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7 Nepalis detained in Persian Gulf for sharing war-linked videos

Kathmandu, March 19 -- At least seven Nepali nationals have been detained by the authorities of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for sharing "misleading" videos and contents related t... Read More


London talks between Gurkhas and UK discuss veterans' demands

Kathmandu, March 18 -- A fresh round of tripartite talks between the governments of Nepal and Britain, and Gurkha veterans was held in London on Monday. The meeting was inconclusive but the British s... Read More


China protests burning of Xi Jinping's book in Morang college

Kathmadnu, March 17 -- China has lodged a strong protest with Nepal after hundreds of copies of a book written by President Xi Jinping were burned at Manamohan Technical College in Budhiganga, Morang,... Read More


RSP to amend charter to make Balendra Shah prime minister

Kathmandu, March 15 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party, having won a near two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives election, is meeting on Sunday to discuss government formation. Party chair ... Read More


RSP will have to navigate a maze of foreign policy challenges

Kathmandu, March 13 -- If things go as planned, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) will form a majority government within two weeks. Even before the government takes office, there is widespread curio... Read More


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