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The new government wants to court India, China, and the West - without owing any of them

Kathmandu, March 11 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which is set to head a majority government in the coming weeks, has vowed to pursue a policy of "development diplomacy". After the March 5 p... Read More


RSP eyes prosperity via 'development diplomacy'

Kathmandu, March 11 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which is set to head a majority government in the coming weeks, has vowed to pursue a policy of "development diplomacy". After the March 5 p... Read More


Balen Shah's rise contributes to the fall of identity politics

Kathmandu, March 10 -- When the CPN (Maoist) ended its decade-long insurgency in 2006, identity politics was a buzzword, which later dominated the Nepali political discourse during the constitution-ma... Read More


Major leaders of traditional parties lose election

Kathmandu, March 8 -- A spectacular defeat of top leaders and the poor performance overall of the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML, two dominant political parties since 1990, in the March 5 vote have s... Read More


Rastriya Swatantra Party surges towards landslide victory

Kathmandu, March 7 -- In a damning indictment of the established political parties, the three-year-old Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is giving them a run for their money. As votes of the March 5 pol... Read More


Kathmandu begins evacuating Nepalis in the Gulf to safety

Kathmandu, March 4 -- The government has started relocating Nepali nationals trapped in some Gulf countries and keeping them in safe places. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some Nepalis... Read More


Nepal working on measures to protect its citizens in the Gulf

Kathmandu, March 3 -- The government has decided to adopt a multi-pronged strategy to deal with the ongoing crisis in the Gulf region following the coordinated attacks carried out by the US and Israel... Read More


Nepal advises its citizens to follow safety measures as tensions flare in West Asia

Kathmandu, March 1 -- As soon as the United States and Israel launched a series of attacks on Iran and Iran took retaliatory measures on Saturday, the safety and security of over 1.7 million Nepali na... Read More


Supreme Court urges bilateral Nepal-UK deal on Gurkha recruitment

Kathmandu, Feb. 28 -- The Supreme Court has issued a directive order to the government to review and replace the 1947 tripartite agreement with a bilateral deal with the United Kingdom to safeguard Gu... Read More


Feasibility report on Kerung-Kathmandu railway expected by June

Kathmandu, Feb. 26 -- awaited feasibility study of the Kerung-Kathmandu Railway, a project seen as a major geopolitical push by China to expand its presence in South Asia, is expected to be completed ... Read More