Nepal Army chief to visit Pentagon ahead of Deuba’s Washin...
May 28, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
Nepal Army chief Prabhu Ram Sharma (right) with visiting US Maj Gen J Turley in April. Photo via Nepal Army website
Nepal’s Army chief...
China nudges Nepal on One-China policy
May 27, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
US Under Secretary Uzra Zeya (left) during her visit to Bauddha Stupa last week. Photo courtesy: @UnderSecStateJ/Twitter
Amid a flurry of ar...
Nepal to ask India to develop West Seti project that has b...
The proposed 750-megawatt West Seti Hydropower Project, which is to be built on the Seti river in far-western Nepal, has remained on the drawing boa...
US Under Secretary Uzra Zeya to visit Nepal on May 20-22
April 30, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
Zeya will be the highest level US official to visit Nepal in almost a decade. Reuters
The Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy,...
US delegation thanks Nepal for MCC ratification, support t...
April 25, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba receives the US delegation at Baluwatar. RSS
The visiting US parliamentary delegation has thanked the gove...
Deuba to visit India on April 1-3 in first official foreig...
March 25, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
Post File Photo
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is all set to embark on a three-day official visit to India starting April 1.
Political...
BRI to be in focus when Wang Yi visits Nepal this month
March 16, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi. Reuters
Nepal signed up to the $500 million Millennium Challenge Corporation Com...
Planned visit from the north after MCC pact’s passage piqu...
March 11, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi. Reuters
Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councillor Wang Yi is paying an official vi...
Nepal, USAID set to sign $659 million deal for five years
The US grant, which is coming from the USAID, will be spent on Nepal’s priority sectors like education, health, economic development and growt...
UN vote on Ukraine shows geopolitical shift in South Asia,...
March 7, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
A general view shows the results of the voting during the 11th emergency special session of the 193-member UN General Assembly on Russia’s inv...
Nepal votes with US in UNGA
March 4, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
A general view shows the results of the voting during the 11th emergency special session of the 193-member UN General Assembly on Russia’s inv...
Oli meets Deuba after talks with US ambassador as MCC dead...
February 24, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
After meeting with the US ambassador, Oli, accompanied by his close aides Ishwar Pokhrel and Bishnu Poudel, made a dash for Baluwatar to meet Deub...
With US compact in House, Deuba weighing up options to get...
February 23, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
Post File Photo
That the Millennium Challenge Corporation-Nepal Compact has been tabled in Parliament, Prime Minister and Nepali Congress P...
Top American official says US will review Nepal ties if MC...
February 12, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
Image via US Department of State website
Washington has conveyed to Kathmandu that it would be forced to review its ties with Nepal if the...
Deuba leaving for India on Sunday for four-day visit; some...
January 6, 2022
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By: Anil Giri
Narendra Modi (right) welcomes prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to India in August, 2017. Photo courtesy: Narendra Modi Twitter
Prime Minis...
A hot potato that MCC is in Nepal
December 23, 2021
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By: Anil Giri
The Millennium Challenge Corporation Nepal Compact, an American grant worth $500 million, has reached a tricky stage, with the ruling coalition sharpl...
Political confusion remains the same one year on
An all-party meeting in Kathmandu on Sunday. Nepali parties are still divided over the MCC compact. RSS
Monday marked one year since KP Shar...
Sher Bahadur Deuba defeats Shekhar Koirala to reclaim Cong...
December 17, 2021
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By: Anil Giri
After both of them were ousted from the first round of Nepali Congress leadership election, Prakash Man Singh (centre) and Bimalendra Nidhi (right)...
Conflicting claims by ruling leaders complicate MCC ratifi...
November 10, 2021
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By: Anil Giri
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Nepal’s major political parties have long been divided over the Millennium Challenge Corporation,...
Nepal’s communist movement takes yet another turn
August 27, 2021
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By: Anil Giri
On Wednesday, when a group of communist leaders led by Madhav Kumar Nepal, former general secretary of the CPN-UML, was headed for the Election Commis...
Ruling, opposition parties on collision course after land...
August 7, 2021
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By: Anil Giri
Sher Bahadur Deuba looks set to overturn many of the Oli government’s decisions. Post File Photo
The Sher Bahadur Deuba government continue...
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