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It's official: Nepal falls back into FATF grey list

Kathmandu, Feb. 22 -- Nepal has been placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list for a second time. The decision came during the FATF plenary meeting held in Paris on February 17-21. E... Read More


KIIT founder summoned as Nepali student Prakriti's death probe deepens

Kathmandu, Feb. 21 -- The death of Nepali student Prakriti Lamsal in Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha continues to haunt the Indian state and polarise local politics. The O... Read More


MCC funds freeze sparks fears of project delays

Kathmandu, Feb. 20 -- The Trump administration's decision on January 20 to pause all US foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and the USAID, along with the recent halt in Millen... Read More


KIIT student Prakriti Lamsal's death rocks parliaments of Nepal and Odisha

Kathmandu, Feb. 19 -- The presumed suicide of 20-year-old Prakriti Lamsal, a third-year BTech Nepali student at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Bhubaneswar, India, rocked the parl... Read More


Ordinances, barring disputed one on land, set for upper house

Kathmandu, Feb. 16 -- A meeting of the ruling parties on Saturday decided to table five of the six ordinances in the National Assembly on Tuesday after agreeing to drop the disputed land-related ordin... Read More


Congress battle heats up as Deuba seeks convention delay

Kathmandu, Feb. 15 -- Nepal's grand old party, the Nepali Congress, appears to be gearing up for its 15th general convention, although the party has yet to announce a date. The general convention, wh... Read More


Nepal, India endorse investment plan for two 400 kV transmission lines

Kathmandu, Feb. 13 -- A meeting of energy secretaries of Nepal and India has agreed the investment modality for two 400 kv cross-border transmission lines and decided to conduct the feasibility study ... Read More


Nepal-India talks today, aim to boost power transmission

Kathmandu, Feb. 11 -- Nepal and India plan to build at least five cross-border transmission lines in order to evacuate at least 16,000 megawatts of power by 2035. To lay the ground for the same, the e... Read More


Nepal should see climate change as an opportunity

Nepal, Feb. 10 -- Erik Solheim has held senior portfolios with the Norwegian government, including as its Minister of International Development. He has also served as the UN Under-Secretary-General. C... Read More


Congress Pokhara meet brings factional feud to the fore

Kathmandu, Feb. 6 -- Factional feud in the Nepali Congress has deepened after several senior party leaders including former and present office bearers were excluded from a party meet in Pokhara. Iron... Read More