reflect only the tip of the
iceberg of problems that Nepalis in Japan face
(kp 06/02/2016)
Nepalis
top
list of asylum seekers (ht 24/01/2016)
Japan
formalises
aid pledge for rebuilding, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 22/12/2015)
Prolonged
petroleum
crisis worries Japan (ht 19/11/2015)
Nepal
Japan Relations In The Present Context, by
Suresh Malla (kp 27/06/2015)
JICA
president
to visit Nepal from May 24-26 (kp 23/05/2015)
Pandey
leaving
for Japan (ht 11/03/2015)
Mahat
talks
Japan-Nepal relations (kp 13/02/2015)
Japan
honours
Nepali for his bravery: Confers ‘Red Ribbon’on
Anuj Karki for saving a Japanese (ht
25/01/2015)
Korea (South and North)
South
Korea to expand job opportunities for Nepali
migrant workers in additional sectors (kh
14/03/2024)
Highly
anticipated EPS Korean language exam
begins : Over 163,000 students set to
showcase proficiency in three phases; Exams in
five shifts daily (kh 20/02/2024)
Korea-Nepal
Model Dairy Village launched in Sindhuli (kh
13/02/2024)
EPS
language test to be delayed : Notice about exam
to be published on February 4 (rep
16/01/2024)
Korea
hints it may help resolve the EPS
controversy in Nepal : Police officers,
bureaucrat suspended for Friday’s deaths,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 31/12/2023)
Over
143,000 Nepali youths apply for employment
opportunities in South Korea (kh 23/12/2023)
Protest
erupts as Nepali youth demand fair opportunity
to go to Korea for foreign employment, by
Sabita Khadka (rep 08/12/2023)
EPS-TOPIK:
15,000 jobs for Nepali workers, EPS Korea sets
Test dates and criteria (kh 05/12/2023)
North
Korea shuts Nepal mission (ae 08/11/2023)
Finance
Minister urges Korean companies to invest in
Nepal : He asked the Korean government to
support Nepal through concessional loans and
grants for building the tourism infrastructures
(nlt 12/10/2023)
South
Korea to assist Nepal in graduating from LDC
status by 2026 (kh 27/09/2023)
South
Korean industrialists seek proposal for
investment in Nepal : During the meeting held at
Ministry for Physical Infrastructures and
Transport in Singha Durbar, the Korean
delegation said they are ready for investing in
Nepal's infrastructure sector (nlt
29/08/2023)
South
Korea to employ Nepalis in shipbuilding : The
East Asian country has asked for 3,000 people to
work in the shipyards, officials said, by
Pawan Pandey (kp 01/06/2023)
outh
Korea seeks Nepal’s support to World Expo bid in
Busan : Various cultural events will be held to
mark the golden jubilee of the establishment of
diplomatic relations between the two countries,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/04/2023)
South
Korea plans to increase aid to Nepal : Special
Envoy of South Korea’s President says he would
discuss specific proposals with Prime Minister
Dahal for next year, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 14/02/2023), South
Korea to welcome additional Nepali workers next
year (rep 14/02/2023)
The
Korean craze in Kathmandu : Korean restaurants
get a lot of Nepali customers and it’s mostly
youngsters who visit these places to experience
Korean culture, by Anushka Nepal (ae
19/01/2023)
Two
new Korea Overseas Volunteers arrive in Nepal
(kh 12/01/2023)
Nepali
migrant workers to benefit from basic salary
hike in South Korea : Around 80,000 Nepalis have
gone to the East Asian country under the EPS
system from 2008 to mid-November 2022, according
to government data (kp 04/01/2023)
South
Korea to recruit 40,000 Nepali workers in 2023
(ae 19/12/2022), South
Korea recruiting 40,000 Nepali workers through
EPS in 2023 (rep 22/12/2022)
EPS
Korean Language Test 2022 results out (rn
18/11/2022)
Nepal
to renegotiate with Motrex to establish electric
vehicle plant : South Korean automaker intends
to assemble Hyundai and Kia vehicles in Butwal,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 11/06/2022)
EPS:
6,597 examined for agriculture and animal
husbandry (kh 09/06/2022)
Minister
Shrestha urges S Korean Ambassador to increase
EPS quotas (kh 13/04/2022)
44,853
apply for Korean Language Test (kh
06/04/2022)
Nepali
workers in Korea to get visa extended for a year
(kh 23/03/2022)
S
Korea to recruit 9,654 Nepalis; opens
application forms (kh 13/03/2022)
MoHA
and Korean Government sign ROD to strengthen
Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police (rep
01/12/2021)
Govt
is resuming Korean language test from
mid-December (kh 14/11/2021)
Nepal,
S.Korea Agree To Renew EPS (rn 10/11/2021)
EPS
reopening in November last week (rep
07/11/2021)
Govt
sending Nepali workers to South Korea almost
after 2 years; 48 flying today (kh
27/10/2021)
Korea
govt to take Nepali workers from Oct 27 (kh
19/10/2021)
Employment
in Korea to resume only after implementation of
biometrics, by Rudra Khadka (rep 15/09/2021)
Helping
Nepali Workers in South Korea amid COVID and
Beyond, by Sona Thadaral (rep 14/08/2021)
Resumption
of employment in South Korea to take some time,
by Rudra Khadka (rep 13/08/2021)
South
Korea Ready To Take Nepali Workers, DoFE Awaits
Ministry's Approval, by Mukunda Gaire (rn
21/07/2021)
Worker
departures for South Korea may resume soon : The
East Asian country has shown interest to take in
Nepali workers, but with conditions, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 16/07/2021)
As
pandemic grips country, Korean language test
uncertain this year as well : With the country
reeling under a second wave of Covid-19
pandemic, officials say chances of the test
taking place this year are slim, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 16/05/2021)
South
Korea govt decides to extend visa term of all
migrant workers by a year (rep 12/04/2021)
South
Korea introduces new visa rule; Nepali Embassy
issues notice (rep 04/04/2021)
Delayed
dreams for Korea-bound Nepalis : Nepali migrant
workers have been waiting for more than a year
to join jobs in Korea, by Upasana Khadka (nt
02/04/2021)
Nepali
workers can return for second stint in Korea
(rep 28/03/2021)
Labour
migration to South Korea remains suspended for
one year : Thousands of Nepalis selected for
Korean jobs have been unable to go work due to
Covid-19-related restrictions, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 07/02/2021)
This
year’s Korean language test uncertain due to
Covid-19: Authorities consider computer-based
tests, but it’s fraught with challenges given
the large number of candidates, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 27/05/2020)
250
Nepali workers to return to South Korea next
week: Departure possible after the authorities
allowed Nepalis to leave for their jobs, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/05/2020), Nepali
workers’ hopes of returning to work dashed as
South Korea demands ‘self-quarantine’
arrangements: The flight scheduled for Tuesday
was called off after it emerged that the workers
had not complied with the Korean government’s
new quarantine rules that came into effect in
April, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
14/04/2020)
After
a halt in departure to South Korea, now Korean
language test looks uncertain too: Both
countries have not yet announced dates of Korean
language test amidst the Covid-19 tension,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 24/04/2020)
South
Korea extends visa of Nepali migrants: Workers
whose visa has expired can stay for 50 days
(ht 15/04/2020)
Nepali
workers won’t be going to South Korea for now:
It’s been over a week since a batch of labourers
went to the east Asian country, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 27/02/2020)
South
Korea requests Nepal to reschedule flights of
workers showing symptoms of coronavirus: Every
week, dozens of migrant workers from Nepal leave
for South Korea, where over a dozen cases of
coronavirus have been reported, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 06/02/2020)
Koica
prez pays courtesy call on Prez Bhandari,
discusses possible areas of cooperation (rep
18/12/2019)
As
UN deadline nears, govt forces closure of North
Korean businesses, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
12/12/2019)
Ahead
of UN resolution deadline, Nepal will deport 12
North Koreans: The government raided a
restaurant this week, as part of its efforts to
repatriate all North Koreans currently living
and working in the country, by Anil Giri (kp
22/11/2019)
Work
stress, loneliness and culture shock are leading
Nepalis to commit suicide in South Korea; Over
thirty percent of deaths between 2009 to 2018
among Nepalis in South Korea were suicides,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/10/2019), Dead
end of the Korean Dream: Why are so many Nepali
workers in Korea committing suicide?, by Ki
Mindo (nt 20/10/2019)
Govt
bans NKorean investment in Nepal: North Koreans
need to completely close their business by
October-end, by Umesh Poudel (ht 17/09/2019)
[??]
Korean
companies interested to import spring water from
Nepal, by Nikeeta Gautam (rep 22/07/2019)
12,009
people pass language test for employment in
South Korea: For the first time, candidates need
to attend skill test to qualify for a total of
10,050 jobs next year, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 29/06/2019)
Record
number of applicants taking Korean language
test: Over 92,000 have applied for 10,050 South
Korean jobs in 2020, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 09/06/2019), 84,215
appear for Korean Language Test, 156 fake
examinees arrested (ht 10/06/2019)
92,376
aspirants apply for Korean jobs (ht
02/04/2019)
Payment
for
Korean language test now via online gateways:
The test will take place on March 29 and 30 at
various centres in Kathmandu and Pokhara, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/03/2019)
Economic
diplomacy with RoK: For a prosperous Nepal,
by Tenzi Sherpa (ht 26/02/2019)
Fresh
batch of Nepalis start jobs in South Korea,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 27/12/2018)
Nepali,
S Korean business organizations ink MoU for SMEs
development (rep 31/10/2018)
Nepali
women being trafficked in guise of marriage,
says report (ht 19/09/2018)
More
than 3,300 workers apply for second stint in
South Korea (kp 25/08/2018)
Tour
operators, South Korea sign MoU to promote
tourism ties (rep 11/08/2018), Nepal,
South
Korea seek to boost bilateral tourism: IIn 2017,
as many as 34,000 Korean tourists visited Nepal.
Currently, Korean Air operates four weekly
fights between Nepal and the South Korea (kp
12/08/2018)
Second
job stint: Over 400 Nepalis head back to Korea
with no jobs at home, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 10/08/2018)
S
Korea allows family to visit Nepali workers
(kp 07/08/2018)
S
Korea air ticket 23pc cheaper for workers:
Department of Foreign Employment offers discount
under Employment Permit System (kp
07/08/2018)
South
Korea announces hike in wages, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 17/07/2018)
7,996
people pass Korean language test (kp
30/06/2018)
Skill
test must for EPS workers from 2020 (ht
25/06/2018)
Korean
Language Test begins today: 82,264 job aspirants
expected to take the examination (ht
09/06/2018), Over
40,000 take exam on opening day (kp
10/06/2018), Over
7,000 miss Korean proficiency test; 247 get
expelled for cheating, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 11/06/2018), Nearly
75,000 job aspirants take KLT (ht
11/06/2018)
Over
3,000 apply for 2nd job stint in SKorea, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/05/2018)
Over
82,000
youths apply for Korean language test: 75,580
had registered for the test last year; of them,
over 68,000 appeared in the examination (kp
02/04/2018), 82,264
job aspirants to appear for KLT this year
(ht 03/04/2018)
Korea
Tours and Trekking Operator Association of Nepal
formed to boost tourist arrivals (ht
28/03/2018)
Korean
language
test window opens: Thousands of aspiring youth
stand in long queue outside branches of Global
IME Bank for hours to pay fees (kp
23/03/2018)
Application,
test dates for EPS announced (kp 09/03/2018)
South
Korea allots 7,000 job quotas for Nepalis in
2019, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
02/03/2018)
Maoist
chief Dahal gets NKorea invite (kp
22/01/2018)
Over
3,000 applicants get nod for SKorea jobs, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 16/01/2018)
EPS
procedures for S Korean jobs to begin this year:
DoFE (kp 02/09/2017)
Hundi
in South Korea: Nepalis’ remittance channel,
by Dhananjay Shah (ht 27/07/2017)
12,108
candidates pass Korean Language Test, by
Rudra Khadka (rep 26/07/2017)
Minister
seeks
better pay for Korea workers (kp 05/07/2017)
Paudyal
presents
credentials in DPRK (kp 01/07/2017)
NRB
signs
pact with Bank of Korea (kp 28/06/2017)
Seoul
thoughts:
This is the most opportune moment to strengthen
relations between Nepal and Korea, by
Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp 18/06/2017)
Over
35,000 take Korean language test on day one
(rep 11/06/2017), Almost
70,000
job-seekers appear for KLT (ht 12/06/2017),
69,000
sat for Korean language test (rep
12/06/2017)
More
than
75,000 Nepalis taking Korean Language Test this
year (ht 02/04/2017)
Registration
for
Korean Language Test begins (ht 23/03/2017)
Nepal,
Republic
of Korea hold third bilateral meeting (kp
22/10/2016)
Labor
migration to Korea highest in nine years, by
Siromany Dhungana (rep 15/09/2016)
Nepal
govt
Denounces DPRK nuke test (kp 13/09/2016)
Over
3,500
applicants pass Korean Language Test (ht
27/07/2016)
Police
arrest
60 more fake examinees (kp 20/06/2016)
Korean
language
proficiency test to be held in June (ht
02/05/2016)
Korean
language
test slated for June (kp 05/04/2016), Korean
language
test scheduled for June 18-19 (rep
07/04/2016)
Korean
movement
gains political foothold in Nepal: South Korea’s
Unification Church is affiliated to a Nepali
political party that has a minister in the
cabinet, by Seulki Lee (nt 01/04/2016)
Korean
scholarships
for Nepali students (ht 09/03/2016)
Korean
test
to take place early: Now on, youths will also
have to undergo screening for
tuberculosis to qualify for Korean jobs
(kp 29/02/2016)
From
aid
to investment: Nepal is slowly changing its
image in Korea as an aid recipient country to a
destination for Korean investment, by Seulki
Lee (nt 25/12/2015)
Overstay
threatens
South Korean jobs for Nepali worker, by
Santosh Pokhrel (rep 07/11/2015)
More
than
8,000 pass Korean language test, by Devendra
Sambahamphe (kp 09/10/2015)
Nepal,
SKorea
set to renew EPS agreement (ht 25/08/2015)
Employment
in
South Korea: Nepali migrants to benefit from new
Korea guidelines, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
19/08/2015)
EPS
invites
applications for Korean language test: The number
of Nepali migrant worker to be sent to South Korea
in 2016 is expected to be announced by the end of
this year (kp 13/04/2015), Application
submission
for Korean test opens today (kp 16/04/2015), Over
17,000
apply for language test on day 1 (kp
17/04/2015), 17,438
apply
for Korea jobs on first day: Govt asks Korea to
hire Nepalis in construction sector also (rep
17/04/2015), Korean
language
test form submission begins (ht 17/04/2015), 51,000
apply
for Korean language test (kp 20/04/2015), 51,499
apply
for Korean test (ht 20/04/2015)
Labour
deal
with SKorea: Nepal starts pact renewal process
(kp 10/02/2015)
Latin America / South
America
Nepal’s
ambassador to Brazil presents credentials
(kh 17/11/2022)
Nepal
and Barbados establish diplomatic relations
(rep 09/12/2021)
Nepal
and Commonwealth of Dominica establish
diplomatic relations (rep 01/05/2021)
Nepal,
Saint Lucia establish bilateral diplomatic ties
(ht 29/08/2019)
Dahal
flays sanctions against Cuba (ht
27/07/2019), NCP chief Dahal expresses solidarity
with Cuba, criticizes US sanctions (rep
27/07/2019)
After
diplomatic fiasco over Venezuela, Nicolas
Maduro’s son visits Nepal: Invited by ruling
party’s sister wing, Nicolasito is here to
discuss politics and bilateral ties, by Anil
Giri (kp 16/07/2019), Maduro’s
son meets Dahal, lawmakers, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 16/07/2019)
Beyond
statement:
Dahal’s bid to support another parasitic and
decaying communist regime is not based on
heartfelt belief of global communist solidarity.
It is rather a matter of political expediency,
by Manjeet Mishra (rep 17/02/2019)
Conspiracies
afoot to harm Nepal's foreign relations: PM
(rep 14/02/2019)
Venezuelan
vertigo: Dahal’s statement supporting Nicolás
Maduro is proving to be a bitter pill to swallow,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 05/02/2019)
Venezuelan
crisis: Of what concern to Nepal?, by Umesh
K Bhattarai (ht 31/01/2019)
Ruling
NCP denounces US, allies for ‘intervening’ in
Venezuela (rep 26/01/2019), Oli
shows unawareness of Dahal's statement on
Venezuela (rep 27/01/2019), Venezuela
lobbied
the ruling party to condemn US and its allies,
sources say: Foreign Ministry officials scramble
to form Nepal’s official position on the Latin
American nation, by Anil Giri (kp
28/01/2019), ‘Dahal’s
statement reflects only party’s view’ (ht
28/01/2019), Ministry
distances
itself from Dahal’s criticism of US and its
allies: The government was forced to clarify its
position on Venezuela after the ruling party
leader released a statement defending Nicolas
Maduro last week, by Anil Giri (30/01/2019),
International
relations of parties different than those of
countries: Government spokesperson (ht
01/02/2019), S
officials summoned Nepali ambassador over
Dahal’s Venezuela statement: Nepali leaders and
officials asked the Post to downplay the
controversy because they said the issue had
already been resolved, by Anil Giri (kp
02/02/2019), I
stand by my statement on Venezuelan crisis:
Dahal (rep 02/02/2019), In
third
Venezuela statement, ruling party tries to hit a
diplomatic note: ‘There was feeling among party
leaders that it could sour relations with US and
international community’, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 05/02/2019), NCP
denounces ‘external interference in internal
affairs’ of Venezuela, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
05/02/2019)
Nepal
establishes diplomatic relations with Suriname
(rep 13/10/2018)
Nepal,
Saint Kitts and Nevis forge diplomatic ties
(ht 01/06/2018)
Nepal,
Bahamas set up diplomatic ties (kp
09/11/2017)
Nepali
envoy
to Ecuador presents credentials (ht
30/10/2016)
Nepali
envoy
to Brazil presents credentials to Brazil Prez
(ht 29/10/2016)
Duped
Nepali
students arrested in Grenada: Traffickers had
lured them promising entry into USA (ht
24/04/2015)
Dozens
of
Nepalis suffer in St Lucia as racketeers dupe,
by Roshan Sedhai and Anup Ojha (kp 08/03/2015), More
Nepali
students left in lurch in St Lucia, by Roshan
Sedhai and Anup Ojha (kp 09/03/2015), Lost
in
Lambirds: The students smuggled to St Lucia deserve an
answer from the state (kp 10/03/2015),Nepal closer
to labour
pact with Malaysia Victims
await
court hearing, by Anup Ojha (kp 11/03/2015), Stranded
students
may remain in St Lucia till April (kp 13/03/2015),
St
Lucia
govt to ‘repatriate’ stranded Nepali students (kp
30/03/2015), Nepali
students
request IOM for repatriation (kp 31/03/2015), St
Lucia
court to hear scam case today (kp 10/04/2015), St
Lucia
launches probe (kp 11/05/2015), St
Lucia
court denies bail to accused four (kp 12/04/2015)
House
panel
seeks info on Nepalis in Latin American jails, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 30/01/2015)
Malaysia
Malaysian
govt decides to impose ban on migrant workers
from July (rep 11/03/2024)
Five
Nepali youths stranded in Malaysia for five
months appeal for help : The stranded Nepali
youths from Khotang, Bhojpur and Chitwan
districts have appealed to the media for help
and rescue (nlt 29/03/2023), Five
stranded Nepali youths allegedly live like
prisoners in Malaysia (kh 29/03/2023)
Nepal,
Malaysia agree to revise labor agreement (kh
04/02/2023)
Nepal
asks Malaysia to apply 'zero-cost' migration
policy : As per the 2018 pact, Nepali workers
are exempt from paying service charges, airfare,
visa fee, and medical check-up and security
screening costs, by Pawan Pandey (kp
04/02/2023)
Voices
for fair recruitment grow as Nepal and Malaysia
hold labour talks today : Malaysia’s Home
Minister Ismail is in Kathmandu to discuss a
number of bilateral issues, including migration
(kp 03/02/2023)
Malaysian
Home Minister arriving this evening (kh
02/02/2023)
19
Nepalis, including five from Gorkha, held
hostage in Malaysia, by Narhari Sapkota (rep
09/01/2023), Government
steps up efforts to rescue 19 Nepali workers
stranded in Malaysia : As many as 19 Nepalis
have been stranded in Malaysia, according to
authorities (nlt 09/01/2023)
6
out of 13 Nepalis held hostage in Malaysia
returning home on Tuesday (kh 09/01/2023
Malaysia's
Weston Company to take Nepali workers on zero
investment; 450 to fly in first phase (rep
06/07/2022)
Malaysia
to recruit 500,000 migrant workers (kh
07/04/202)
25
Nepalis on death row rescued from Malaysia
(rep 08/01/2022)
Malaysia
extends amnesty scheme deadline for undocumented
workers : The deadline extension till December
31 is expected to benefit over 10,000
undocumented Nepali workers based in the
Southeast Asian country, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 14/07/2021)
Malaysian
firm to reimburse Nepali ex-workers their
recruitment expensesMany Malaysian gloves
manufacturers have started compensating their
foreign workers following international pressure
to make their products free of ‘forced labour,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 05/07/2021)
Malaysia
announces travel ban on Nepalis over rising
cases of coronavirus infection : Citizens of
Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan will
be barred entry. Nepali recruiting agencies fear
other countries may follow suit, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 07/05/2021)
24
Nepali nationals jailed in Malaysia return home
(kh 10/04/2021)
Bodies
of workers stuck in Malaysia to be repatriated,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 16/01/2021)
Few
Nepalis apply for Malaysia amnesty scheme for
undocumented workers : Illegal workers in
Malaysia can voluntarily return home without
facing serious legal actions, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 26/12/2020)
Six
Nepalis deprived of pay and work for six months
rescued in Malaysia The victims working as
security guards tell Malaysian immigration
authorities that their employer refused to even
meet them despite their numerous requests to do
so, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 01/11/2020)
Nepali
workers and their families to benefit from
Malaysian government’s social security scheme :
The social security scheme will cover migrant
workers in case of work-related injuries,
sickness and death, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 24/09/2020)
As
Malaysia reserves jobs for locals, space for
Nepalis reeling under pandemic shrinks more,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/09/2020)
Over
200 Nepalis rescued and repatriated from
Malaysian detention centres, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 16/09/2020)
More
Malaysian companies reimbursing Nepali workers,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/08/2020)
Nearly
600 Nepali workers in Malaysia to get refunds
for their recruitment fees: Malaysia’s leading
gloves maker has agreed to compensate nearly
1,600 of its foreign workers, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 13/07/2020)
Malaysia
breather for illegal migrants (ht
08/05/2020)
Nepali
workers forced to work even under lockdown in
Malaysia: A large number of Nepalis, already
reeling from the Covid-19 outbreak, are being
asked to go out and work against their will,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/03/2020)
As
Malaysia enforces complete lockdown, Nepali
workers struggle with reduced working hours:
Nearly 500,000 Nepalis have been living in
Malaysia, which remains the most affected
country in South East Asia from the Covid-19
outbreak, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
19/03/2020)
Nepal
may lose Malaysian security jobs as Malaysia
mulls hiring workers from Pakistan: The
Southeast Asian country, one of the most
favoured work destinations among Nepalis, is in
negotiations to hire nearly 150,000 Pakistani
security guards, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
10/02/2020)
Hundreds
of undocumented Nepali workers return from
Malaysia after availing general amnesty: Nepali
workers turning illegal is common in Malaysia,
but there is no data available on them, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/01/2020)
Malaysia’s
minimum wage raise to benefit thousands of
Nepalis: The new salary scheme will be enforced
in 57 major cities of the country covering the
majority of Nepali workers in Malaysia, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 21/12/2019)
Concerns
over high cost of hiring Nepalis could hamper
labour migration to Malaysia: With employers
exploring more source countries, there could be
a drop in migration of Nepali workers to the
Southeast Asian nation, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 15/12/2019)
Illegal
Nepali workers in Malaysia urged to return home
under amnesty program (rep 14/12/2019)
Despite
cost-free jobs deal with Malaysia, Nepali
migrant workers are still paying hefty fees:
Desperate to get jobs, aspirant workers say they
are not in a position to complain against
recruiting agencies, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 10/12/2019)
Nepal’s
mission in Malaysia approves local demand for
more than 31,000 Nepali workers: Workers demand
has come from industrial, services, agriculture,
plantation and construction sectors, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/12/2019)
Low
worker demand from Malaysia (rep 04/12/2019)
Malaysia
job aspirants are lining up for pre-departure
services without pre-work approval: Only 5,000
preliminary labour permits have been approved
but more than 100,000 workers have already paid
for medical tests and obtained security
clearance, officials say, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 09/11/2019)
Malaysia
departures remain sluggish even after resumption
of labour migration: Only 2,217 labour permits
have been issued for Malaysia in two weeks,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/09/2019)
Government
formally resumes labour migration to Malaysia
after nearly 16 months: Workers will reach
Malaysia as per the new labour deal that
requires employers to bear all the expenses,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 16/09/2019)
Nepal,
Malaysia labour talks extended (ht
12/09/2019), New
agreement brings resumption of labour migration
to Malaysia a step closer: A Malaysian team will
arrive in November to inspect medical
facilities, which is expected to restart labour
migration to the Southeast Asian country, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 13/09/2019), Nepalis
can go to work in Malaysia from September 15,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 13/09/2019), Malaysia
jobs reopen after ‘face-saver’ deal: Officials
of the Nepal Association of Foreign Employment
Agencies said that it is likely to take a few
more months before workers start leaving for
jobs (rep 13/09/2019)
Nepal,
Malaysia to hold talks on labour migration on
Sept 10-11 (ht 30/08/2019)
Lack
of clarity over ban on Malaysia leads to
confusion among aspiring migrants: The
government never formally announced a
prohibition of migrating to Malaysia for work,
foreign employment agencies say, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 05/08/2019)
Nearly
20,000 illegal Nepali workers in Malaysia can
return home as local authorities announce
general amnesty: Last year nearly 15,000
undocumented workers had used a similar scheme
to avoid legal actions from the Malaysian
government, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
21/07/2019)
Punished
in Malaysia, ignored in Nepal: Even as Malaysia
prosecutes minister involved in labour scam, no
one is investigated in Nepal, by Ramu
Sapkota (nt 12/07/2019)
Event
organisers are breaking laws while taking Nepali
shows abroad: Malaysian authority recently
raided a Nepali musical event in Kuala Lumpur
and detained 32 people, including the show
organisers and the artistes, for visa rule
violation, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
27/06/2019)
74
get work permit for Malaysia (ht 13/04/2019)
State
allows
workers with calling visa to fly to Malaysia but
few show up: Recruiting agencies say a total of
7,134 workers with visa await their turn, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 11/04/2019)
Govt
resumes providing labor permit for Malaysia
(rep 01/04/2019)
Ministry
to
allow workers with calling visa to fly out to
Malaysia: Nearly 7,000 Nepali migrant workers
with calling visa await their turn, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/03/2019)
Malaysia
sends
workers’ health test standards: The move will
guide the implementation of the labour pact,
clearing the way for Nepalis to fly to Malaysia
for work, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
25/02/2019)
More
than
200 Nepalis are languishing in Malaysia jails:
Another 170 are held in various detention
centres pending their repatriation, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/02/2019)
53
Malaysian firms barred from hiring Nepalis over
mistreatment (rep 11/02/2019)
20
workers
get labour permits for Malaysia: Labour
department says people who have obtained working
visas directly from the embassy will have no
problem obtaining permits, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 22/01/2019)
Govt
seeks Malaysian ‘calling visa’ details from
hiring agencies (ht 22/01/2019)
Labour
supply to Malaysia yet to resume despite
bilateral pact (ht 02/01/2019)
Malaysia
targets middlemen to end debt bondage of
migrants (kp 23/12/2018)
Drop
in permits to work in Malaysia, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 23/12/2018)
Malaysia
proposes to deduct migrant workers’ wages,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 17/12/2018)
One
Nepali
guest worker dies every day in Malaysia: Nepal
Embassy data shows suicides and diseases are the
leading causes of deaths of Nepalis in Malaysia
(kp 12/12/2018)
Deal
fails to resume worker flow, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 09/12/2018)
Malaysia
‘to hire foreign workers via new system’, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/12/2018)
Nepal-Malaysia
labor pact could be used as a model for other
countries, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 13/11/2018)
Travel
embargo
spikes Nepalis’ plans to start new job in
Malaysia: Ministry of Labour, Employment and
Social Security likely to lift ban next week,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/11/2018)
Labor
pact
with Malaysia, a welcome step: Agreement depicts
our prime concerns of safeguarding migrants'
rights and getting more benefits from our
workers in Malaysia and elsewhere, by
Mahendra Subedi (rep 04/11/2018)
Malaysian
minister arriving today to sign labor pact,
by Sagar Ghimire (rep 28/10/2018), Nepal
and Malaysia to ink labour pact today, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/10/2018), Free
jobs in Malaysia for Nepali workers, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/10/2018), Travelling
light: Nepal-Malaysia labour pact eases the
financial burden of Nepali workers (kp
30/10/2018), Malaysian
employers to bear all costs for Nepali worker:
MoU, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 30/10/2018), MoU
paves
way for resumption of hiring of Nepali workers
by Malaysia: ‘Nepali workers to be allowed to go
to Malaysia after a week’ (rep 20/10/2018)
Morality
and civil courage are necessary to put the
terrorist aggressor Putin in his place, who is
bombing Ukraine to rubble and murdering
thousands of people, including his own soldiers.
Only very few countries in the world have
refused to condemn him. Nepal has fortunately
avoided this grave mistake!Malaysia to scrap
hiring of foreign workers through agents (kp
26/10/2018)
Nepali
team to leave for Malaysia today to sign MoU on
bilateral labour pact (ht 26/09/2018), Nepali
team leaves for Malaysia to finalise deal
(kp 27/09/2018), Nepal
and Malaysia arrive at agreement on draft labour
deal, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
29/09/2018), Labour
pact with Malaysia before Tihar, says Bista
(kp 14/10/2018), Labour
pact with Malaysia on Oct 29: Malaysian minister
coming to Nepal to sign agreement, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 15/10/2018)
Malaysia
holds 47 Nepalis for visa breach (kp
23/09/2018)
Six
Nepalis among 21 dead in Malaysia alcohol
poisoning, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
20/09/2018)
Joy
for Nepalis as Malaysia increases minimum wage
of workers to Rs29k (kp 07/09/2018)
Around
15,000
illegal Nepalis avail amnesty: Nepal Embassy in
Malaysia says nearly 15,000 illegal Nepali
workers availed the amnesty before the deadline
ended on August 30, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 01/09/2018)
Nepal-Malaysia
labor agreement reaches final stage (rep
29/08/2018), Nepal
and Malaysia set to end workers’ woes: Two
governments due to sign a labour pact in
September, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
30/08/2018), Malaysia
may look elsewhere for security guards: Envoy,
by Roshan Sedhai (rep 31/08/2018)
Malaysia
wants employers—not workers—to bear recruitment
cost, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
21/08/2018)
Migrant
workers holding valid Malaysia visa allowed to
travel, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/08/2018)
Malaysia
to resume hiring Nepali workers (kp
15/08/2018)
Malaysia
proposes MoU with Nepal to address labour issues
(kp 13/08/2018)
Nepalis
prefer to work in Malaysia—deadliest destination,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 12/08/2018)
Malaysia
wants Nepali workers to arrive soon, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/08/2018)
Nepal
keen on labour pact with Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
open to hiring workers via G2G model (kp
02/08/2018), Nepal
invites
Malaysia to discuss labour issue: Labour
Ministry sends letter to Malaysian Minister M
Kulasegaran to explore ways to take workers in a
hassle-free manner (kp 04/08/2018)
Malaysia
keen to resolve worker crisis (kp
26/07/2018), Malaysia
requests Nepal to resume worker departures,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 29/0/7/2018)
Malaysian
former minister ready to face probe over Nepali
workers’ scam: Former deputy prime minister
rejects all allegations (kp 24/07/2018)
May
18 permit cut-off for worker departures for
Malaysia, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
23/07/2018)
Illegal
Nepalis
opt to return from Malaysia: Migrant workers
without valid documents who cannot return to
original employer or relocate have the option of
leaving Malaysia by August 30, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 22/07/2018)
Kleptocrats
of
Kathmandu and Kuala Lumpur: Politicians and
recruiters in Nepal and Malaysia collude to loot
poor Nepali migrant workers, by Ramu Sapkota
and Alyaa Alhadjri (nt 20/07/2018)
Workers
with Malaysian visas twiddle thumbs, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/07/2018)
Malaysia
government’s move gives Nepal hope: Crackdown on
Bangladeshi firms’ cartel, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 24/06/2018), Work
permit for Malaysia unlikely prior to bilateral
labour agreement, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
25/06/2018)
Job
applicants hit as govt awaits Malaysia’s
response, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
23/06/2018)
FM
Gyawali urges Malaysia to revoke extra fees
levied on migrant Nepali workers (kp
29/05/2018)
Pre-labour
permits
for Malaysia halted: Pre-permission stopped
since Malaysian Embassy announced closure of
agencies processing visa, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 28/05/2018)
Govt
to
scrap fees unfairly levied on Malaysia-bound
Nepali workers: Minister says government
committed to dismantling all cartels in the
foreign employment sector, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 18/05/2018), Med
centre, VLN operators booked for overcharging
Malaysia-bound workers (kp 21/05/2018), Move
against fees hits Malaysia departures, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 22/05/2018), Embassy
closes ISC as OSC continues process (kp
22/05/2018), Labour
relief: Diplomacy key to succesfully enforce
scrapping of Malaysia authorised exploitative
out-migrant fees (kp 22/05/2018), Mission
informs Malaysia about migrant issues (kp
25/05/2018)
10
Nepali migrants rescued from Malaysia (kp
24/02/2018)
Nepali
embassy in M’sia urges illegal workers to join
3-plus-1 scheme (kp 19/01/2018)
M’sian
employers to pay foreign workers’ levy from next
year (kp 24/12/2017)
The
freedom
of being illegal: Thousands of Nepalis in
Malaysia prefer to be undocumented than be
exploited and mistreated by their official
employers, by Upasan Khadka (nt 06/10/2017)
43
Nepali
workers rescued from Malaysia (kp
25/07/2017)
Malaysian
crackdown
opens door for fresh job-seekers from Nepal
(ht 13/07/2017)
After
3,800 deaths in Malaysia, Nepal seeks causes,
by Roshan Sedhai (rep 07/07/2017)
Future
of
40,000 Nepalis at stake (ht 03/07/2017), Nearly
150
Nepalis arrested in Malaysia: According to the
Immigration Department of Malaysia,
nearly 100,000 of the total 585,000 Nepalis in
the country are working without valid permit,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 06/07/2017)
Stranded
in
Malaysia: Woman, her baby among seven sent home:
Embassy (kp 11/05/2017)
More
than
one Nepalis die in Malaysia every day, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 20/01/2017)
Illegal
workers
to get M’asia temp permits (kp 18/01/2017)
Levy
burden
taken off workers in Malaysia (kp
01/01/2017)
Malaysian
delegates
to hold talks on Nepali migrant workers’ woes,
by Rupesh Acharya (ht 27/12/2016)
‘411,364
Nepalis
in Malaysia currently’ (kp 22/11/2016)
Samsung
and
Panasonic accused over supply chain labour
abuses in Malaysia: Migrant workers making goods
for the global electronics brands claim they are
trapped and exploited in Malaysia (Guardian
21/11/2016)
Nepali
workers
caught in Malaysia’s ‘unfair’ system (kp
19/09/2016)
Nepalis
not
to be sole foreign security workers in Malaysia
(kp 07/09/2016)
Malaysia
top
remittance sending country to Nepal: However,
remittance inflows from Malaysia might be hit in
the future as the number of workers going there
dropped sharply in the last fiscal year, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 05/08/2016)
Malaysian
authorities
detain 118 migrant workers, by Ram Chandra
Giri (kp 25/07/2016)
19
Nepalis
arrested in Malaysian crackdown, by Ram
Chandra Giri (kp 21/07/2016)
Shortage
of
Nepali security guards: Malaysian companies
‘look for alternatives’ (kp 10/07/2016)
Flow
of
Malaysia returnees on rise (kp 18/06/2016)
Heart
attack,
SCA ‘killing’ Nepalis in Malaysia, by
Pratichya Dulal (kp 14/06/2016)
20
jailed
illegal Nepalis rescued in Malaysia (kp
19/05/2016)
Malaysia
mulls
lifting ban on foreign labour, by Ram
Chandra Giri (kp 13/05/2016)
Hounded
out
of Malaysia: Among the factors dissuading
Nepalis from working in Malaysia is widespread
harassment and robberies by locals, by Om
Astha Rai (nt 13/05/2016)
Ban
on
new migrant workers: Labour shortage hits
Malaysia, by Ram Chandra Giri (kp
23/04/2016)
21
Nepali
migrants sent home (kp 13/04/2016)
21
Nepalis
repatriated from Malaysia (kp 24/03/2016)
Malaysia
imposes
new foreign worker levies: Malaysia has
implemented a uniform annual levy of 1,850
ringgit per worker in production, construction
and service sector, by Ram Chandra Giri (kp
21/03/2 016)
258
Nepali
workers held in Malaysia (ht 13/03/2016)
Nepal’s
monopoly
in M’sia security industry may end (kp
07/03/2016), Nepali
guards
may face competition in Malaysia (kp
07/03/2016)
Illegal
workers
in Malaysia allowed to legalise status, by
Ram Chandra Giri (kp 03/03/2016)
Malaysia
visa
processing: Officials put through wringer over
VLN Nepal (kp 23/02/2016)
161
Nepali
workers detained in Malaysia, by Ramchandra
Giri (kp 22/02/2016), Muglan
matters:
Political rumblings in host countries require
government to be prepared (kp 23/02/2016)
Malaysia
puts
temporary ban on new migrant workers: A day
after signing a deal for taking in 1.5 million
Bangladeshis, Malaysia announces moratorium on
all new arrivals of migrant job seekers (kp
21/02/2016)
Working
in
Malaysia: Rising cost and falling ringgit see
Malaysia’s pulling power flounder, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 05/02/2016)
Malay
levy
rise affects Nepalis (kp 02/02/2016)
Karki
to
study issues of Nepali migrants (ht
13/01/2016)
Steep
decline
in Nepali migrants going to Malaysia: Hastily
introduced free-visa-free-ticket regime blamed
for fall, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 29/11/2015)
Malaysia
plans
online visa for foreign workers, by Ram
Chandra Giri (kp 20/08/2015)
Demand
for
Nepalis workers may decrease in Malaysia, by
Ram Chandra Giri and Roshan Sedhai (kp 27/06/2015)
NRNA
Malaysia
seeks govt intervention (ht 23/06/2015)
Nepal
closer
to labour pact with Malaysia (kp 22/06/2015)
Nepali
workers
suffer in Malaysia right from airport: Risk of
attack from Malaysian youths, by Devendra
Basnet (rep 22/06/2015)
Govt
preparing
send workers to Malaysia free of cost, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 21/04/2015), Govt
in
ambitious bid
to safeguard workers: Two-pronged strategy:
Improve workers’ conditions or stop sending them
there (kp 22/04/2015)
Illegal
Nepalis
face inhuman treatment in Malaysia: UCPN-M’s
Narayan Kaji takes up their cause after visiting
detention centres, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
17/04/2015), Shrestha
for
closing Malaysia if worker conditions unchanged
(rep 17/04/2015), Shrestha:
Nepali
workers facing abuse in Malaysia (kp
18/04/2015)
Migrant
workers
back from Malaysia were tortured nude, by
Surendra Paudel (rep 10/04/2015)
IRLC
seeks
better housing service for Nepali workers in
Malaysia: Says most migrants dying due to low
standard accommodation (ht 06/04/2015)
Housemaids
in
M'sia, gulf: Nepali missions against lifting
employment ban on women, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 03/04/2015)
Mistreated
in
Malaysia: Migrant workers in Malaysia are
routinely harassed by its policemen; But neither
the employers nor the state machinery do
anything to curb such treatment, by Weena
Pun (kp 28/03/2015)
Govt
puts
on hold agreement with Malaysia on domestic
workers: Forwards only pact related to general
workers in the first phase (ht 23/03/2015)
Nepal-M’sia
labour
pact sought, by Ram Chandra Giri (kp
19/03/2015)
M’sia
decreases
penalty for illegal migrant workers (kp
18/03/2015)
Migrant
worker
missing in Malaysia (ht 18/03/2015)
Agents
add
to Nepali migrants’ expenses, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 15/03/2015)
Embassy
in
M’sia told to relocate: Mission blamed for
litter, crowd, by Ramchandra Giri (kp
15/03/2015)
M’sian
security
training in Nepal is illegal: Govt, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 02/03/2015)
Japan
formalises
aid pledge for rebuildingNepali gets retrial for
‘illegal’ abortion (kp 27/02/2015)
Nepalis
in
private security: Malaysia imposes training for
job seekers, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
17/02/2015)
Migrant
worker
languishing in Malaysian forest (ht
16/02/2015)
Malaysia
enforces
bio-metric system for migrant labor: Recruiting
firms threaten to stop processing Malaysia-bound
workers, by Sagar Ghimire (rep 19/01/2015),
Nepali
migrants
to Malaysia: Biometric screening is a go (kp
22/01/2015), Malaysia
confirms
implementation of biometric health test: Irate
manpower agencies form joint struggle committee
to put pressure on government, by Ramesh
Shrestha (ht 24/01/2015), CA
panel
instruction to halt biometric screening (kp
29/01/2015)
Nepal
opens
honorary consulate in Penang (rep
16/01/2015)
Malaysia
fee
dispute: Govt urged to settle row through
diplomatic means (kp 06/01/2015)
Maldives
Adhikari,
Maldivian
minister discuss mutual cooperation (ht
13/02/2015)
Mongolia
Nepal-Mongolia
sign MoU on collaboration for Pashmina promotion,
research exchange (kh 28/06/2023), Nepal
and Mongolia sign pact for joint pashmina promotion :
The MoU was signed on the sideline of the World Export
Development Forum (WEDF) 2023 organised by the
International Trade Centre in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
(kp 29/06/2023)
Nepal
and Mongolia in 1st bilateral consultation meeting
(kp 01/11/2018)
FM
leaves for Mongolia today (kp 09/06/2018)
Nepal,
Mongolia
sign a host of agreements: Foreign ministers of both
the countries lay stress on building ties at
people-to-people level (kp 20/12/2016)
New Zealand, Oceania
Foreign
Minister Saud, NZ counterpart discuss bilateral
ties (ae 15/02/2024)
Nepal
signs diplomatic ties with Nauru (kh
05/05/2023)
Nepal
and Palau establish diplomatic relations (kh
22/03/2022), Nepal
and Palau establish diplomatic relations
(rep 22/03/2022)
New
Zealand extends $1 mln support to Nepal (kh
24/05/2021)
New
Zealand, Nepal secys meet (ht 03/10/2019)
New
Zealand to help Nepal re-measure Mt Everest (kp
02/08/2018)
7
of 16 Nepalis detained in Micronesia rescued: Were
left in the island nation by human traffickers in Nov
2014, by Ramchandra Giri (kp 29/06/2016)
Pakistan
Pakistan
appoints new ambassador to Nepal (nlt
06/11/2022)
Abbasi
to visit Nepal: Pakistan prime minister set to
arrive for two-day visit on Monday, by Anil
Giri (kp 03/03/2018), Pakistan
PM arrives today (kp 05/03/2018), Nepal
and Pakistan agree to revive SAARC: PMs talk
issues of mutual interest, by Anil Giri (kp
06/03/2018), Message
Of Pak PM’s Visit, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
07/03/2018), Abbasi,
Nepali leaders discuss BRI, SAARC, by Anil
Giri (kp 07/03/2018), Pakistani
PM’s Nepal Visit, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
09/03/2018), Significance
of Abbasi’s Visit, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
11/03/2018)
Made
in Pakistan exhibition kicks off, by Abhishek
Chitrakar (kp 14/09/2017)
Ex-Pakistani
army
officer goes missing from Lumbini (kp
10/04/2017)
Pakistan
scuttles
Lakpa Sherpa’s bid to set Mount K2 record (kp
27/06/2016)
Pakistani
aid
will continue, says Envoy (kp 11/05/2015)
Nepali
in
Pakistan jail for 29 months, by Devendra
Bhattarai (kp 15/02/2015), Freed
from
Pak jail, Magar returns home, by Weena Pun (kp
27/02/2015), Gulmi
resident
rescued from Pak jail after 30 months, returns
home (ht 27/02/2015)
Russia, Ukraine
In
Pictures: Families of Nepalis in Russian Army
begin hunger strike (rep 19/04/2024)
Government
suspends issuance of labor permits for Russia
and Ukraine employment (kh 13/04/2024)
NRNA
urges reopening of work permit in Russia (kh
04/04/2024)
Protesters
in Kathmandu demand protection for Nepali
citizens serving in Russian Army (kh
01/04/2024)
Nepali
on front line of Russia-Ukraine war pleads for
rescue : He asks fellow Nepalis not to be fall
into traffickers’ tricks. Families of victims
are frustrated at lack of help, by Anil Giri
(kp 30/03/2024)
Russia
may terminate contracts of Nepalis serving in
its army : DPM Shrestha says Russian foreign
ministry has agreed in principle to end
contracts of those wishing to return home
(kp 19/03/2024)
Ukraine
reveals five Nepali nationals in Russian Army
after their detention : Nepali war prisoner
warns against illusion of Russian Army
enlistment (kh 17/03/2024), Russia-Ukraine
War: Mother Pancha Kumari appeals for son’s
return held in Ukrainian prison (kh
17/03/2024)
Seven
more Nepali nationals serving in Russian Army
killed in Russia-Ukraine conflict (kh
14/03/2024)
Bringing
back Nepalis serving in Russian army
difficult: Foreign minister (kp
13/03/2024)
Lavrov
pledges to act on Nepalis’ pleas over
kin in Russian Army : Foreign Minister
Shrestha asks his Russian counterpart
for swift return of dead Nepalis,
compensation for families, by Anil
Giri (kp 08/03/2024)
Efforts
on to repatriate Nepalis serving in
Russian army, reiterates Saud : Says
government has received positive
response on providing compensation to
affected (kp 28/02/2024) [And what do these
efforts look like? You can't negotiate
with Putin. He needs all kinds of people
to be shot for him in his war!]
Yet
another Nepali national falls in
Russia-Ukraine war (kh 22/02/2024)
Russia
to compensate Nepali war dead via Moscow
embassy : No word on compensating the
injured. Over 200 families call for safe
return of their loved ones from Russia,
by Anil Giri (kp 14/02/2024)
‘There
to die’: Nepali mercenaries fight for
Russia in Ukraine (ae 12/02/2024)
Nepal
facing terrible brunt of Russia-Ukraine
war, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
09/02/2024)
Families
of Nepalis in Russian Army protest outside
Russian Embassy in Kathmandu (kh 06/02/2024)
Nepali
recruit in Russian Army reveals direct
deployment to warzone, estimates over 500 Nepali
deaths (rep 02/02/2024)
FM
Saud prepares to visit Russia amid increasing
death toll of Nepalis recruited in Russian Army,
by Arun Bam (rep 22/01/2024)
One
more Nepali national serving in Russian army
killed in Ukraine (rep 22/01/2024)
Family
of youth killed in Russia-Ukraine war perform
symbolic cremation, by Krishna M;ani Baral
(ae 22/1/2024)
Russia
holds back release of Nepali nationals enlisted
in its army: PM Dahal (kh 21/01/2024), Russia
to compensate families of those killed in war,
says Foreign Minister Saud : 13 Nepali nationals
have been confirmed killed in Russia’s fight
against Ukraine. Moscow official wants families
to go to Russia to claim compensation. Nepal
says not feasible (kp 21/01/2024)
Parliamentary
committee expresses concern over Nepalis killed
in Russia-Ukraine war (rep 20/01/2024)
Lamjung
youth serving in Russian Army passes away in
Russia-Ukraine War (kh 16/01/2024), Yet
another Nepali killed in Russia-Ukraine war :
The deceased is 32-year-old former Maoist YCL
member Sajan Gurung of Lamjung, by Aash
Gurung (kp 17/01/2024)
Another
Nepali youth dies in Russia-Ukraine war (rep
11/01/2024)
Foreign
Minister braces for a visit to Moscow (ae
10/01/2024)
Govt
halts work permits for Russia and Ukraine amidst
reports of casualty of Nepali citizens (rep
04/01/2024)
Russia-Ukraine
war: Govt scrambles for Moscow’s response as
more Nepalis die in war, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 03/01/2024)
Three
more Nepalis in Russian Army die in
Russian-Ukraine conflict, toll climbs to 10
(kh 02/01/2024)
100
Nepalis enlisted in Russian Army reportedly
missing or injured: Foreign Minister Saud
(kh 26/12/2023), At
least 100 Nepalis serving in Russian Army are
missing, says Foreign Minister NP Saud :
Minister Saud also said an estimated 200 Nepalis
are serving in the Russian Army (nlt
26/12/2023)
Russia
ignores calls to stop hiring Nepalis to fight
against Ukraine : Foreign ministry officials say
Nepal failed to take up the matter of Nepalis’
recruitment with Russia on time, by Anil
Giri (kp 24/12/2023) [But
the dishonourable Putin declared just a few days
ago that no Nepalis were being recruited!]
Authorities
intensify crackdown on rackets sending Nepali
youths to Russia amid reports of hundreds in
Russian army, by Sajira Shrestha (rep
21/12/2023)
Nepalis
death toll rises to eight in Russia-Ukraine
Conflict: MoFA : Four Nepalis in Russian Army
detained in Ukraine (kh 20/12/2023)
Resilient
Nepali youth breaks free from Russian Army to
embrace new life, by Arun Baral (kh
19/12/20231)
Nepal:
Diplomatic Behavior in the Russia-Ukraine War,
by Binoj Basnyat (kh 17/12/2023)
Russia
denies foreign nationals enlisting in army
amidst Nepal’s concerns (kh 16/12/2023) [??? This is dishonest to say
the least!], Kyiv
for conditional release of four Nepalis in
captivity : Amid reports of hundreds of Nepalis
in Russian forces, Kathmandu ramps up effort to
ensure their safety, by Anil Giri (kp
17/12/2023) [This proves
Putin is a liar!], Kailali
man in Russian Army dies in conflict (kh
17/12/2023), One
more Nepali serving in Russian army killed : A
36-year-old man from Kailali died on November 26
while battling Ukrainian forces, according to
his family, by Arjun Shah (kp 18/12/2023)
Nepalis
trapped in Russian Army make desperate pleas for
rescue (kh 12/12/2023), Nepalis
joining the Russian army amidst risks of
fatalities, by Sabita Khadka (rep
13/12/2023)
Nepali
student captured in Ukraine after joining
Russian army appeals for rescue, by Devendra
Basnet (rep 11/12/2023)
Over
200 Nepalis working in Russian army, reports say
Nepalis are also in Ukraine army: PM (rn
11/12/2023), Over
200 Nepalis may be serving in the Russian army,
Prime Minister Dahal says : Dahal says the
government has mobilised all mechanisms to free
Bipin Joshi from Hamas captivity (kp
12/12/2023)
Nepal
grapples with repatriation struggles for fallen
soldiers in Russia-Ukraine War (kh
08/12/2023)
Police
bust racket sending Nepali youths to serve in
Russian Army; 12 arrested, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 07/12/2023)
MoFA
confirms deaths of six Nepalis
fighting alongside Russian Army
in Ukraine, verifies One Nepali
in Ukraine's captivity (rep
04/12/2023), Nepal
urges Russia and Ukraine not to
recruit Nepali nationals for
military service (kh
04/12/2023), Six
Nepalis serving in Russian army
killed in war : Nepali diplomats
in Moscow say every day they
send back at least one Nepali
who went there to join the army,
by Anil Giri (kp 05/12/2023)
Nepal
supports Palestinian cause,
Dahal tells Russian news agency
TASS : He said, on the world
stage, ‘we support the
oppressed, those who deserve
independence. We support
Palestine’ (kp 01/12/2023)
Govt
forms committee to investigate
Nepali involvement in Russian
Army (kh 30/11/2023)
Nepali
nationals enlisting in Russian
army face tragedy abroad:
Repatriation of fallen soldiers
poses daunting challenge (kh
29/11/2023), Three
Nepalis in Russian army killed,
says embassy : Bibek Khatri, a
Nepali youth from Bardiya, has
also posted a video on social
media appealing for his release
from the captivity of Ukrainian
forces, by Anil Giri (kp
29/11/2023)
Bardiya’s
Bibek Khatri, enlisted in
Russian Army, captured by
Ukrainian forces (kh
21/10/2023)
Lawmakers
demand details about death of
Nepali youth in Russian Army
(kh 06/10/2023)
Nepalis
in the Russian Army want to quit
: They call home from the
battlefront to say they were not
trained, and have not got the
salaries promised, by Bhadra
Sharma (nt 18/08/2023)
UML
at odd with govt's position on Russia-Ukraine
war, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 06/08/2023) [Voting for Ukraine in the UN
vote was a question of morality, which seems to
be a foreign word for KP Oli anyway. It would
have been a vote for Putin's war, who is
personally responsible for thousands of deaths
on both sides and endless suffering and
destruction. But the misconduct of the West in
the run-up to the Russian attack should not be
whitewashed here.]
Nepali
youth joining Russian Army raises concerns;
Foreign Ministry clarifies stand (kp
01/08/2023)
67th
Diplomatic Anniversary Russian Aid To Nepal’s
Development, by Ram Bindu Shrestha (rn
20/07/2023)
Azerbaijan
detains 40 Nepalis ‘headed for US’ : Kathmandu
on alert amid reports of Russia recruiting
Nepalis to fight against Ukraine in its
protracted war, by Anil Giri (kp 24/06/2023)
Russian
recruitment targets vulnerable Nepalis in
intensified Ukraine war efforts, by Pramod
Raj Sedhain (kh 20/06/2023), Govt
closely observing recruitment of Nepali youths
in Russian army: PM Dahal (kh 23/06/2023) [Observing alone is not
enough. The brutal abuse of the Nepalis'
economic plight is an act against humanity!]
Why
is Russia keen to engage with
Nepal?, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 24/05/2023) [Putin is
urgently looking for supporters
of his murderous war of terror!]
Russia
seeks DPR for 13 Nepali projects : The projects
include the construction of electric railways,
highways, and cancer hospitals for children
along with increasing the scholarship quota for
Nepali students to study in Moscow (kp
18/05/2023) [Clearly
Russia is pandering to gain endorsement for its
war in Ukraine!]
Russia
shows readiness to supply chemical fertilisers,
grain to Nepal (kp 22/04/2023)
Nepal
votes in favor of Ukraine (kh 13/10/2022), Nepal
votes in favour of UN resolution to condemn
referendums in Ukraine : Nepal’s immediate
neighbors, India and China, were absent in the
voting while five countries including Russia
voted against the resolution (kp 14/10/2022)
UK,
US lobby Nepal to vote against Russia at the UN
: Kathmandu likely to go along as the domestic
constituency for denouncing the Russian
aggression on Ukraine builds, by Anil Giri
(kp 11/10/2022)
Kathmandu
seeks to repair its ties with Moscow, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 29/09/2022) [Not the right time!],
Our
long-standing ties with Russia need to be
further developed, interview with Ambassador
Milan Raj Tuladhar (ae 29/09/2022)
Nepali
students coming to Russia due to allurement in
trouble, says Nepali Embassy (kh 14/09/2022)
Impact
Of Ukraine War In Nepal, by Shyam Mainali
(rn 10/08/2022)
War
in Ukraine ‘a growing risk’ for Nepal (ae
21/07/2022)
Nepal
made grave mistake by showing bias in
Russia-Ukraine war: Prachanda (kh
07/07/2022) [Morality
and civil courage are necessary to put the
terrorist aggressor Putin in his place, who is
bombing Ukraine to rubble and murdering
thousands of people, including his own soldiers.
Only very few countries in the world have
refused to condemn him. Nepal has fortunately
avoided this grave mistake! The aspect of
impartiality remains completely untouched!]
War
in Ukraine and its Impact on South Asia, by
Binoj Basnyat (kh 24/06/2022)
Prolonged
Russia-Ukraine War will Impact Nepal in More
Ways Than One, by Rajendra Prasad Koirala
(rep 09/06/2022)
South
Asian countries’ position on the Russia-Ukraine
war guided by their own national interests,
experts say (nlt 02/06/2022)
BRI
westward expansion of China looks bleak amid
Russia-Ukraine war (kh 25/05/2022)
Ukraine
War and Risk of Food Insecurity in Nepal, by
Hari Prasad Shrestha (rep 16/05/2022)
The
geopolitics of food : Far-reaching consequences
of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict on child hunger
in poor countries, by Sonia Awale (nt
08/04/2022)
Did
Ukraine call for banning Russians from Nepal’s
mountains? No idea, agencies say : As war is
making every other thing political, the
mountaineering fraternity insists that mountains
be kept out of politics, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 31/03/2022)
Ukraine’s
fate and Nepal : Nepal is being obliged to
ratify agreements, protocols and assurances that
will weaken its sovereignty, independence and
autonomy, by Matrika Poudyal (ae 05/04/2022)
Sky
high fuel price hits Nepal’s tourism, airlines :
Fallout of Ukraine war knocks country’s aviation
as it struggles to recover from pandemic (nt
25/03/2022)
Ukraine
requests Nepal to ban Russian climbers (rep
25/03/2022)
Russia-Ukraine
war takes toll on Everest climbing (ht
19/03/2022)
Will
Russia-Ukraine war cloud Nepal’s tourism
recovery?, by Sanjeev Nepal (kh 18/03/2022)
How
a Buddhist centre in Poland became a refuge for
Nepalis fleeing war : Between March 2 and 11,
Benchen Karma Kamtsang Centre in Grabnik, Poland
provided shelter to 43 Nepalis, by Tsering
Ngodup Lama (kp 18/03/2022)
Nepal
feels the pinch of Russia-Ukraine conflict :
Nepal imported 45 kinds of goods worth over Rs14
billion from Ukraine in the first seven months
of the current fiscal, by Mamata Thapa (ae
17/03/2022)
Nepal’s
evacuation lessons after Afghan and Ukraine
crises : Kathmandu’s poor diplomatic presence,
lack of resources, laid-back attitude and weak
administration hamper rescue, officials say,
by Anil Giri (kp 13/03/2022)
Nepalis
stranded in Lithuanian and Belarus forests
request immediate rescue (rep 13/03/2022)
Putin’s
War Is Damaging the Developing World, by
Jayati Ghosh (kh 12/03/2022) [He endangers the whole of mankind and
nobody knows what this crazy megalomaniac is
still able to do.]
Four
Nepalis repatriated from Ukraine : Nepal had
sought assistance from the Indian government for
the evacuation of its stranded nationals
(nlt 12/03/2022)
Ukraine,
Climate, and Nepal : War in Europe overshadows
the climate crisis, but underlines urgency of
phasing out fossil fuels, by Sonia Awale (nt
11/03/2022)
The
economic war : Russia's war on Ukraine has also
affected the supply of wheat and barley (kp
10/03/2022), Russia-Ukraine
conflict likely to exacerbate economic woes of
Nepal (ht 10/03/2022), Russia-Ukraine
war leads to price escalation of cooking oil,
essential items, by Eak Raj Bastola (kh
11/03/2022)
Ukraine-Russia
war likely to affect over 8,000 Nepali migrant
workers (kh 09/03/2022)
Russia's
naked aggression against Ukraine: Lesson to draw
for Nepal, by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht
09/03/2022)
Putin’s
military adventurism and Western vulnerabilities,
by Saurav Raj Pant (kh 08/03/2022) [including
impacts on Nepal]
On
Ukraine, Nepal has not taken sides, foreign
minister says : Statement comes amid concerns
from some quarters if Nepal has deviated from
the non-alignment policy and is falling into
geopolitical traps, by Anil Giri (kp
08/03/2022) [Resolute
protest against a country that is despicably and
cynically invading another sovereign country,
murdering scores of people and destroying their
livelihoods, has nothing to do with alignment.
Putin's terrorist crimes demand a clear response
from countries oriented towards humanity and the
rule of law. Nepal failed to do so in 2014. This
must not happen again.]
Kharkiv
to Delhi: A Nepali student is on his way home
from Ukraine : Roshan Jha recalls his 10-day
ordeal and uncertainty following Russian
invasion, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/03/2022)
Russia-Ukraine
Conflict Likely To Have Cascading Effects In
Nepal, by Laxman Kafle (rn 06/03/2022)
Kathmandu
has no clue about number of Nepalis needing
rescue from Ukraine : Nepal’s embassy in Berlin
has data on those who have crossed borders but
it is unaware of how many lived in the war-hit
country and how many are stranded, by Anil
Giri and Binod Ghimire (kp 06/03/2022)
516
Nepalis leave Ukraine; 6 taking shelter in
bunker (kh 05/03/2022)
South
Asia’s reaction to Russian invasion of Ukraine
driven by self-interest: EFSAS. 'Nepal has so
far taken the strongest position against Russia
among all the South Asian nations' (kh
05/03/2022)
Nepal
asks India for cooperation to rescue Nepalis
from Ukraine (kh 05/03/2022)
UN
Human Rights Council to set up independent
inquiry into alleged rights violations by Russia
in Ukraine : During a vote in the 47-member body
today, 32 nations including Nepal voted in
favour (kp 04/03/2022)
Nepal’s
position on Russia-Ukraine war is fair and just
: India and China have either abstained or stood
neutral on the Ukraine crisis. That does not
have to influence Nepal's position on the
unprecedented humanitarian crisis unfolding in
that country (nlt 04/03/2022)
UN
vote on Ukraine shows geopolitical shift in
South Asia, observers say : Nepal, Bhutan,
theMaldives vote for resolution to deplore
Russia. India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and
Pakistan abstain, by Anil Giri (kp
04/03/2022)
Diplomatic
community in Nepal stands in support for Ukraine
: Diplomats of various foreign missions and UN
officials in Kathmandu light candles at Bauddha
Stupa (kp 04/03/2022)
141
countries including Nepal vote to condemn Russia
at UN (kh 03/03/2022)
Nepali
consumer hit by higher cooking oil prices as
Ukraine-Russia war rages : Nepal imports most of
its crude sunflower oil requirement from
Ukraine, and shipments have stopped since the
fighting began, by Krishana Prasain (kp
03/03/2022)
Trapped
in war, Nepali students fleeing Ukraine ache for
home : They say they were duped by consultancies
and now the Nepal government is doing nothing to
evacuate them, by Binod Ghimire (kp
04/03/2022) [Really, no
one could have foreseen that the mentally ill
Putin would commit such a crime.], Get
them out of there : We are already pretty late
in initiating an evacuation operation for
Nepalis stranded in Ukraine (kp 04/03/2022)
Nepal’s
Pratap Basnet decides to fight against Russia in
Ukraine (kh 02/03/2022)
Nepal
stands for Ukraine : In a fresh move, Nepal
voted in favor of Ukraine which had called for
an urgent debate at the United Nations against
Russia for its invasion and human rights
violations in Ukraine (nlt 01/03/2022), US
Secretary of State Blinken, Deuba discuss
Ukraine crisis : Blinken said MCC would allow
the electricity transmission and roads project
to create jobs, infrastructure, and improve the
lives of the Nepali people (nlt 02/03/2022)
Nepali
Samaritans in Russia-Ukraine war: How a
non-resident Nepali is helping other Nepalis
affected by war (nlt 01/03/2022), 303
Nepalis leave Ukraine following Russian invasion
: 232 reach Poland, Slovakia-39, Romania-23,
Hungary-9 (kh 02/03/2022)
193
Nepalis in Ukraine come into contact with
Embassy (kh 26/02/2022), Nepali
Embassy requests Nepalis in Ukraine to go to
Slovakia, Poland or Hungary (kh 26/02/2022),
Nepalis
in Ukraine fear for their lives after Russian
invasion : Around 200 Nepali nationals are said
to be in the eastern European country which is
facing the biggest attack since World War II,
by Binod Ghimire and Anup Ojha (kp 26/02/2022), Nepali
nationals in Ukraine being evacuated with the
help of NRNA (rep 26/02/2022), Nepalis
in Ukraine urged to go to neighboring nations to
avoid conflict (rep 27/02/2022), 244
Nepalis affected by Russia-Ukraine conflict
reach safety: NRNA (ht 28/02/2022) [It should better be called
"Russian aggression" or "Russian terror". Unlike
conflict, this is a completely one-sided crime!]
Barbarians
at the gate : Warmongers of any country in the
world deserve to be isolated and pushed to the
corner (kp 25/02/2022)
Nepal
embassy in Berlin issues travel advisory to
Nepali nationals in Ukraine (rep 25/02/2022)
Minister
Ale urged to take initiative to resume
Kathmandu-Moscow direct flight (rep
24/02/2022) [This is the
worst possible moment for such proposals. We can
talk about this after Putin has withdrawn his
troops from Ukraine and faces an international
tribunal! In any case, he is also a case for a
psychiatrist! ! As a mass murderer, he is on a
par with Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot, for
example. His arguments are similar to those of
Hitler when he once invaded Poland!]
Nepal
opposes Russian invasion of Ukraine, calls for
peaceful resolution of disputes (nlt
24/02/2022), Nepal
opposes any use of force against a sovereign
country: MoFA (kh 24/02/2022), Nepal
protests against use of force against Ukraine,
recognition of Donetsk, Luhansk regions against
UN principles (rep 24/02/2022), Nepal
opposes Russian invasion of Ukraine : Principles
of sovereignty and territorial integrity must be
fully respected: Foreign Ministry (kp
25/02/2022)
HURPES
protests in Kathmandu, urges Russia to stop war
(kh 23/02/2022), Govt
urges Nepalis in Ukraine to leave for home
(kh 23/02/2022), Peace
activists demonstrate outside Russian Embassy In
Kathmandu “to stop a possible war” (rep
23/02/2022)
Russia
ready to help expand railway service in Nepal
(rep 16/02/2021)
Russian
Ambassador ready to facilitate for quick
availability of coronavirus vaccines to Nepal
(kh 18/08/2020)
Russia-Nepal
cooperation poised for growth: Ambassador (nt
20/12/2019)
Gyawali,
Lavrov stress high-level visits (ht 26/11/2019)
Nepal,
Russia hold bilateral consultations (ht
18/04/2018)
Back
in
the USSR: A resurgent Russia is reviving the interest
of Nepalis in education, trade and tourism, by
Kristina Shperlik (nt 27/01/2017)
Youths
using
Russia as transit point to enter Europe, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 01/03/2016)
Nepal
appoints
consul in Russia’s St Petersburg (kp 28/01/2016)
Nepal
agrees
to settle 40-year-old Russian debt (ht 27/02/2015)
Sri Lanka
PM
Dahal holds meeting with Sri Lankan President
Wickremesinghe (rep 20/01/2024)
Nepal,
Sri Lanka discuss Saarc, Bimstec, and ties : First
joint committee meeting also explores possibility of
establishing air link between Colombo and Lumbini
(kp 22/12/2023)
Sri
Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry visiting Nepal today
(kh 20/12/2023)
Nepal,
Sri Lanka to hold joint commission meeting this week :
Two nations plan to sign an MoU on cooperation in
science, technology and innovation (kp 19/12/2023)
Synthesizing
Nepal-Sri Lanka Diplomatic Cooperation, by Srimal
Fernando (rep 31/01/2023)
Sri
Lankan minister treated unfairly at TIA (kh
18/01/2023)
“Nepal-Sri
Lanka relations go back to the time of Lord Buddha”:
Sri Lankan Ambassador to Nepal : We need to promote
the two countries also for joint tourism promotion
activities, marketing Nepal's mountains and Sri
Lanka's beaches (interview) (nlt 02/12/2021)
Nepal's
ambassador to Sri Lanka Bishwambher Pyakuryal resigns
(rep 15/07/2019)
Nepali
tourism fraternity fails to tap Sri Lanka’s tourists
(ht 02/05/2019)
Sri
Lankan envoy for boosting economic ties with
Nepal (rep 02/01/2019)
Sri
Lankan envoy urges direct flights to propel
bilateral tourism with Nepal (kp 14/12/2018)
Lack
of direct air connectivity stifling Sri
Lanka-Nepal tourism (rep 30/06/2018)
Nepal-Sri
Lanka diplomatic relations enter 60th year
(ht 20/12/2017)
President
visiting
Sri Lanka via Thailand during polls (ht
12/05/2017)
American,
Sri
Lankan envoys call on Prime Minister Dahal (kp
06/12/2016)
Dahal
holds
talks with SL prez (kp 17/10/2016)
Thailand
Nepali
embassy in Bangkok brokers a ‘dubious
deal’: Pre-emptive pact’ between defrauded
students, school operators inked in Nepal’s Thai
mission, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 20/07/2019)
Embassy
alerts
Nepalis on trafficking trend via Thailand:
Fraudsters said to be trapping Nepalis
by making them overstay in Thailand and
sending them to other countries (kp
20/12/2016)
Thailand
hails
56 years of ties with Nepal (ht 14/09/2016)
Don’t
imitate us: The new draft constitution of Thailand
proposes a new phase of political instability by
institutionalizing proportional representation, by
Aditya Man Shrestha (rep 17/08/2016)
Nepal
and
AIT to strengthen cooperation (kp 05/10/2015)
Thai
pledge
more assistance to Nepal (kp 09/06/2015)
Thai
Nepal
stamps to aid rebuilding (kp 29/05/2015)
Thai
envoy
calls on Koirala (ht 18/04/2015)
Türkiye
Nepal
sends 22 tons of relief material to earthquake
struck Turkey (kh 13/02/2023)
Nepal
govt to send relief materials and medical team
to Turkey (rep 08/02/2023)
Turkish
police save Nepali tourists abducted by
Pakistani group (rep 28/04/2022)
37
Nepalis trying to enter Greece illegally
arrested in Turkey (kh 10/04/2022)
Foreign
Minister Khadka leaving for Turkey today (kh
08/03/2022), Foreign
Minister Khadka leaves for Turkey to attend
Antalya Diplomacy Forum (kh 09/03/2022)
'Opening
of Turkish embassy in Nepal a milestone in our
relations', interview with Firat Sunel,
Turkish Ambassador to New Delhi (ht 03/12/2021), Turkey
to open embassy in Nepal : Turkey announces
establishing resident embassy in Kathmandu to
mark 60 years of bilateral relations with Nepal
(nt 03/12/2021)/
For
undocumented Nepali migrants in Turkey, no jobs,
no food and no health/ insurance: Thousands of
Nepalis in Turkey are undocumented, which means
they have no access to relief or health
insurance to get tested for Covid-19, by
Elisha Shrestha (kp 01/05/2020)
Nepal
explores labour market in Europe for Nepali
immigrant workers: The Labour Ministry is
holding consultations with the Ministry of Law,
Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and Ministry
of Foreign Affairs to draft a labour agreement
with Turkey, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
08/08/2019)
Nepal,
Turkey to sign labour agreement (ht
05/08/2019)
Nepal
to sign bilateral labour pact with Turkey and
Poland (ht 12/05/2019)
Nepal-Turkey
Consultation Mechanism hold talks (ht
19/04/2019)
Nepal-Turkey
ties:
As two democracies, Turkey and Nepal always extend
solidarity and display support to each other as and
when needed, by Sakir Ozkan Torunlar (rep
15/07/2018)
Turkey
likely to annul duty proposal on Nepali yarn,
by Rajesh Khanal(kp 24/06/2018)
Team
off to Turkey to resolve yarn export hassles
(ht 05/04/2018), Yarn
export hassles may be ending soon (ht
08/04/2018)
Nepali
yarn faces export hurdle to Turkey (ht
02/03/2018)
2
migrant workers abducted in Turkey return hugely
in debt (rep 18/02/2018)
DPM
Turkey-bound
today (kp 21/05/2016)
United States of America
Businessmen
of Nepalese origin constitute Nepali Chamber in
New York (kh 15/04/2024)
Nepal
awaits revival of key US trade preference scheme
: The generalised system of preferences expired
in 2021. However, Nepali exports to US continue
to claim benefits, by Krishana Prasain (kp
25/03/2024)
Military
diplomacy in focus amid mega peacekeeping
exercise : As US Indo-Pacific commander arrives,
high-level Chinese military delegation is due to
visit Kathmandu in March, by Anil Giri (kp
25/02/2024) [Blatant
exertion of influence as part of an unabated
power struggle between China and the USA in
Nepal!]
Nepalis
in the land of milk and honey, by Kamal Raj
Dhungel (ae 14/02/2024)
AmCham
and CNI forge agreement to promote US investment
in Nepal (rep 03/01/2024)
Senior
US National Security official meets PM Dahal
(kh 07/12/2023) [??]
Senior
US officials are visiting Nepal : National
Security Council official Rear Admiral Eileen
Laubacher is arriving on Dec 6 while USAID’s
Michael Schiffer is already in Kathmandu, by
Anil Giri (kp 01/12/2023) [As part of the US-Chinese power struggle,
the USA continues to dredge up political
influence in Nepal.]
How
America missed an opportunity to solidify
relations with Nepal (nlt 17/11/2023)
AmCham
Nepal receives accreditation from US Chamber of
Commerce : Currently, American investments are
flowing into Nepal's energy, information
technology, and tourism sectors (kp
04/11/2023)
US
urges Nepal to join OGP, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 02/11/2023)
Foreign
Minister Saud leaving for United States on Oct
29 (kh 29/10/2023), FM
Saud holds talks with US Secretary of State
Blinken (kh 31/10/2023), Meaningful
partnership between the US and Nepal: Blinken
(kh 31/10/2023), Blinken:
Nepal, US valued partners in Indo-Pacific region
: Foreign Minister NP Saud urges renewal and
expansion of trade preferences with the United
States, by Anil Giri (kp 01/11/2023), Nepal
a valued partner in the Indo-Pacific: US, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 01/11/2023)
Saud’s
US visit slated for next week : The foreign
minister is scheduled to meet Antony Blinken and
White House officials, by Anil Giri (kp
19/10/2023)
Six
decades of Peace Corps in Nepal : The US and
Nepal have been steadfast friends not only as
countries but also on the individual level,
by Troy Kofroth (kp 01/10/2023)
MCC
CEO Albright visiting Nepal next week (kh
29/09/2023), MCC
CEO Albright arriving on Sunday : The Millennium
Challenge Corporation Compact that came into
force on August 30 currently faces a land
acquisition bottleneck as well as potential cost
overruns, by Anil Giri (kp 29/09/2023)
U.S.
Senator Hollen seeks deeper democracy
partnership with Nepal, by Ishwar Dev Khanal
(kh 03/09/2023)
MCC
Nepal Compact starts five-year project timeline
: ‘Together, we will advance economic growth by
creating business opportunities for Nepalis,
improving road maintenance on the strategic road
network, and finding innovative ways to improve
the reliability of electricity,’ said Vice
President of Compact Operations at MCC Cameron
Alford (nlt 31/08/2023), Make
it work : Rather than argue over the MCC’s
‘hidden agenda’, the focus should be on its
timely implementation (kp 31/08/2023)
Nepal’s
declaration on MCC compact gets US nod : Some
ruling party leaders and fringe parties have
started speaking against the compact again,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/08/2023)
PM
Dahal warns of potent protest if explanatory
note of MCC Compact isn’t regarded as Integral
to Compact (kh 29/08/2023), “Interpretative
Declaration” consistent with MCC Compact terms:
US Embassy (kh 29/08/2023)
American
senator Hollen to visit Nepal (kh
26/08/2023)
US
lawmakers, MCC vice-president coming to Nepal
next week : Congressional delegation’s visit
unrelated to MCC compact’s entry into force,
officials say, by Anil Giri (kp 24/08/2023)
[Unabated attempts of
political influence?!]
Fabrication
of refugee documents in Nepal is concerning: US
State Department, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
16/08/2023)
USAID
Nepal and Govt of Nepal joint portfolio
review strengthens partnership and
collaboration (kh 11/08/2023)
US
annual reports tell a lot about
America’s view of Nepal, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 31/07/2023), A
new US report questions investment
climate in Nepal (ae 31/07/2023)
US
points to corruption and political uncertainty
as major obstacles to foreign investment in
Nepal : Acknowledging that Nepal has ample
investment opportunities, the 2023 Investment
Climate Statements on Nepal released by the US
Department of State mention several flaws
plaguing investment climate (nlt 31/07/2023)
[see US
report]
US
trade preferences and Nepal : Every year, the US
Congress discusses the utilisation of trade
preferences by Nepal, by Chandra Ghimire (kp
31/07/2023)
Americans
are welcome, but when will you send your
president to Nepal? Why has not a single
sitting US president visited Nepal in 75 years of
diplomatic ties between the two countries? Why
should the US remain an exception while most other
countries have sent their state or government
heads to Kathmandu at one or other time?, by
Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 26/07/2023)
Despite
Lu’s visit, MCC continues to face hurdles
(ae 17/07/2023)
US
Secretary of State Donald Lu’s Kathmandu trip:
What did he discuss? According to the US embassy
in Kathmandu, Lu discussed Nepal’s achievements
on its Summit for Democracy commitments, human
rights protections in Nepal and the progress of
the MCC-Compact during his meetings with Foreign
Minister Saud and former Prime Ministers Oli and
Deuba (nlt 15/07/2023) [The Assistant Foreign Minister did not
have to travel to clarify the above-mentioned
points!]
MCC
chief executive to visit Nepal for compact
initiation : Two sides agree to late August
launch of transmission line construction,
East-West Highway section’s improvement, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/07/2023)
US
Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu arriving
next week for one-day visit : In November 2021,
Lu had threatened leaders that the US would
rethink Nepal ties if MCC compact was not passed, by Anil Giri (kp
05/07/2023) [Continued US interference in the
affairs of Nepal and other South Asian
states?]
Possible
five-layered plan for the US-China co-existence,
by Saurav Raj Pant (kh 01/07/2023) [Both China and the US follow
a contrary path and prefer to bring Nepal into
their respective hegemonic aspirations!]
US
and democracy in South Asia : As recent history
has shown, it is people who bring change, not
any external power, by Smruti S Pattanaik
(kp 08/06/2023) [The USA
is not even capable of practising democracy,
human rights and anti-racism in its own country.
What do they want to teach in South Asia and
especially Nepal?]
US
visa application fees hiked (rep 03/06/2023)
Nepal-US
sixth Trade and Investment Framework Agreement
Council meeting: Major takeaways. Both countries
agreed to engage in constructive discussions on
policies, laws and strategies related to trade,
investment, intellectual property and labor,
among others, and the US expressed its readiness
to extend support in implementation of reforms
in these areas (nlt 21/05/2023)
Nepal
asks US for continued privileges after
graduation : Nepal will lose the trade
preferences it has been receiving after it
graduates to developing country in 2026, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 20/05/2023)
US
report: BJP pays politicians to lobby for Hindu
Nepal : Pro-monarchy and pro-Hindu groups in the
country dismiss the Department of State claims
as baseless, by Anil Giri (kp 18/05/2023)
[see report]
[Those who turn the
multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-cultural
and multi-lingual state of Nepal into a
unilaterally defined state, as the monarchy once
did and as the RPP and similarly oriented groups
want to restore in an intolerant manner, are
violating basic human rights and destroying the
harmony and internal peace of the country.],
America
portrays Nepal as soft on Tibetan Buddhists,
hostile to Christians and supportive of Hindus :
The report of the State Department also accuses
India’s Bharatiya Janata Party and groups
associated with it of pressuring and funding
Nepali leaders to reinstate Hindu state in Nepal
(nlt 18/05/2023), Nepal
sends diplomatic note to US regarding religious
freedom report : The latest US report said
right-wing religious groups associated with
India’s ruling BJP have been providing funds to
influential politicians in Nepal (kp
29/05/2023)
Rare
sight: Envoys of world’s rival superpowers talk
Nepal’s development : Chinese ambassador to
Nepal Cheng Song and US ambassador to Nepal Dean
R Thompson stand together to discuss Nepal's
development (nlt 11/05/2023)
We
Look at Nepal for
Nepal's Sake’,
interview with US
Ambassador to Nepal Dean
R. Thomson (rep
02/05/2023) [So
you know better than
Nepal what the country
needs? Others call this
intervention!]
US
Army's Asia Pacific Command team visits Nepal (rep
26/03/2023) [Why on
earth? Nepal is not a US territory!], Nepal’s
New Challenges with Super Powers, by Hari
Prasad Shrestha (rep 26/03/2023), Nepal,
US conclude Bilateral Land Forces’ Talk : They
neither brought up the SPP issue nor put forward
any new measures or framework of cooperation, an
official said (kp 30/03/2023)
Nepal,
US armies to talk next week : Among other
things, the meeting will discuss military
hardware for the Nepal Army (kp 22/03/2023)
[The next stage in
protecting American interests in Nepal with an
eye on China?]
PM
Dahal to virtually take part in Summit for
Democracy on March 30 : The upcoming summit,
which will be the second edition, will be hosted
by US President Joe Biden on March 29-30, by
Anil Giri (kp 14/03/2023)
Capacity
utilization of industries in Q1 declined amid
the economic slowdown (ae 03/03/2023)
Security
agencies express dissatisfaction as govt halts
visit of CIA chief, by Tapendra Karki (rep
01/03/2023), Why
did PM Dahal stop the Nepal visit of US
intelligence agency CIA director Burns? (rep
01/03/2023) [American
interference has been intolerable for a long
time. What would the CIA chief be doing in
Nepal?]
Why
are so many high-ranking US officials coming to
Nepal? Perhaps to get a pulse of the Dahal
government and take stock of American projects
here, say analysts, by Anil Giri (kp
17/02/2023) [Of course,
the USA have never represented their own global
power interests in the world!?]
American
Interests in Nepal, by
Rajaram Bartaula (rep 15/02/2023)
[Nepal's
extremely weak political leaders
unfortunately lack the
diplomatic skills to take
advantage of the global rivalry
of the US, China and India!]
US
diplomat Afreen Akhter arrives in
Kathmandu : The visit of Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for the
South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau
follows two weeks after Victoria
Nuland’s and three days after Samantha
Power’s (nlt 13/02/2023) [Of course, it would
be completely absurd to see all this in
a context of the USA's global power
ambitions with regard to China!]
US
orders two new M28 skytrucks for Nepal : This is
the second time the US is buying the M28 for
Nepal. The first batch of two skytrucks had
arrived in 2019 (kp 14/02/2023)
USAID’s
Power side-steps geopolitics, emphasises
enduring partnership : The US invites Dahal to
attend the Summit of Democracy, by Anil Giri
(kp 09/02/2023)
Power,
another senior US official is visiting Nepal :
Afreen Akhter, deputy assistant secretary of
state, is set to arrive on a two-day visit, most
likely on Fe)bruary 14, by Anil Giri (kp
07/02/2023) [Continued
attempt at interference as part of the US global
power struggle with an eye on China?]
Samantha
Power’s upcoming Nepal visit: Let there be some
big announcements : The real big deal will come
only if Samantha Power will announce President
Joe Biden’s visit to Nepal. It cannot be
impossible considering that the US president is
expected to visit India in September for the G20
Summit, by Simone Galimberti (nlt
06/02/2023),
Foreign
Minister Paudyal and USAID’s Administrator
discuss Nepal-US interests (kh 07/02/2023),
USAID
Administrator Power announces nearly $60 million
to strengthen democratic institutions in Nepal (kh
07/02/2023) [But
progress in terms of democracy, federalism and
social inclusion is not in sight under the
current political leadership!]
USAID
Administrator Samantha Power visiting Nepal
(kh 01/02/2023)
Protect
sovereignty while engaging neighbours, says top
US diplomat : In all high-level meetings,
Victoria Nuland discussed the MCC compact as
well as the transitional justice process, by
Anil Giri (kp 31/01/2023)
US
engagement in Nepal, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(ae 30/01/2023)
USAID’s
Samantha Power likely to visit Nepal on February
5 : There are also chances of US Secretary of
State Blinken coming here following his India
trip in early March, by Anil Giri (kp
27/01/2023) [Part of the
global power struggle between China and the USA
on the back of Nepal?]
U.S.
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs,
Victoria, visiting Nepal next week (kh
25/01/2023), US
Under Secretary Nuland arriving in Nepal
next week : A slew of other top-ranking US
officials also express their interest in
coming to Kathmandu over the next one year,
by Anil Giri (kp 25/01/2023) [Reflection of the
unchanged global power struggle between
China and the USA on the back of Nepal!],
US
Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs Victoria Nuland arrives today : The
diplomat will engage with the new government
on the broad agenda of the US partnership
with Nepal (kp 29/01/2023)
US
envoy stresses Nepal’s geopolitical importance :
Thompson vows to continue supporting Nepal’s
democracy and sovereignty and says the US is
working to find a lasting solution for refugees,
by Anil Giri (kp 12/01/2023) [So he admits to the interference!]
Int’l
community keenly interested to see Nepal’s
transitional justice process moving forward: US
envoy, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 12/01/2023)
Implementation
of MCC is on my priority list: US Ambassador :
"Obstructions will not diminish our optimism to
implement the project" (kh 11/01/2023)
US
congratulates Nepal PM Prachanda : 'The United
States supports Nepal’s democratic process and
looks forward to working together to build on
our robust and longstanding ties,' says Antony
Blinken (nlt 29/12/2022) [An obviously shocked US
government!]
Nepali
American Sarahana Shrestha wins US state
election : Shrestha, who ran on behalf of the
Democratic Party, defeated real estate tycoon
Patrick Sheehan by a vote of 35,493 to 23,104 to
win the 103rd New York State District Assembly
seat (nlt 09/11/2022)
US
ambassador lays out priorities, on first day in
office : Dean R Thompson vows to join Nepal in
fighting corruption, disinformation, and
repression (kp 22/10/2022)
Newly-appointed
American Ambassador Thompson arrives in Nepal
(kh 14/10/2022)
US
Ambassador Berry returns home; Dean Thompson
sworn in as new US Ambassador to Nepal (rep
03/10/2022)
US
Acting Assistant Secretary Trudeau visiting
Nepal (kh 27/09/2022) [Unabated global power struggles on the
back of Nepal!], US
official visiting Nepal to counter
‘disinformation’ : Washington had accused
external actors of misleading Nepalis on MCC
Nepal compact (kp 28/09/2022)
USAID
launches $19 million Trade and Competitiveness
project in Nepal : The grant project is part of
the continuation of 75 years of partnership
between Nepal and the US, says the USAID/Nepal
director, government, and private sector hopeful
of positive outcomes (nlt 21/09/2022)
Nepali
Army and US Army to conduct joint training from
today (kh 16/08/2022) [This would be comparable to the joint
training of the Chinese and Mexican armies close
to the US border! The USA should refrain from
unnecessary Chinese provocations on Nepalese
territory as soon as possible!]
Nepal’s
geopolitical catch as Washington and Beijing
lock horns over Taiwan crisis : In case Nepal
finds itself in the US-China geopolitical push
and pull over the Taiwan question, how should it
handle the situation?, by Mahabir Paudyal
(nlt 06/08/2022)
SPP
off agenda as Lu holds talks, with Nepal saying
not part of US program : The visiting US
assistant secretary for South and Central Asia
focuses on enhancing American cooperation and
bilateral ties, officials present at the
meetings say, by Anil Giri (kp 30/07/2022)
Letter
has been sent to the US informing Nepal’s
non-participation in SPP: Foreign Minister
Khadka (kh 29/07/2022)
US
Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu arriving
on Thursday : The top American official’s visit,
second since MCC passage, comes amid debate in
Nepal over the State Partnership Program (kp
27/07/2022) [Continued
interference in the interests of global American
power, but the citizens are in any case not
informed about the content in advance!],
US
Assistant Secretary of State Lu arrives in
Kathmandu (kh 28/07/2022)
Amid
geopolitical push and pull, experts advise
caution to Nepal in relations with China and the
US (nlt 23/07/2022)
Nepal’s
geopolitical dilemma : The US is continually
pushing Nepal to the forefront of its China
strategy, shrinking its leeway, by Gao Liang
(kp 18/07/2022)
Paradox
of Nepal’s national interest: Every party agrees
on fundamentals, differs in practice : National
interest discourse in Nepal is largely linked
with foreign policy conducts. It is often a
matter of how Nepal should deal with neighboring
India and China and far-off powerful America,
by Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 15/07/2022)
US
envoy nominee: Nepal ratified MCC despite
China’s ‘disinformation campaign’ : In his
opening statement before the Foreign Relations
Committee of the Senate, Thompson says he is
‘well prepared’ to take up the assignment in
Kathmandu (kp 15/07/2022) [And what about US
disinformation campaign? Both China and the US
must respect Nepal's sovereignty!], Chinese
embassy takes exception to Thompson’s China
disinformation campaign statement : The embassy
says the remarks of the US side are baseless and
have not only slandered China, but also offended
Nepal and its people (kp 15/07/2022) [The US
and China must immediately stop using
Nepal for their global power struggles.
Mr Thompson either has no understanding
of Nepal's realities and foreign policy
sensitivities or he wants to distinguish
himself by undiplomatic ruthlessness
towards Nepal even even before his
official appointment!]
Deuba’s
US visit, initially proposed for mid-July,
appears uncertain : Foreign Ministry officials
say the prime minister’s visit is ‘still on the
plan’ but they are yet to hear from Washington,
by Anil Giri (kp 08/07/2022)
Frayed
coattails of Uncle Sam : If the US proposes to
facilitate the financing of Nijgadh, it will be
difficult to refuse the offer, by CK Lal (kp
06/07/2022)
The
SPP fiasco: What should Nepal do now? As we
celebrate the 75th anniversary of Nepal-US
diplomatic relations, we should not allow wrong
information about cooperation projects such as
SPP to damage our relations, by Pratik Dotel
(nlt 06/07/2022)
Nepal-US
relations: From conservation diplomacy towards
climate diplomacy : Moving forward, Nepal-US
engagements and actions must be scaled up and
accelerated to tackle the effects of climate
change. Climate diplomacy is the need of the
hour, by Sharad Chandra Adhikari (nlt
03/07/2022)
Govt
decides to reject SPP deal (nlt 20/06/2022),
Government
decides to stay away from SPP : Confusion
remains though whether Nepal is indeed part of
the US scheme and how it can get out of it,
by Anil Giri and Tika R Pradhan (kp 21/06/2022), Controversy
Puts SPP In Limbo, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
21/06/2022), Intense
Debate Over SPP, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
21/06/2022), Over
1,385 Nepali security personnel receive training
with US support in last five years : "Nepal and
US security diplomacy is in the interest of
Nepal", by Ishwar Khanal (kh 21/06/2022)
SPP
debacle: Nepal Army’s request letter to the US
becomes public : The letter shows that the Nepal
Army, in 2015, had written to the United States
Embassy in Kathmandu proposing the SPP with the
American government (nlt 16/06/2022), Int’l
Relations Committee summons CoAS Sharma on SPP
issue (kh 17/06/2022), Nepal
will not participate in any military alliance;
10-point agreement on SPP is fake: CoAS Sharma
(kh 17/06/2022), On
SPP, no party looks clean— all lying, playing to
the gallery : A Nepal Army letter shows Nepal
applied for the State Partnership Program in
October 2015. While the national defence force
finds itself in the dock, politicians are
equally answerable, by Anil Giri and Binod
Ghimire (kp 17/06/2022) [Right
to information: Every citizen shall have the
right to demand and receive information on any
matter of his or her interest or of public
interest (Article 27 of the constitution)! When
will politicians finally respect the
constitution? Their behaviour is criminal!],
Deuba
avoids House that awaited response on some
pressing issues : Amid calls for answers from
him on defence budget and SPP, prime minister
plays truant, by Binod Ghimire (kp
17/06/2022), House
panel grills army chief, foreign minister on SPP
: Orders government to write to the US saying
Nepal is not part of SPP. Sharma claims 2019
army letter was sent with government nod, Nepal
is not part of any military alliance, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 18/06/2022), PM
Deuba skips International Relations Committee
meeting called to hold discussions on SPP
(nlt 19/06/2022), House
committee decides to summon prime minister again
: Deuba skipped Sunday’s meeting citing his busy
schedule. Panel says not abiding by its call
amounts to undermining it. Congress lawmakers
disagree (kp 19/06/2022)
US
embassy says the ‘leaked’ document regarding
State Partnership Program is fake : Nepali
intellectuals and people on social media had
reacted to the 'proposed' US-Nepal military pact
immediately after media outlets disclosed the
contents of the document (nlt 14/06/2022) [If you believe it, you will
be blessed!], M
should answer in Parliament regarding State
Partnership Program: Gagan Thapa : A purported
draft proposal of the US-Nepal military pact has
ignited a heated debate in Nepali politics
(nlt 15/06/2022), Will
not sign SPP with the United States: PM Deuba
(kh 15/06/2022) [Inform the people and
parliament correctly and in detail! This is your
duty!], Nine
communist parties demand cancellation of PM
Deuba’s US visit (kh 15/06/2022), A
US programme triggers new debate on the heels of
MCC pact’s passage : American embassy calls a
purported SPP draft circulating online as
‘fake’, as questions arise if Nepal is falling
into a geopolitical quagmire amid rising global
tensions, by Anil Giri (kp 15/06/2022)
House
panel summons PM to get information on his US
visit (rep 13/06/2022), PM
Deuba is preparing to secretly sign partnership
deal with US: Rawal (rep 13/06/2022), Protestors
besiege MCC's central office (rep
13/06/2022), PM
should inform parliament about his US visit:
Chairman Nepal (rep 13/06/2022) [Not only the parliament, the
entire people have a right to information. The
behaviour of top American politicians in recent
months and especially the current visit of the
general are highly suspicious. When will Nepal
finally find a way to a foreign policy that is
free from American, Chinese or Indian dictates?
Grow up, Nepal!]
Visiting
US general urges Nepal to join State Partnership
Program, promises aid : Prime Minister Deuba and
Nepal Army chief Sharma want political consensus
before Nepal joins the program, a component of
the Indo-Pacific Strategy, officials say (kp
11/06/2022) [Baiting
Nepal with money to take the US side in the
global power struggle and snub China may be in
the interest of the US, but it puts Nepal at
great risk. Nepal needs an independent,
self-determined and yet friendly relationship
with China, India and the USA, not a one-sided
dependence on one of these countries!]
US
General Charles Flynn arriving in Kathmandu
today (kh 09/06/2022) [The continued interference of the US in
Nepali politics is intolerable. The global power
struggles of the Americans are being played out
completely ruthlessly on the back of little
Nepal!], Top
US Army official is arriving today : Nepal Army
could ask for delivery of sky trucks but no
agreement likely on rifle supply, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 09/06/2022) [But
one can be sure that the US will again push for
Nepal's participation in the Americans'
Indo-Pacific security approach against China.],
'Inform
parliament about US-Nepal military visits'
(rn 09/06/2022) [The
fundamental right to information is unknown in
Nepal's politics!]
Nepal
Army chief to visit Pentagon ahead of Deuba’s
Washington trip : General Prabhu Ram Sharma’s
proposed travel date is late June, which comes
amid increased US political engagements in Nepal,
by Anil Giri (kp 27/05/2022) [??]
China
nudges Nepal on One-China policy : Beijing seems
to be wary amid a series of visits from the
United States and a senior official’s recent
meetings with Tibetan refugees in Kathmandu,
by Anil Giri (kp 26/05/02022)
Deuba
set to visit US in July, in first official
high-level trip from Nepal in 20 years : Visit
to Washington has quite some context, which will
help fortify ties, amid rapid geopolitical
shifts, observers say, by Anil Giri (kp
25/05/2022)
Visiting
US official meets with Tibetan refugees despite
Kathmandu’s caveats : Nepal is in a precarious
situation as it navigates carefully to maintain
a fine balance amid rapid geopolitical shifts,
by Anil Giri (kp 22/05/2022)
US
Under Secretary Uzra Zeya arriving in Nepal on
Friday (nlt 17/05/2022), US
Under Secretary of State Zeya arriving today :
She will discuss democracy, human rights, and
the plight of Tibetan refugees with Prime
Minister Deuba and other senior Nepali officials,
by Anil Giri (kp 20/05/2022)
Deepening
Nepal-US Relations, by Hira Bahadur Thapa
(rn 13/05/2022)
US
provides Rs 79.71 billion grant to support
Nepal’s graduation to middle-income country :
Termed as a new Development Objective Agreement,
this assistance agreement will span five years.
It outlines the broad development areas of US
and Nepal cooperation and collaboration (nlt
05/05/2022)
Celebrating
75th year of Nepal-US Diplomatic Relations,
by Ranjeev Kunwar (kh 02/05/2022)
Americans
are flying into Nepal in droves. Is there any
renewed interest? The MCC Compact’s passage and
75 years of bilateral ties are the reasons, but
there’s more to it, analysts say, by Anil
Giri (kp 01/05/2022)
US
under secretary to visit Nepal on May 20-22 :
The visit by Uzra Zeya, earlier proposed for the
first week of May, was rescheduled on Friday,
by Anil Giri (kp 30/04/2022)
Tracking
the trajectory of 75 years of Nepal-US relations,
by Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 29/04/2022), On
75th anniversary of Nepal ties, America
advocates for stronger sovereignty of Nepal :
Nepal-US ties are mostly discussed in terms of
economic assistance. However, protection of
sovereignty was one of the key considerations
among Nepali rulers when they established
diplomatic relations with the US in 1947, by
Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 30/04/2022)
Nepal
has seen incredible changes in governance,
economic development and international
engagements: US Secretary of State Antony
Blinken (nlt 29/04/2022) [Compared to the times of
absolutist monarchy and the Hindu state,
definitely! But since 2010 at the latest, the
political parties have forgotten all the
positive approaches. Nepal continues to be owned
by male members of the so-called high Hindu
castes with oppression and exclusion of women,
Dalits and other social groups.]
USAID,
Nepal celebrate seven years of collaboration on
NEGRP (rep 27/04/2022)
Ambassador
Khatri presents Letter of Credence to US
President Biden (kh 25/04/2022)
US
Congressional delegation arrives in Kathmandu :
"Visit is a testament that Nepal is an important
partner to the United States" (kh
23/04/2022), US
delegation thanks Nepal for MCC ratification,
support to Ukraine : The lawmakers offer more US
cooperation in the field of climate change and
poverty alleviation, by Anil Giri (kp
24/04/2022) [Thankfulness
of the USA for being allowed to give money to
Nepal? Sounds kind of strange, doesn't it!]
Govt
accepts Rs 80 billion grant from USAID (nlt
15/04/2022), Government
to accept another Rs 80 billion US grant (kh
16/04/2022), Government
decides to accept $659 million grant from US :
The amount is about $100 million more than the
total disbursement by the US government through
USAID over the last five years (kp
16/04/2022), US
agrees to provide additional Rs 80 billion grant
in five years to Nepal, by Dilip Poudel (rep
16/04/2022)
BRI
and MCC : Implications for Nepal, by Dron
Lamichhane (rep 11/04/2022)
SAARC:
The original sin or salve? Each of the two sides
in the Cold War wanted to increase its influence
through regional organizations. The US in
particular was keen on having a regional
organization for South Asia, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 07/04/2022)
Bipartisan
Congress delegation from US to arrive on April
23 : Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to lead the team
to Kathmandu. The team from Washington is
arriving on the heels of MCC Compact’s passage,
which Beijing has objected to, by Anil Giri
(kp 07/04/2022) [Sincere
help is very welcome and urgently needed by
Nepal, but not interference and abuse of Nepal
in international power conflicts, especially
those with its immediate neighbour China! Of
course, this also applies reciprocally to China.]
Dean
R. Thompson nominated US Ambassador to Nepal
(nlt 30/03/2022)
Nepal
Army and US Army launch joint medevac training
exercise in Kathmandu (kh 22/03/2022) [??]
US
delegation to be in Nepal right after Chinese
foreign minister’s visit : A team of 25
Congressional members, the biggest ever, is
flying into Kathmandu after the MCC compact’s
passage, which Washington has hailed and Beijing
has noted, by Anil Giri (kp 17/03/2022) [The power games between
China and USA on the back of Nepal continue!]
MCC
And The Weaponization Of Aid : MCC, with its
super power political pressure, has also badly
distorted the 12-Point Delhi Deal inspired 2006
“democracy” and the politics of major parties,
exposing the two-faced sleaze within them,
by Dipak Gyawali (sp 04/03/2022)
Immature
diplomacy costing Nepal dear : Both America and
China violated diplomatic protocols by trying to
force Nepali leaders to toe their respective
lines, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
03/003/2022)
CC
head office acknowledges Nepal’s MCC
ratification (kh 02/03/2022)
US
Ambassador pays courtesy call on Home Minister
Khand (kh 02/03/2022)
US
Embassy takes to social media to dispel MCC
rumours : There have been a number of videos on
YouTube awash with disinformation on the MCC
compact, calling it an American ploy to ‘trap’
Nepal, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 19/02/2022)
US
Ambassador meets PM Deuba; discusses MCC (kh
17/02/2022)
‘We
have not threatened Nepali leaders:’ US
Ambassador : Rebutting the reports that
Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu
threatened of consequences, the US ambassador to
Nepal reiterated that whether the Nepali leaders
ratify MCC Compact is a decision for Nepal to
make (nlt 14/02/2022), Political
weaponization of MCC may be damaging for Nepal,
by Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh 15/02/2022)
MCC,
BRI and The Game Theory: Nepal’s Quest for
Equilibrium, by Pradip Kumar Kafle (rep
09/02/2022)
Fatema
Z Sumar: ‘We are looking for the compact to be
ratified by February 28’ : The MCC vice
president of Compact Operations says it’s within
MCC Board authority to discontinue Nepal’s
eligibility to receive the $500 million grant
and such a decision will end MCC’s partnership
with Nepal, by Jagdishor Panday (kp
06/02/2022), Failure
to ratify compact may mean ramifications for
Nepal, MCC warns : In its response to a letter
by Deuba and Dahal, MCC Compact Operations has
indicated cuts in aid, assistance, private
investment and foreign direct investment,
officials say, by Anil Giri (kp 06/02/2022),
MCC’s
response to PM Deuba and Prachanda: ‘Continuing
with the compact is Nepal’s sovereign choice’ :
The MCC has set a February 28 deadline to ratify
its Nepal Compact (nlt 06/02/2022)
‘We
cannot keep the MCC grant on hold indefinitely’
: Mahmoud Bah, acting chief executive officer at
MCC, says delays in ratification put Millennium
Challenge Corporation compact in a position
where the US can no longer wait, by
Jagdishor Panday (kp 16/01/2022)
MCC,
Indo-PacificStrategy and Nepal-US Relations,
by Dron Lamichhane (rep 13/01/2022)
Prachanda
accuses US of preparing for war, strengthening
ties with India (kh 28/12/2021)
Foreign
education aspirants are helpless as their SAT
results aren’t released : US-based College Board
has been unresponsive and ignorant of the plight
of 51 Nepali test-takers while their college
application deadlines pass by, by Aakriti
Ghimire (kp 28/11/2021)
On
MCC pact, US message to Nepal is getting more
clear: Take it or leave it : A visiting American
official calls for a decision on the grant
through democratic consultation while hinting
that Washington has options to take it to some
other country, by Anil Giri (kp 20/11/2021),
US
wants MCC pact ratified by Dec 14 (ht
20/11/2021)
US
Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu arriving
Nepal today : Deputy Assistant Secretary for
South and Central Asian Affairs Kelly Keiderling
to arrive on Thursday (kh 17/11/2021) [????], US
Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu meeting
with PM Deuba today (kh 18/11/2021), US
Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu meets UML
Chairman Oli : “Prime Minister Sher Bahadur
Deuba-led government has not consulted with UML
about MCC” (kh 19/11/2021), Visiting
US official urges Deuba to ratify MCC compact at
the earliest : Deuba fails to secure commitment
from Dahal for pact’s ratification, by Anil
Giri (kp 19/11/2021), US
Assistant Secretary Lu calls on Maoist Chair
Prachanda : US official urged Prachanda to reach
an early decision on US grant MCC (kh
19/11/2021), Power
politics : Who is going to bell cat on the $500
million US project to upgrade Nepal’s power
grid?, by Ramesh Kumar (nt 19/11/2021)
Trade,
competitiveness and economic growth are our key
priorities in Nepal, interview with Sepideh
Keyvanshad, Mission Director for USAID Nepal (kh
15/11/2021)
Senior
US and Indian officials visiting Nepal next week
: US assistant secretary Donald Lu will arrive
on November 17 and Indian transport minister
Nitin Gadkari on November 18, by Anil Giri
(kp13/11/2021)
MCC
headquarters concerned over delay in compact
ratification : While the US grant has become a
political hot potato in Nepal, a Maoist leader
says its endorsement by Parliament is
unlikely before the upcoming general elections,
by Anil Giri (kp 01/11/2021)
Nepali
Ambassador to US Khatiwada leaves for home
()kh 28/10/2021)
In
the name of Development Aid, by Niranjan
Mani Dixit (rep 26/09/2021)
A
Letter to the Nepali People about MCC, by
Jagadish Paudel (rep 21/09/2021)
US
and Nepal have collaboration in common
challenges: US Secretary of State (kh
19/09/2021)
We
Look at Nepal for Nepal's Sake’,
interview with US Ambassador to Nepal
Dean R. Thomson (rep) [So you know better
than Nepal what the country needs?
Others call this intervention!]Nepal
writes to the US to clarify ‘controversial’ provisions
of MCC agreement (rep 04/09/2021)
MCC
Vice President Fatima visiting Nepal next week
(kh 01/09/2021), MCC
vice president Fatema Sumar to visit Nepal next
Thursday : Visit comes at a time when the US
programme, which has courted controversy, is
awaiting parliamentary ratification (kp
02/09/2021), 10
arrested from anti-MCC demonstration in
front of US Embassy (rep 03/09/2021)
Antics
of MCC critics : Given Nepal’s current
situation, MCC or no MCC is not going to make
any difference. The sky is not going to fall
without the MCC, nor will we be having a
heavenly ride with the MCC. Yet, the political
forces in the opposition have found it to be a
rallying cry, by Narayan Manandhar (rep
18/08/2021)
MCC
ratification uncertain as ruling alliance
struggles to make a position : Since MCC has
become an issue of public concern, there should
be a consensus, Speaker Sapkota says, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 12/08/2021)
55,000
Nepalis receive American citizenships (kh
05/07/2021), Number
of Nepalis joining US army climbs to 1,000
(kh 05/07/2021)
79
Nepalis in immigration detention centers in US
(kh 02/07/2021)
Nepali
DV lottery winners dejected as visa eligibility
deadline nears, by Shuvam Dhungana /kp
10/06/2021)
US
asks its citizens not to travel to Nepal amid
rising cases of COVID-19 (rep 12/05/2021)
US
provides Rs 4.70 billion for COVID-19 control,
prevention (kh 05/05/2021), With
additional assistance, US government to scale up
response against COVID-19 in Nepal (kh
06/05/2021)
Oli
asks parties for support to ratify MCC in
Parliament : With the Nepali Congress and Janata
Samajbadi Party in favour, the compact will
likely be ratified but the Speaker has
to agree to table it for vote in the House
meeting, by Anil Giri (kp 18/04/2021)
Controversy
surrounding MCC-Nepal : See that it is not
suspended, by Dinesh Malla (ht 22/03/2021)
United
States pursuing emerging partnerships with South
Asian countries including Nepal, says senior US
defense official (rep 11/03/2021)
US
envoy trusts court to sort out House row, by
Anil Giri (kp 02/02/2021), America’s
national security interests best served by
democratic, sovereign, inclusive Nepal: US
Ambassador Berry, by Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh
02/02/2021)
Biden
inauguration brings changes for Nepal : The new
US administration has already shown signs of
departing from the policies of the old one,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 26/01/2021)
US
Under Secretary of State Zeya arriving today
She will discuss democracy, human rights, and
the plight of Tibetan refugees with Prime
Minister Deuba and other senior Nepali officials
https://tkpo.st/3wrCYbQNepal is falling into a
trap of India, China and the US : America might
use its weight to obligate Nepal to honor TPSA
and get the MCC endorsed. India might stand
behind. China might warn Nepal against doing
that, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 18/01/2021)
US
repatriates eight Nepalis (kh 13/01/2021)
No
permanent friends, only permanent interests :
How does Oli’s dissolution of Parliament affect
our neighbours and other powers like the US?,
by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 08/01/2021)
Why
Indo-US policies failed in Nepal : The two
powers have often bet on the wrong side,
attempting to fulfil short term interests,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 05/01/2021)
Ex-Minister
Khatiwada appointed Nepali Ambassador to USA
(kh 22/12/2020)
US
to support Nepal in increasing production of
exportable goods : Nepal has not been able to
produce exportable goods on a large scale
(kp 18/12/2020)
A
lot on the plate for both sides when Nepal and
US hold trade talks this week : While Nepal will
seek to take advantage of duty-free access to 77
different goods, the US will seek clarity
on customs valuation, intellectual property
rights, repatriation from investment, officials
say, by Krishana Prasain (kp 13/12/2020)
Delay
in ratification could invite serious questions
about MCC’s future, officials say : MCC office
in Nepal says it hasn’t received any official
letter seeking clarification on any provisions
of the agreement, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 05/12/2020)
Nepal’s
MCC debate lessons : The MCC project got mired
in a debilitating national debate, forcing the
government to delay its discussion in
parliament. Why did a transformative deal evoke
such a fierce public debate?, by Bishal
Thapa (ae 27/11/2020)
Nepalis
hopeful about Biden presidency : Nepali
immigrants are looking forward to a kinder
America, by Priti Thapa (nt 20/11/2020)
Engagement
with Nepal: Crucial for US diplomacy in region,
by Prajwal Baral (ht 20/11/2020)
United
States provides 100 ventilators to Nepal to
combat COVID-19 (rep 13/11/2020)
Bidenomics
and Nepal : There will be both direct and
indirect benefits for Nepal as multilateralism
and globalization are strengthened in the Biden
era, by Bhoj Raj Poudel (ae 13/11/2020)
A
Biden presidency, climate and the Himalaya : The
United States re-entering the Paris climate
accord will be a huge deal for the Nepal
Himalaya, by Sonia Awale (nt 13/11/2020)
What
the Biden win means for Nepal : While some
Trump-era policies may continue, the US’s
approach to South Asia will likely change,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 10/11/2020), The
ground shakes when a big tree falls : The US
willingly ceding its diplomatic space in Nepal
to the Chinese sounds improbable, by CK Lal
(kp 11/11/2020)
Could
Nepal be another Afghanistan? Nepal could
witness revolutions and counter-revolutions
supported by US-India or China, bringing the
superpower rivalry home to us, by Trailokya
Raj Aryal (ae 06/11/2020)
US
policy towards Nepal expected to remain
unchanged whoever wins White House race :
Washington will continue to push for the
ratification of the Millennium Challenge
Corporation Compact, the only outstanding issue
between the two countries, observers say, by
Anil Giri (kp 06/11/2020)
Will
the eagle face the dragon in Kathmandu?
Kathmandu boasts having more foreign policy
analysts per square kilometre than elsewhere in
South Asia, by CK Lal (kp 14/10/2020)
Nepal
Communist Party members are not automatically
barred from traveling to the US: Embassy
(rep 06/10/2020) [Yes,
and members of the American Republican Party are
not automatically barred from travelling
to Nepal!]
US
to attach fixed end-date on visas for Nepali
students : Education consultants say the move
could force students to look for universities in
other countries, by Binod Ghimire (kp
26/09/2020)
‘Cheap’
Nepali deaths in US war zones In Afghanistan and
Iraq, Nepalis who are injured or killed while
working for American contractors are often
sent home with only token compensation, or none
at all, by Peter Gill (kp 31/08/2020), Nepali
Afghanistan and Iraq victims seek compensation,
justiceAccording to the US Labor Department,
approximately 300 Nepalis have filed
compensation claims for deaths or injuries
in the US war zones. However, experts
believe the true number of Nepali casualties is
far higher, by Peter Gill and Janakraj
Sapkota (kp 01/09/2020)
Ruling
party task force suggestion throws future of MCC
into confusion : Experts say amendment to the
deal unlikely, a supplementary agreement may be
possible at best, by Anil Giri (kp
25/08/2020)
MCC
aid flow has stopped as government is still on
the fence regarding the programme’s House
ratification: With Parliament currently
prorogued and no certainty as to when it will
convene, there are concerns over early
implementation of the projects under the
American programme, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 14/08/2020)
Fake
news can destroy Nepal's relations with India,
China and the US: By the time Foreign Ministry
refuted the report of land encroachment by
China, the ‘fake’ report had been circulated for
over a year and reached over millions and
millions of readers, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep
27/07/2020)
More
anxiety for Nepali students in the US with
decision to send home those enrolled only in
online classes: Many universities, including
Harvard, have decided to go online for the next
academic year, meaning foreign students will not
be legally allowed to remain in the United
States, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 08/07/2020),
American
dream: The government must tap into diplomatic
channels to help Nepali students in the US
continue their education safely (kp
09/07/2020)
MCC
ratification deadline ends today (ht
30/06/2020), US
may wait for some time to see MCC compact
ratified by Parliament, experts say: As long as
it remains disputed in Nepal, questions will be
raised about the programme elsewhere, a former
Nepali ambassador comments on why the US wants
no more delays, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
01/07/2020)
As
the June 30 deadline approaches, there is still
no conclusion over the fate of the MCC:
Officials at the US Embassy in Kathmandu have
said that they are ready to furnish
clarifications over the MCC if asked, but no
steps have been taken to this end, by Anil
Giri and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/06/2020))
PM
defends MCC agreement (ht 19/06/2020)
Ruling
party Secretariat decides to put projects under
MCC on hold until House ratification: Finance
Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada will clarify the
government’s stance on the issue before
Parliament, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
31/05/2020)
For
Nepalis in the US, the response to the Covid-19
pandemic has been sobering: Many Nepalis live in
fear they won’t get treatment if they catch
Covid-19; and even if they do, they worry about
the cost, by Aditi Aryal (kp 22/05/2020) [The USA is a promised land
for rich people only. This is especially true
for the health system under Donal Trump!]
With
Oli already in a quagmire over Indian border
encroachment, MCC compact rears its head again:
A letter by two senior ruling party leaders has
asked for wider discussions over the US-led aid
programme which has long been controversial for
its alleged geopolitical elements, by Anil
Giri (kp 19/05/2020), Parliament
should decide whether to endorse MCC compact,
Oli says: If political parties feel they don’t
need the MCC, they can ask their lawmakers to
vote against it, the prime minister says (kp
20/05/2020)
Despite
controversy, projects under MCC included in
annual list of programmes: Ruling party
lawmaker Bhim Rawal, who has been advocating
against the compact in its current form,
demands the leaders first discuss a report
prepared by the task force, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 17/05/2020)
NCP
task force concludes MCC is part of Indo-Pacific
Strategy: Suggests amending 11 points of MCC
Compat (kh 01/05/2020), What
happens to MCC deal is a big question as rival
factions prevail in ruling NCP, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 02/05/2020))
Nepal
Communist party taskforce gives final touches to
MCC report: Chances that the deal is ratified by
Parliament during the ongoing session look slim,
by Anil Giri (kp 18/03/2020)
US
Embassy in Nepal cancels visa appointments amid
coronavirus fear (rep 17/03/2020)
Working
With MCC And BRI, by Balmukunda Regmi (rn
16/03/2020)
Washington
takes a dim view of human rights situation in
Nepal: A US State Department report has pointed
out cases of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary
detention by the state agencies and government’s
restriction in the right to freedom, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 13/03/2020)
MCC
In The Soup, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
01/03/2020)
Amending
the MCC Nepal compact could violate the Vienna
Convention: According to the Vienna Convention
on the Law of Treaties, a treaty once signed
cannot be revised later by altering its primary
purpose and objective, by Binod Ghimire (kp
26/02/2020)
The
nitty-gritty of the MCC Compact: The American
aid offer has come at a time when Nepal is
striving to woo foreign investment, by
Jagadish Prasad Bist (kp 20/02/2020)
Khanal
conveys MCC concerns to visiting US official,
by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 11/02/2020)
A
tale of three countries: Nepal could turn into a
geopolitical and geostrategic playground of
India, China and the United States, by Geja
Sharma Wagle (kp 03/02/2020)
'13,000
Nepali students enrolled in US universities in
2019' (rep 01/02/2020)
US
embassy attempts to clear the air on MCC:
Issuing a 10-point clarification, the embassy
insisted that there is no military component to
the MCC, by Anil Giri (kp 18/01/2020))
Oli
insistent on passing MCC pact via House’s winter
session: The resistance to the MCC’s Nepal
compact is not coming from a dissenting faction
or the opposition, but from the ruling party’s
top leadership itself, by Anil Giri (kp
17/01/2020)
Nepal’s
partnership for peace with MCC and BRI: Nepal
can learn a lot from Sweden’s approach to
geopolitics to reassess its ties with India,
China and the US, by Katak Malla (kp
12/01/2020), On
IPS and MCC: Before making further decision on
MCC, the government should be clear regarding
whether it’s a part of Indo-Pacific Strategy or
not, by Biranchi Poudyal and Kamal Khadka
(rep
Why
the MCC compact courted controversy in Nepal:
Politicians are divided over the Millennium
Challenge Corporation’s links with the US’
Indo-Pacific Strategy and provisions that say
the agreement will prevail over Nepal’s laws in
case of conflicts, by Binod Ghimire (kp
09/01/2020)
China
says it welcomes any foreign economic
support—even the MCC—to Nepal: Chinese
ambassador’s statement runs counter to the
argument by some ruling party members that the
MCC, as part of the Indo-Pacific Strategy, is
against China, by Binod Ghimire (kp
04/01/2020)
Despite
reservations, MCC compact will be ratified,
officials say: Although there has been criticism
over the nature of the US programme, ruling
party leaders say the opposition won’t block the
deal, by Anil Giri (kp 20/12/2019), Dahal
hints at delaying MCC endorsement (rep
21/12/2019) [Hopefully!],
Ruling
party members ask leadership to seek clarity on
MCC compact from the US: Opposition to the
programme could not only delay its ratification
but also give rise to diplomatic friction
between Nepal and the US, observers say, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 22/12/2019) [Good relations with the
immediate neighboring countries are much more
important than being part of US security
interests!], Nepal
to first study strings attached to MCC before
joining it: ‘The country won’t be part of any
militarypact in the guise of any programme’
(ht 22/12/2019), Failure
to ratify MCC could have dire consequences,
leaders say: The US insists that the compact has
no strings attached and that the Indo-Pacific
Strategy is not a military alliance, by Anil
Giri (kp 23/12/2019) [The
US Indo-Pacific Strategy is first and above all
meant to serve American interests in the US
supremacy competition with China. Nepal needs
good relations with China to reduce its
dependency from India. Trump's America cannot be
trusted! This president sows conflict and
tension all over the world!], MCA-Nepal
requests for timely ratification of MCC Compact
(ht 23/12/2019), MCA-Nepal
clarifies why parliamentary ratification is
needed (rep 23/12/2019), Battleground
Nepal: China's Belt and Road Initiative vs the
US MCC Compact: The country has to walk a
tightrope between global powers, but the
US-funded Compact is too important to reject,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 24/12/2019)
US
hands over two Skytrucks to Nepal Army (rep
19/12/2019)
NCP
leaders suspicious about MCC grant, demand
clarification (rep 17/12/2019) [Nepal's independence and
security should not be sold to serve US
interests!]
NCP
hints at possible US-China confrontation in
Nepal (rep 16/12/2019)
Unsettling
times: The global stability can be secured only
by maximizing US-China-India trilateral
cooperation, by Suresh Sharma (rep
15/12/2019)
Nepal
is positive about being part of State
Partnership Program under Indo-Pacific Strategy,
minister tells visiting US official: Defence
Minister Pokhrel’s communication comes at a time
when Kathmandu has been rejecting any role and
engagement in the US-led comprehensive policy,
by Anil Giri (kp 06/12/2019) [??], US
does not force Nepal to make a choice between
capitals and countries, visiting official says:
‘Sometimes US competitors want to set a
narrative that we force a choice and try to
counter somebody else’s strategy.’, by Anil
Giri (kp 07/12/2019) [????],
‘Nepal-US
defence ties on good track’, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 07/12/2019), 'Indo-Pacific
Strategy aims to help countries defend their
sovereignty' (rep 07/12/2019) [by being dependent on the
USA??]
US
suspends payment of $500 million pending
ratification of Nepal Compact: The money will be
spent on the Electricity Transmission and
Transportation Project, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
06/12/2019)
Extradition
treaty with China: US Congressmen urge govt not
to sign treaty (ht 25/11/2019)
Nepal
12th in foreign college student numbers in US
(rep 20/11/2019)
Chinese
influence has grown in Nepal, says top US
official: This growing influence has led to
growing restrictions on the Tibetan refugee
community in Nepal, according to a briefing
delivered to the US House Foreign Affairs
Sub-Committee on Asia and the Pacific (kp
24/10/2019)
Proven
partnership: US and Nepal; We never asked Nepal
to be pro-America or to be against any other
country. We ask Nepal to be pro-Nepal, to
guard its sovereignty, by strengthening freedom,
openness and security, by Randy William
Berry (rep 03/10/2019) [?????]
Govt
signs program implementation agreement with MCC:
Agreement signing was a condition to start the
5-year clock for the largest US grant to Nepal
(rep 01/10/2019)
US
Ambassador attempts to clear the air on the
Indo-Pacific Strategy: Randy Berry calls the
strategy a US policy—not a secret alliance any
country is asked to join, by Anil Giri (kp
28/09/2019), Pulling
back from partnership loss for Nepal, US, says
Berry (ht 28/09/2019) [Stop imposing Nepal Trump's failed
security policy, which completely disregards
Nepal's volatile situation between China and
India and only pursues American security
interests!]
US
Embassy seeks clarification after Beijing says
Nepal ‘disapproves’ of Indo-Pacific Strategy:
The US ambassador will be meeting with the
foreign secretary to confirm if China’s
statement citing Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s stance on
the Indo-Pacific Strategy reflects Nepal’s
official position, by Anil Giri (kp
12/09/2019) [The USA
only pursue their own interests and have no
understanding for the special situation of
Nepal! Nepal has never declared that it wants to
be part of the US Indo-Pacific Strategy!],
US
Embassy officials meet with foreign secretary
over Chinese statement about Dahal’s
‘disapproval’ of Indo-Pacific Strategy: Dahal
spoke on behalf of the party, not the
government, according to a Nepal Communist Party
leader, by Anil Giri (kp 13/09/2019) [?????], No
deviation in Nepal’s policy: Baskota, by
Roshan S. Nepal (ht 13/09/2019)
There
are significant investment barriers in Nepal, US
report says: The report also mentions ‘petty
bureaucracy’-based hindrances impeding smooth
conduct of business, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
27/07/2019)
US
Embassy hosts Nepal-US Alumni Network Regional
Connectivity Symposium (rep 20/07/2019)
Govt
registers $500m pact signed with US in
Parliament, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
17/07/2019)
As
they clash to conquer: Until Sino-US rivalry
drags on, both China and America will try to
have Nepal in their fold. How should Nepal
respond?, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep
11/07/2019)
The
Indo-Pacific strategy is a bad idea: If Nepal
joins the US-led strategy, it may cause a
fundamental change in the hard-won
regional balance and the geopolitical
environment, by Gao Liang (kp 08/07/2019)
A
Nepali man’s odyssey from Dang to San DiegoHow a
man from the town of Tulsipur set his sights on
the United States, risking his life and millions
of rupees, only to return home with nothing,
by Janak Raj Sapkota (kp 29/06/2019)
US
Embassy seeks clarification after Nepal refused
entry to US citizen: Immigration officials
barred Penpa Tsering, acting on a blacklist sent
by the Chinese Embassy, by Anil Giri (kp
28/06/2019), Deported
US citizen recalls TIA ordeal: I paid for my
return ticket but authorities later claimed that
I was deported at govt’s expense’ (ht
01/07/2019), Govt
yet to respond to request for clarification:
MoFA says home ministry looking US embassy plea,
by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 02/07/2019)
US
concerned about NKorean activities (ht
15/06/2019)
Nepal
government clears legal hurdles to buying lethal
arms from the US: The procurement process will
expedite now, Nepal Army says, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 14/06/2019)
Contrary
to government claims, latest Indo-Pacific
Strategy report includes Nepal in its State
Partnership Program: Officials denied knowledge
of the programme and pointed to the Army,
which also denied information about the
partnership, by Anil Giri (kp 03/06/2019), Indo-Pacific
Strategy And Nepal, by Gopal Khanal (rn
08/06/2019)
Foreign
Ministry urges US envoy to ‘step back’ from a
planned social media interaction, by Anil
Giri (kp 23/05/2019), MoFA
objects to US envoy’s move: Randy Berry plans to
engage with Nepalis through social media, by
Roshan S Nepal (ht 23/05/2019, ‘Holding
public interaction on social media part of core
function of diplomacy’ (rep) [The American government
would see it as diplomatic core function as well
if Iranian, Russian and Chinese ambassadors to
the US, e.g., would get into interaction with
each and every US citizen and tell the US
president simply "shut up"??], Call
off GuffGaff: If Berry or the embassy has
anything to say, they could talk directly to the
government, as suggested by MoFA (ht
24/05/2019)
Google
decision to hit Nepali Huawei customers (ht
21/05/2019) [This has
been the decision of Trump according to his
slogan: Trump first, like-minded Americans
second, no interest in other peoples, states,
peace and nature in general!]
US
worried by probe into dissemination of news on
Dalai (rep 17/05/2019)
Tough
times for immigrants: Tightening of US visa
regulations will have severe impact on Nepal
which receives the largest portion of remittance
money from the US-based immigrants, by
Sukhdev Shah (rep 16/05/2019)
Indo-Pacific
Strategy is not against any country, visiting US
official asserts: Acting Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for South Asia, David J Ranz,
says the title BRI looks wonderful but focus
should be on its projects, by Anil Giri (kp
15/05/2019)
Envoy
Karki’s tenure extended (ht 10/05/2019)
US
is not interested in games to put Nepal at risk,
US ambassador says, by Anil Giri (kp
16/04/2019), ‘America
would never ask a friend or partner to choose
between itself and another country’,
interview with US Ambassador Randy Berry (kp
16/04/2019) [The
ambassador's statement reflects his president's
handling of the truth!], Balance
in
a turbulent world: Maintaining a strategic
balance between China, India and the US-led
Western world remains a challenge for Nepal. But
some recent events show we may be losing this
balance, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (rep) [The leadership of the
Western world by the USA is increasingly being
questioned under its current president. India's
Indo-Pacific security interests also differ
substantially from the ideas of the Americans,
who primarily orient themselves along their own
interests and power claims. Accordingly, Nepal
must concentrate on its own security interests
or to say it with Trump: Nepal first!]
Nepal
starts
issuing five-year multiple-entry visas for
American citizens: Nepali students will save
$200 on each visa due to removal of visa
issuance fee (ht 02/04/2019)
Foreign
policy dilemma: Nepal cannot antagonise emerging
superpower China or the sole superpower, the US,
by Madhab P Khanal (kp 26/03/2019)
US
urges Nepal not to repatriate Tibetan refugees
(rep 19/03/2019)
Dahal
likely to meet US vice president while in
America for wife’s treatment, by Anil Giri
(kp 18/03/2019)
Trump
administration
halts plans to end the temporary protected
status of Nepali and Honduran immigrants: The
news comes a month after a class action lawsuit
was filed at a district court in California
against the government for its decision to end
the humanitarian programme for the two countries,
by Tsering D. Gurung (kp 14/03/2019)
Dahal
to
visit the United States for his wife’s
treatment: The former Maoist chairman’s trip
comes more than a decade after his first
visit to the country as prime minister, by
Anil Giri (kp 12/03/2019)
Exchanging
words in Kathmandu: China showed just how it
felt about recent US remarks on the Belt and
Road Initiative, by Achyut Wagle (kp
05/03/2019)
Legal
complications likely to delay arms purchase from
US (rep 27/02/2019)
Chinese
investment
should serve the interest of Nepal and not just
China, US official says: We are hoping that
China will improve its transparency in the
quality of its investments, Pentagon official
tells journalists, by Anil Giri (kp
26/02/2019), Nepal
a vital security partner: US, by Roshan S
Nepal (ht 26/02/2019), US
seeks to further deepen military cooperation
with Nepal, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
26/02/2019) [The US
should keep their hands off Nepal and not
deserve their own interests!!], US
official’s comments on BRI irresponsible: China;
US envoy had questioned the motive of Chinese
investments in Nepal (ht 27/02/2019), 'US
official's remark on BRI projects fabricated
rumor to harm Nepal-China ties', by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 27/02/2019)
Thorny
roses: Life does not come cheap for Nepali
students in the United States, by Nirakar
Rajbhandari (kp 24/02/2019)
Indo-Pacific
strategy purely driven by strategic
considerations: Former Army Chief Rana (rep
17/02/2019)
Beyond
statement:
Dahal’s bid to support another parasitic and
decaying communist regime is not based on
heartfelt belief of global communist solidarity.
It is rather a matter of political expediency,
by Manjeet Mishra (rep 17/02/2019)
Nepali
Temporary
Protected Status holders sue Trump
administration: A group of Nepali and Honduran
immigrants files a lawsuit against the US
Department of Homeland Security for its decision
to cancel TPS of the two countries, by
Tsering D Gurung (kp 12/02/2019)
The
right stuff: What top American universities look
for in students, by Thomas Robertson (kp
27/01/2019)
Ruling
NCP denounces US, allies for ‘intervening’ in
Venezuela (rep 26/01/2019), Oli
shows unawareness of Dahal's statement on
Venezuela (rep 27/01/2019), Venezuela
lobbied
the ruling party to condemn US and its allies,
sources say: Foreign Ministry officials scramble
to form Nepal’s official position on the Latin
American nation, by Anil Giri (kp
28/01/2019), ‘Dahal’s
statement reflects only party’s view’ (ht
28/01/2019), Ministry
distances
itself from Dahal’s criticism of US and its
allies: The government was forced to clarify its
position on Venezuela after the ruling party
leader released a statement defending Nicolas
Maduro last week, by Anil Giri (30/01/2019),
Venezuelan
crisis: Of what concern to Nepal?, by Umesh
K Bhattarai (ht 31/01/2019), US
officials
summoned Nepali ambassador over Dahal’s
Venezuela statement: Nepali leaders and
officials asked the Post to downplay the
controversy because they said the issue had
already been resolved, by Anil Giri (kp
02/02/2019), I
stand by my statement on Venezuelan crisis:
Dahal (rep 02/02/2019), In
third
Venezuela statement, ruling party tries to hit a
diplomatic note: ‘There was feeling among party
leaders that it could sour relations with US and
international community’, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 05/02/2019), Venezuelan
vertigo: Dahal’s statement supporting Nicolás
Maduro is proving to be a bitter pill to swallow,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 05/02/2019), Taunting
America:
Why did Nepal Communist Party have to spew
venoms on America while even Russia and China,
the countries the US considers as arch-rivals,
even enemies, were responding so cautiously?,
by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 07/02/2019), Amid
diplomatic tension, US Ambassador meets NCP
Chairman Dahal over Venezuela statement, by
Santosh Ghimire (rep 11/02/2019)
Mind
the gap: Transitional justice is not detached
from foreign policy, by Rajendra Senchurey
and Binod Kumar Paudel (kp 22/01/2019)
Trump’s
Asia Policy Leaves Nepal in a Tight Spot?, by Ritu
Raj Subedi (rn 20/01/2019)
US
Indo-Pacific Command admiral in Kathmandu (kp
11/01/2019) [Indoctrinating US
regional views?], US
admiral urges Nepal to resolve legal hurdles to
import US arms: Expresses concern for peace in
Indo-Pacific region (rep 12/01/2019) [?], Improved
Sino-India Ties, Indo-Pacific & Nepal,
by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn 13/01/2019), Nepal
and Indo-Pacific Strategy, by Narad
Bharadwaj (rn 18/01/2019)
Petition
filed to repatriate ancient Nepali paubha painting
from US museum, by Timothy Aryal (kp 04/01/2019)
Nepal-US
Engagement, by Gaurab Shumsher Thapa (rn
31/12/2018)
Nepal
grants Americans 5-year multiple visit visa
(kp 28/12/2018)
United
States seeks Nepal’s help in resolving Korean
peninsula problem, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
25/12/2018)
Government
to clear legal hurdle to US arms deal, by
Binod Ghimire and Anil Giri (kp 24/12/2018) [Nepal's governments and
politicians have always believed that they are
above the law!]
US
says Nepal is part of its Indo-Pacific strategy:
Experts say the move could invite friction
between Beijing and Kathmandu, by Anil Giri
(kp 20/12/2018), US
seeks key role for Nepal in Indo-Pacific as
China ups forays, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
20/12/2018), Nepal
won’t join US-led Indo-Pacific alliance: Gyawali
(rep 23/12/2018), Gyawali
refutes reports about Nepal joining US
Indo-Pacific strategy, by Anil Giri (kp
24/12/2018), Nepal
doesn’t have global or regional strategic
ambitions: Foreign minister (rep
24/12/2018), Nepal
And Indo-Pacific Strategy, by Siddhi B
Ranjitkar (km 26/12/2018)
Gyawali
to urge US officials not to view Nepal with
India’s lens, by Anil Giri (kp 17/12/2018),
Nepal,
US holding bilateral meeting after 17 years:
Foreign minister Gyawali leaving for US today
(rep 17/12/2018)
Fading
American
footprints: The strategic position that Nepal
occupies in the fast-changing global context
might add to Washington’s interests here, by
P Kharel (rep 03/12/2018)
America
is
watching: Nepal will have to watch not only how
India is responding to Nepal’s engagement with
China but also be mindful that United States is
watching us as much, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep
29/11/2018)
Exploring
America:
The United States was one of the first countries
in the world to recognize Nepal as a sovereign
country in the United Nations, by Hisila
Yami (rep 17/11/2018)
US
hints at revising duty free access to Nepali
goods, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 16/11/2018)
Nepal
among top five countries to receive US H-1B visa,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/11/2018)
Three
Nepali-Americans to contest US mid-term polls on
November 6 (kp 30/10/2018)
Nepalis
on temporary status in US dread—and
await—deportation: Nearly 5,000 Nepalis
currently live in the United States on the
Temporary Protected Status, granted
after the 2015 earthquake, by Wufei Yu
(kp 13/10/2018)
Nepal
buys Rs 700m mansion for its ambassador in
Washington, by Anil Giri (kp 11/10/2018)
'America
has always stepped up to support Nepal. That's
going to continue', interview with Alice G
Wells is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
of the US Department of State (rep 28/08/2018)
Nepal
has to stay focused on its national interest:
Teplitz (kp 01/08/2018), Shrinking
civic space in Nepal is worrying: US envoy;
Urges timely closure for transitional justice,
bold action on economy (rep 01/08/2018)
Dahal
praises Ambassador Teplitz for positive role
(kp 21/07/2018) [This is
true without any doubt!]
Govt
scraps post of consul gen in New York, by
Anil Giri (kp 14/07/2018)
Amnesty
Int’l protests Trump’s ‘inhumane policy’ (kp
01/07/2018) [demonstration in front of US embassy
in Kathmandu]
35
Peace Corps volunteers sworn in (kp
19/06/2018)
Nepal
embassy set to buy posh property in US, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 18/06/2018)
US
Embassy launches training for peacekeepers
(kp 12/06/2018)
Berry
named US envoy for Nepal (kp 27/05/2018)
Nepalis
denied UT-Tyler grants receive scholarships from
other US colleges (kp 25/05/2018)
Nepal
urged to join public best practices group: US
Embassy in Kathmandu organises Open Government
Partnership event (kp 23/05/2018)
TPS:
Refuge to removal; Many Nepali families and
their children are living under fear and
anxiety. They could be packing their bags to go
to their parents’ countries, by Mukesh Baral
(rep 20/05/2018)
Texas
University decision spikes Nepali students’
dreams: Tyler revokes 50 out of 84 scholarships,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/05/2018), 8
varsities to help those ‘deceived’ by Texas at
Tyler (kp 09/05/2018)
Nepal
not
to seek TPS extension: Foreign Ministry
officials say the government is unlikely to ask
the Trump administration to extend TPS to 9,000
nationals living in the US (kp 26/04/2018),
US
plans to cancel temporary residency permits of
Nepalis (ht 26/04/2018), US
protection for 9,000 Nepali immigrants ends in
2019 (kp 28/04/2018), US
ends temporary protected status for Nepalis
(rep 28/04/2018)
The
land of the free: Nepalis may immigrate to the
United States for various reasons, but they
always take their identity along, by Kapil
Karki (kp 18/02/2018)
US
Army Pacific Gen Brown arrives tomorrow (kp
07/02/2018)
Willing
to work with new govt, says US official (kp
04/02/2018)
Education
USA Fair opens tomorrow (kp 02/02/2018)
Don’t
call us names: The Nepali people deserve answers
from the government and respect from others,
by Lekhanath Pandey (kp 30/01/2018)
No
need to worry: What will happen if President
Trump cuts off US aid to Nepal? Impact will be
felt in the short run, but we can be better off
in the long run, by Niranjan Narsingh Khatri
(rep 02/01/2018)
What’s
wrong with DV? Available statistics show lot of
Nepali Americans started with DV. But it’s
difficult to find Nepalis who admit they are DV
winners, by Mukesh Baral (rep 30/12/2017)
Prosperity
over
politics: If Nepal wants to reach middle-income
status, it must include women in positions of
power and influence, especially in business and
politics, by Alaina B. Teplitz (rep
28/12/2017)
Promoting
integrity:
Stability, rule of law, accountability and good
governance can be maintained only through honest
individuals in and outside the government,
by Narayan Adhikari and Ashmita Sharma (rep
28/12/2017)
Envoy
stresses strengthening US-Nepal economic ties
(rep 20/12/2017)
US
hails successful elections in Nepal (kp
16/12/2017)
Brown
Nepalis in white America: My daughter’s future,
like the future of her minority friends, depends
on policies Trump and his Congress now enact,
by Mukesh Baral (rep 16/12/2017)
70
years of US-Nepal ties celebrated (kp
15/12/2017)
US
calls Nepali citizens, leaders to end corruption
(kt 09/12/2017)
Temporary
protection: Under the Trump, the future looks
bleak for Nepalis staying on, by Tsering
Dolker Gurung (nt 08/12/2017)
US
says ‘alarmed’ at attacks on candidates: Urges
all sides to uphold peaceful and democratic
election process (kp 22/11/2017)
Nepali
students’ enrollment among highest in US
varsities (kp 16/11/2017)
Stakeholders
bat for US investment (ht 11/10/2017)
Clock
is ticking for Nepali exporters: US ambassador
to Nepal (rep 11/10/2017)
The
eagle droppings: Contrary to the popularly
purveyed plot that the US works in tandem with
India., Washington has always treated Kathmandu
as important observation post in South Asia in
its own right, by CK Lal (rep 25/09/2017)
Poor
diplomacy
spills over into New York: Nepal’s ambassador to
Washington a no-show at airport to receive PM;
Officials fail to ensure Foreign Minister
Mahara’s meeting with US prez, by AnilGiri
(kp 22/09/2017)
Washington
consensus:
There is some substance to the argument that
American focus in Nepal is to contain China,
which has been true since the start of US-Nepal
ties, by Biswas Baral (rep 21/09/2017)
US
Embassy extends support for heritage restoration
(kp 13/08/2017)
Do Not
Impose Unfair Burden, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
04/08/2017)
Nepal,
US
to seal $630m deal in September (kp
22/07/2017)
Global
Gag Rule could 'cripple' healthcare in Nepal,
by Ethan B. Winter rep 17/07/2017)
Army
chief leaves for US today (rep 30/06/2017)
The
right
way: There is no easy or quick way to get into a
US university and so there’s no such thing as a
“guaranteed, easy” student visa, by Alaina
B. Teplitz (rep 29/06/2017)
Nepali
youth
urge Trump not to pull out of Paris climate
accord (ht 07/06/2017)
CoAS
Chhetri holds meetings with senior US Army
officials (rep 22/05/2017)
US
seeks
int’l observers’ access to June 14 polls (kp
17/05/2017)
Ties
in
the age of Trump: Nepal-US relations need to
show both stronger people-to-people ties and
economic engagement (kp 09/05/2017)
US
Democratic
leader Pelosi arriving today (kp
06/05/2017), Trump
rule
won’t affect US Nepal policy: Pelosi (kp
08/05/2017) [It already
has!], US
delegation
wraps up three-day visit (kp 09/05/2017)
People-to-people
ties:
Nepal-US govt-to-govt relationship is great, but
our people-to-people connections provide depth
to the relationship, by Alaina B. Teplitz
(kp 30/04/2017)
Nepali’s
American
dream: Is it a wishful story, a spiritual quest
or a silent story of pain?, by Abhi Subedi
(kp 30/04/2017)
Nepal
requests
US to add products to trade preference programme
(kp 22/04/2017)
Nepal
to
better utilise duty-free facility of the US,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 21/04/2017)
Nepal,
SAsia
could benefit from protectionist US policies: WB
(kp 19/04/2017)
Nepal-US
trade
talks to focus on boosting output (kp
18/04/2017), Stakeholders
pin
hopes on enhancing trade relations with US in
TIFA meet (ht 18/04/2017)
Govt
urged
to attract investment from the US (ht
14/04/2017)
Trump
policy to affect family planning programs in
Nepal, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep
05/04/2017)
In
Trump
era, fewer Nepalis going to US for studies:
Records show a sharp decline in numbers, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 02/04/2017)
Trump’s
planned
UN cuts to affect NA’s wider deployment, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 30/03/2017)
Looks
can
be deceiving: Recent rise in anti-immigrant
sentiments has made the Nepali community in the
US fearful, by Chandra Giri (kp 24/03/2017)
US
Admiral
Harris calls on PM, FM (kp 22/03/2017)
Nepal
to
seek DFQF access to more goods: Nepal has
received duty-free treatment for 66 items
including certain carpets, headgear, shawls and
scarves apart from travel goods, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 14/03/2017)
Nepal
courts
vulnerable to threats, bribery, says US report
(ht 05/03/2017) [Okay,
but the report should also mention the threats
towards US courts sent by Trump via Twitter!]
Nepal-US
Relations: Views of a Nepali Citizen, by
Madhavji Shrestha (rn 04/03/2017)
Fear
and
loathing in America: The recent gunning down of an
Indian engineer in Kansas has put Nepalis living
in the America on edge, by Saurav Upadhyay (kp
04/03/2017)
Inclusive
civic
participation: Where democracies thrive, by
Alaina B. Teplitz (ht 20/02/2017)
The
Trump 'Effect' on Nepali students applying for US,
by Pooja Chauhan (rep 15/02/2017)
Trump
jitters:
Nepal’s ties with neighbours India and China
could be affected by shifts in US policy, by
Prakash A. Raj (kp 14/02/2017)
How
the
Trump gag rule threatens women’s lives in Nepal:
The cut-off of American financing to providers
of family planning services is a terrible blow
to a country with few doctors and clinics,
by Subina Shrestha (kp 11/02/2017), Back
to
the drawing board: Global Gag Rule can have huge
repercussions on reproductive health services in
Nepal (kp 17/02/2017)
Arrangements
in
Nepal for US resettlement of Bhutanese refugees
put off after Trump order, by Keshav P.
Koirala (ht 02/02/2017)
MCC
grants: Roads, electricity transmission projects
to be picked on March 17 (rep 30/01/2017)
US
provided
assistance worth $160 million to Nepal in 2016:
According to the US Embassy in Kathmandu, the
aid was issued in the areas such as health,
education, agriculture, environment, and
reconstruction (kp 27/01/2017)
Trump
era triggers fear among Nepal’s LGBTI, by
Anjali Subedi (rep 24/01/2017)
Beware
Trumponomics:
The economic policies of the incoming US
president do not bode well for Nepal, by
Jaya Jung Mahat (kp 20/01/2017)
2004
kidnapping
and murder of 12 nepali men: KBR defeats appeal
over Nepal, Iraq trafficking claims (kp
05/01/2017)
US
election
and Nepal: Trump cannot destroy American
democracy, but his success sets a terrible
example for struggling democracies like Nepal,
by Naresh Koirala (kp 04/01/2017), Nepal
in Trump world: Nepal is bound to be affected by
major decisions of American government under
Donald Trump, by Ayush Manandhar (rep
04/01/2017)
66
Nepali
goods now eligible for duty-free entry into US:
President Obama signs proclamation to implement
programme (kp 17/12/2016)
Teplitz
meets
DPM Nidhi (kp 13/12/2016)
American,
Sri
Lankan envoys call on Prime Minister Dahal (kp
06/12/2016)
English
access
microscholarship gets wider reach (kp 06/12/2016)
US
Embassy
launches new website (kp 06/12/2016)
US
Embassy
launches six new English Access Microscholarship
Programmes (ht 03/12/2016)
The
business
of entrepreneurship: With the amount spent even
before they get the visa, students planning to
study in the US can easily start a viable
business at home, by Triveni Chand And
Pankaj Parajuli (nt 18/11/2016)
Number
of
students at US colleges sees rise in 2015-2016
(kp 15/11/2016)
What
would
Trump presidency mean for Nepal? Limited
engagement with countries like Nepal may be
fallout of an inward-looking America under
Trump; Countries with little strategic interests
for the US like Nepal may be put very low on the
foreignpolicy priority , by John Narayan
Parajuli (kp 10/11/2016)
US
extends
Nepal’s TPS by 18 mths (kp 27/10/2016)
US
ambassador
calls on commerce minister (ht 19/10/2016)
No
glasses
allowed in US PP, visa photos (kp
16/10/2016)
Obama
announces
‘Let Girls Learn’ for Nepal (kp 08/09/2016)
PM
to
visit US after returning from India (ht
28/08/2016)
Preferential
treatment:
This is what Nepal needs to do to gain from the
recently announced US preferences, by
Bijendra Man Shakya (kp 14/08/2016)
US
committed
to continued partnership with Nepal: Envoy
(kp 09/08/2016)
US
provides
duty-free access to travel goods (kp
07/07/2016)
US
agrees
to support Nepal’s trade regime during TIFA
meeting (ht 15/06/2016)
Duty-free
market
access to Nepali garment products: Nepal urges
United States to adopt further flexibility,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/06/2016)
Long
way
to the promised land: An increasing number of
Nepalis risk their lives and fortunes to sneak
into the USA via Central America, by Ayesha
Shakya (nt 10/06/2016)
Nepal-US
Tifa
Council meet slated for June 9-10, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 06/06/2016), TIFA
council
meeting to be held tomorrow: Talks to centre on
improving trade and investment relations with
the United States (ht 09/08/2016)
US
supports
democratic, prosperous Nepal: Teplitz; Says
Washington for promoting regional collaboration
(kp 27/05/2016), In
the
eye of the beholder: It is a matter of
satisfaction to hear Ambassador Teplitz say that
the US will look at Nepal with its own eyes,
by Shyam KC (kp 03/06/2016)
US
Embassy
reduces document burden for visa applicants
(kp 18/05/2016)
TIFA
council
meeting: Nepal, United States scheduled to sit
for talks next month (ht 17/05/2016)
US
to
support Nepal in implementing constitution:
Teplitz (rep 11/05/2016)
Kerry
likely
to visit Nepal later this year (ht
27/04/2016)
US
envoy
urges PM Oli to restore essential supplies
(ht 07/04/2016)
Nepal
and
US preparing for TIFA council meeting (ht
15/03/2016)
US
trade
officials visiting Nepal to discuss, simplify
duty-free access (rep 09/03/2016)
US
travel
warning for Nepal lifted (kp 02/03/2016)
Nepali
garments
get duty-free status in US: The move addresses
the demand of Nepali garment manufacturers who
had been lobbying for duty-free entry for over a
decade, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 26/02/2016), Nepali
garments
all set to get duty-free access to US market,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 26/02/2016), New
US
facility disappoints garment entrepreneurs
(ht 13/03/2016), Listed
products
have greater potential, say US officials: Nepali
garment manufacturers are disappointed that they
cannot avail the facility instantly as the
products they make currently are not listed
under the scheme (kp 15/03/2016)
US
urges
govt to take concrete steps to resolve crisis
(ht 24/01/2016)
Golden
opportunity
to reclaim lost glory: United states grants
duty-free access to nepali readymade garment
until 2025, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
13/12/2015)
This
constitution
is a huge milestone for Nepal, interview
with US Ambassador Alaina Teplitz (kp 23/11/2015)
[US politics is still
lacking understanding of Nepal's realities!]
US
urges
peaceful resolution (kp 04/11/2015)
Border
blockade:
US warns visiting citizens (kp 10/10/2015)
US
envoy
hands over credentials (kp 08/10/2015)
“An
observer,
not a participant”: Outgoing US ambassador to
Nepal Peter W Bodde spoke to Nepali Times before
leaving this week (nt 18/09/2015)
(interview)
‘CA
voting
of utmost importance’: US favours broadest
possible support (ht 16/09/2015)
US
Congressmen
meet PM Koirala (kp 19/08/2015)
US
envoy
visits Sindhupalchok (kp 28/07/2015)
Teplitz
to
replace Bodde as US envoy (kp 09/07/2015), Alaina
Teplitz
confirmed as new US envoy (kp 07/08/2015)
US
hails
political developments in Nepal (ht
07/07/2015)
Duty-free
access
to Nepali garment: Strong lobbying needed to get
US senate to pass bill: Experts (kp
20/06/2015), Govt
asked
to lobby with the US for DFQF facility for
Nepali garments (ht 20/06/2015)
Nepalis
in
the US sign petition to increase relief fund
pledge (kp 08/06/2015)
Bhutanese
of
Nepali origin held for terror threat in US,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 16/04/2015)
Counterterrorism
meet
kicks off in capital (ht 16/04/2015)
Obama
picks
new envoy to Nepal (kp 28/03/2015), Alaina B
Teplitz nominated as United
States’new Ambassador to Nepal
MCC
compact
programme: Nepal, US expected to sign pact
within a year, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
13/02/2015), Nepal,
US
set to sign ‘compact agreement’: Under the pact
country may receive grant of up to $698 million
for a five-year period (ht 13/02/2015)
New
US
envoy arriving next month (ht 04/02/2015)
America
pivots
south: There is a real opportunity at hand for
expanded US engagement with Asia, including
Nepal, by Curtis S. Chin and Jose B. Collazo
(kp 02/02/2015)
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
Three
Nepali women escape their coercive Chinese
employers in Laos. They still feel unsafe back
home : The women were previously taken to Laos
to work at a call centre. More than two dozen
Nepalis are still languishing at the centre,
police say, by Anup Ojha (kp 04/01/2023)
Raju
Shrestha appointed Honorary Consul of Laos
(kh 15/07/2022)
‘Nepal
committed to forging strong ties with Cambodia’
(ht 15/05/2019), Oli
meets Cambodian leaders (ht 15/05/2019), Nepal,
Cambodia agree to expedite process to start
direct flights (rep 16/05/2019)
Consolidating
bilateral ties: Oli’s visit to Vietnam and
Cambodia paves the way for enhanced cooperation,
by Shanker Man Singh (kp 13/05/2019)
Nepal,
Vietnam sign visa exemption agreement (ht
12/05/2019), Nepal,
Vietnam agree to promote bilateral trade,
cooperation (rep 12/05/2019)
Nepal
a virgin land for investment: PM Oli (ht
11/05/2019)
PM
Oli leaves for Vietnam, Cambodia on official
visit (ht 10/05/2019), Nepal
set to sign ASA with Vietnam (ht
10/05/2019), PM’s
Vietnam, Cambodia Tour, by Narad Bharadwaj
(rn 10/05/2019)
As
Oli
prepares to visit Cambodia and Vietnam,
questions are being asked—why? Prime minister
should set his priorities right when it
comes to visiting foreign countries, experts say,
by Anil Giri (kp 06/05/2019)
Turning
southeast: Nepal has much to learn from Vietnam,
by Arpan Dahal (kp 28/01/2019)
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