General
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)
Mission
passport:
The current efforts to replace handwritten passports
with Machine Readable Passports are moving at snail's
pace, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rep 17/12/2014)
Panel
suggests
online application for MRPs Recommends adopting LES to
phase out ordinary handwritten passports by Nov 24
deadline, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 07/12/2014)
Govt
to
provide ToR for envoys: This is the first time the
Foreign Ministry has prepared country-specific terms
of reference (kp 06/12/2014)
SAARC
hangover
delaying envoys’ appointment? Or is it squabbling
between the ruling parties over ‘who gets what?’,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 06/12/2014)
Replacing
hand-written
passports an uphill task: Must be changed into MRPs by
May 24, as per ICAO, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
03/12/2014)
Nepal’s
geopolitical
location is its soft power, by Dinesh Bhattarai
(kp 01/12/2014)
Govt
to
strengthen immigration system (ht 23/11/2014)
DoI
to
introduce machine-readable visa, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 10/11/2014)
Passport
distribution:
DoP advised to work double shift (kp 04/11/2014)
DPM
Singh
to leave for Vienna (ht 01/11/2014)
Cacophony
of
concepts: Nepali leadership’s old foreign policy
rhetoric ignores new relationships between China,
India, and the US, by Lok Raj Baral (kp
27/10/2014)
Hire
lawyers
in labour receiving nations, govt told (kp
23/10/2014)
Long
wait
for acquiring MRPs, by Nabin Pokharel (kp
19/10/2014)
Realigning
Foreign
Policy of Nepal, by Pushpa Adhikari (Setopati
16/10/2014)
Delayed
diplomacy:It
is a sad state of affairs that so many key Nepali
embassies have been without ambassadors for so long,
by Krishna Sharma and Arun Bhattarai (kp 30/09/2014)
Ruptures
and
rivalries: Can Nepal’s leaders be objective and
pragmatic in giving a new direction to the country’s
international relations?, by Lok Raj Baral (kp
17/09/2014)
PM
to
interact with envoys in Gulf, Europe, America (ht
14/09/2014)
Govt
recommends
six ambassadors: Fails to nominate envoys for 10
missions, including India, US, UK, Qatar and Bahrain
(kp 05/09/2014), Government
fails
to pick envoys for key missions (ht 05/09/2014), Govt
recommends
envoys to six countries, by Kosh Raj Koirala and
Santosh Ghimire (rep 05/09/2014), 10
envoys
will be appointed before Dashain: FM Pandey (rep
13/09/2014), Envoy
nominees
testify before House panel (kp 20/09/2014), PHSC
completes
hearing of three new ambassadors (ht 20/09/2014),
Six
Envoy
nominees get House Approval (kp 23/09/2014), PHSC
approves
envoys for five countries and UN (ht 23/09/2014)
Nepal
to
accord India and China high priority (kp
03/09/2014)
Foreign
Visits
By Leaders: Reciprocity Needed, by Nir Bahadur
Karki (rn 29/08/2014)
Ambassadorial
appointments:
Things become complicated as pressure mounts on FM
Pandey, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 26/08/2014)
Chasing
shadows:
Far-reaching reforms in foreign service must be
considered before appointing ambassadors, by Gopal
Thapa (kp 25/08/2014)
Department
proposes
new rules for diplomatic passport (kp 19/08/2014)
Ambassadorial
posts:
Coalition partners at loggerheads, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht 14/08/2014)
Our
foreign
non-policy: Inwardly shrivelled Kathmandu seems to
have lost its ability to manage international
relations, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp 01/08/2014)
Bridge
between
boulders: Nepal should invite both India and China to
competitively invest in development and the economy,
by Santosh Sharma Poudel and Stefanie Kam (kp
24/07/2014), Path
to
prosperity: Nepal must look to benefit from PM Modi's
"neighbor first" diplomacy and China's push for
regional connectivity, by Pradumna B. Rana (rep
30/07/2014)
Over
2.2m
MRPs issued since 2010, by Samik Kharel (kp
18/07/2014), Govt
raking
inthe moolah through MRP: Issued 2.2 million units so
far; Earned Rs 9 billion in revenue (ht
19/07/2014)
Ride
the
wave: Nepal's traditional national security mentality
with geopolitics at the center should give way to more
dynamic economy-centric foreign policy, by Shyam
Bandhu Subedi (rep 14/07/2014)
Mission
Vacancy:
Despite the pledges from Prime Minister Sushil Koirala
and foreign minister Mahendra Pandey to appoint the
heads of the diplomatic missions, the process has yet
to start (sp 11/07/2014)
Don’t
stay
away: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation provides
an opportunity for Nepal to develop its transit
potential, by Nirabh Koirala (kp 01/07/2014)
Migrants
miffed
at delay in MRP distribution (kp 29/06/2014), MRP
distribution
process to be eased (kp 30/06/2014)
Nepali
missions
mark seventh Republic Day (kp 31/05/2014)
DoP
holds
interaction with diplomats (kp 29/05/2014)
Nepal
to
join NAM meet (kp 25/05/2014), Nepal
calls
for unity in NAM (kp 31/05/2014), Non-aligned
Movement:
Make It Vibrant, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn
06/06/2014)
Elitist
Diplomacy
vs. Public Diplomacy, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn
23/05/2014)
Make
or
break: Nepal’s long dormant foreign policy needs a new
focus on cooperation and building confidence, by
Lok Raj Baral (kp 21/05/2014)
Everything
to
play for: Political and institutional factors have
made the selection of foreign envoys unfair,
nepotistic and opaque, by Gopal Thapa (kp
12/05/2014)
Committee
asks
MoFA to fill ambassadorial posts (kp 03/05/2014)
Govt
to
set criteria for consul gen appointments, by Anil
Giri (kp 23/04/2014)
Lot
to
do: Foreign policy has always been a vital part of
statecraft in Nepal and a key test of statesmanship
for its leaders, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (rep
20/04/2014)
Envoys
to
leave for host countries with ToR, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht 20/04/2014)
The
year
of puppeteers: All that foreign ministry has is
ambition of pursuing "economic diplomacy", a euphemism
for selling more passports and finding new labor
markets, by C.K. Lal (rep 14/04/2014)
Minister
for
foreign policy overhaul (kp 12/04/2014)
Plans
afoot
to buy two embassy buildings abroad (ht
12/04/2014)
MoFA
collects
ex-envoys’ inputs to improve external relations
(kp 09/04/2014)
New
diplomatic
code in offing (kp 08/04/2014)
Immigration
dept
deports 120 in last 2 yrs, by Kamal Pariyar (rep
03/04/2014)
Role
Of
MOFA In Foreign Policy Decision-Making, by Hira
Bahadur Thapa (rn 02/04/2014) [see part 2 (09/04/2014)]
Ambassadorial
race
begins, aspirants galore: Contenders include
ex-minister, bureaucrats, PM advisers, journalist,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 02/04/2014)
Foreign
secy
from same service only: Civil Service Act amended;
Foreign Service Act in making, by Anil Giri (kp
29/03/2014)
Govt
may
withdraw maid facility to envoys: Likely to depute
peons on contract to foreign missions, by
Lakhanath Pandey (ht 28/03/2014)
Lessons
from
Ukraine: Only proper democratisation can lessen the
degree of foreign influence in our domestic politics,
by Trailokya Raj Aryal (kp 26/03/2014)
Foreign
Minister
Pandey mulls 'performance targets' for envoys, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 25/03/2014)
Ambassadorial
appointments:
Lobbying starts as govt begins consultation (ht
12/03/2014)
Missions
struggle
to keep up with MRP demands, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
09/03/2014)
Criteria
to
appoint new envoys to be standardised, by
Lekhanath Pandey (ht 08/03/2014)
The
Agonies
Of Diplomatic Brinkmanship, by D. M. Thapa (rn
07/03/2014)
Meaningful
Economic
Diplomacy, by Rebanta Bahadur K.C. (rn 04/03/2014)
DoP
mulls
hiring private party for passport delivery, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 28/02/2014)
MRPs
to
replace manual passports by Nov 2015 (ht
16/02/2014)
Nepalis
staying
abroad told to get MRP on time (ht 01/02/2014)
Government
may
bring Bhattarai back from UN: Wants him as foreign
secy, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 29/01/2014)
Cadre
diplomats:
We need a diplomatic strategy that takes into account
Nepal’s economic interests, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
21/01/2014)
Foreign
secy
retires; no clear successor in sight, by Anil Giri
(kp 15/01/2014), Foreign
ministry
has its own home affairs to settle: Secretary retires,
and it does not have anyone to succeed him fully,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 17/01/2014), Bairagi
now
officiating foreign secretary (rep 17/01/2014)
Passport
distribution:
Six form collection centres to open (kp
11/01/2014)
Ambassadors
to
Britain‚ USA in bid to get their stay abroad extended?,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 04/01/2014), Nepal’s
envoys
told not to overstay overseas (ht 13/01/2014), No
term
extension of envoys: FM Ghimire (rep 13/01/2014)
Proposal
targets
Foreign Ministry policy reforms, by Anil Giri (kp
02/01/2014)
Afghanistan
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)
Thousands
of
Nepalis work illegally in Afghanistan, by Devendra
Bhattarai (kp 02/11/2014)
Two
Nepalis
killed in Kabul attack (ht 23/07/2014)
Africa
(South
of Sahara, East Africa)
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)
NEF,
IPAR
sign co-operation MoU (kp 14/10/2014)
PM
Koirala
meets counterparts from Pakistan, B'desh (rep
27/09/2014)
CoAS
Rana
visits South Sudan (kp 08/09/2014)
Ebola
panic
among Nepalis in W Africa, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp
17/08/2014), 3,000
Nepalis
in Ebola zone, by Roshan Sedhai and Manish Gautam (kp
20/08/2014)
Four
Nepalis
stranded in Nigeria (kp 06/07/2014)
Ordeals
for
Nepali maids in African dance bars, by Devendra
Bhattarai (kp 08/03/2014)
NRNA
to
combat trafficking (kp 04/03/2014)
6
Nepalis await deportation in Tanzania, by Santosh
Ghimire (rep 26/01/2014), A
tale of six duped in Dar es Salaam: New racket trafficking
Nepali job-seekers to Africa, by Kamal Pariyar (rep
07/02/2014)
NRNA
rescues
two Nepalis from Uganda, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp
08/01/2014)
Australia
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)
46
Nepali
students get Australian scholarships (ht 30/11/2014)
A
candid conversation, interview with Australian
Ambassador GVlen White (rep 25/04/2014)
Migrants
say
Australia blew up their boat, sent them back: Are from
Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Iran (ht 27/02/2014)
Setting
their
sights on Australia, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/01/2014)
Bangladesh
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)
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)
Pandey
in
Dhaka to invite B’desh PM (kp 13/10/2014)
Koirala
talks
business with Bangladesh PM: Hasina shows interest in
investing in hydel in Nepal (kp 27/09/2014), PM
Koirala
meets counterparts from Pakistan, B'desh (rep
27/09/2014)
Burma
(Myanmar)
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)
A
Refugee’s Ramadan: For Rohingya Muslims here, Ramadan allows
for an occasion to deepen ties with Nepali Muslims; But it
also reminds them of missing families they’re unable to
locate, by Sabrina Toppa (kp 19/07/2014)
Suu
Kyi
arriving today (kp 13/06/2014), The
Lady
visits: Myanmar's Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been an
inspiration for democratic movements across the world,
including in Nepal, by Bhium Udas (kp 13/06/2014), Suu
Kyi
arriving today as state guest (ht 13/06/2014), Suu
Kyi
lands in Kathmandu: PM Koirala lauds Nobel laureate's
unflinching faith in democracy (kp 14/06/2014), Democracy
and
development go hand-in-hand, believes Suu Kyi (ht
14/06/2014), Nepal
inspires
me, says Nobel laureate: Suu Kyi hails Nepal's model of
'negotiated compromise' (kp 15/06/2014), Democracy
is
about inclusion: Suu Kyi (kp 15/06/2014), Lessons
from
unlikely places: Nepal could learn plenty from Suu Kyi's
struggle for freedom, and Burma as a nation in a situation
similar to our own, by Nirab Koirala (kp 15/06/2014), Nepal
far
ahead in democratic practice: Suu Kyi; Lauds Nepali Army’s
professionalism, negotiated decision making among political
stakeholders (ht 15/06/2014), Suu
Kyi
says overwhelmed by warm welcome, affection (ht
16/06/2014), Suu
Kyi
wraps up Nepal visit (ht 17/06/2014), Suu
Kyi
Defends Social Democracy, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
18/06/2014)
Myanmar’s
democracy
icon SuuKyi to visit Nepal as state guest (ht
05/06/2014)
Su
Kyi
set to visit Nepal in June (kp 22/04/2014)
Koirala,
Suu
Kyi recall Nepal-Myanmar relations (ht 05/03/2014)
PM
Koirala
to meet Nepali community in Myanmar (nn 05/03/2014)
Canada
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.)
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)
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)
900
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)
MoFA
to
ask for UK envoy’s take: Sparkes, in a newspaper
opinion piece, had called on lawmakers to
protect right to change religion in new
constitution (kp
15/12/2014)
[The British ambassador's
statement was necessary and reasonable! Only communal
forces see this different! The fundamental right of
every citizen to choose her/his religion must be
guaranteed by the constitution!], Sparkes’
advocacy
of conversion sparks row (ht
15/12/2014),
UK
envoy
under flak for advocacy of conversion: Govt prepares
to seek clarification, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
15/12/2014), Diplomat
summoned
over envoy’s conversion note, by Anil Giri (kp
16/12/2014), Govt
summons
UK official over 'rights to change religion', by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
16/12/2014),
Breach
of
protocol: Andy Sparkes plea for right to conversion is
condemnable; it goes against basic diplomatic norms
and values, by Bimal Gautam (rep
16/12/2014)
[The freedom to choose one's
own religion is a fundamental right of every human
being that is so far not respected in Nepal!!!],
EU
envoys
divided over Sparkes’ view (kp 20/12/2014), We
don’t
advocate religion conversion: German envoy (ht
20/12/2014), Germany
doesn't
hold any position on religion: German envoy (rep
20/12/2014), Envoy
Sparks
Storm Of Conversion Controversy, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 21/12/2014)
‘Main
problem
lies with aviation sector regulator, not individual
airline companies’, interview with EU Ambassador
Rensje Teerink (ht 10/11/2014)
Envoys:
Step
up consensus effort (kp 07/11/2014), Next
two
months are critical: European ambassadors ask parties
to find common ground (ht 07/11/2014), EU
envoys
urge leaders to step up consensus efforts (rep
07/11/2014)
Finnish
officials
arriving on Nov 9 (rep 05/11/2014)
Prime
Minister
urges Italian investment in hydropower sector (ht
29/10/2014), Commerce
Minister
Thapa seeks to woo Italian investors (ht
29/10/2014), Italy
keen
to invest in Nepal: Minister Vendova (rep
30/10/2014)
Germany
sees
rise in Nepali students (kp 23/10/2014), German
envoy
says PTA paves way for FDI (ht 23/10/2014)
Pact
to
export Nepali herbs to Europe (kp 10/10/2014), GIZ
launches
new agro initiative: Partnership aims to promote
Nepali herbs in EU, alleviate poverty (ht
10/10/2014)
PM
Koirala
reaches Belgium on three-day Europe visit (kp
30/09/2014), Prime
minister
meets EU President: Discusses issues of Nepal-EU
relations (ht 30/09/2014)
British
MPs
term visit ‘successful’ (kp 21/09/2014), Visiting
UK
MPs term Nepal visit ''exceptionally valuable''
(rep 21/09/2014) [??],
British
parliamentarians
conclude Nepal visit (ht 21/09/2014)
NGCCI
to
lead visit to MEDICA (kp 18/09/2014)
Nepalis
in
Scotland campaign against ‘Yes’, by Navin Pokharel
(kp 16/09/2014)
Nepal’s
peace
process exemplary: EU envoys (kp 11/09/2014) [??]
Operation
Mustang:
United Kingdom’s MI6 aided torture of Maoist cadres,
by Ammu Kannampilly (kp 01/09/2014)
First
Nepal-UK
consultation meeting held (kp 21/08/2014), Nepal,
UK
review areas of cooperation (ht 21/08/2014)
Czech
team
meets nembang, CA members (kp 04/06/2014)
UK
minister
arriving today (ht 02/06/2014), UK
minister
meets PM Koirala (kp 03/06/2014), South
Asia
embarking on path to peace, stability: PM; UK minister lays
stress on Nepal-UK ties (ht 03/06/2014), British
State
Minister Swire lauds Gurkhas (ht 04/06/2014), Ex-Gurkhas’
demands
complicated: Swire (kp 04/06/2014), Nepal
needs
to assure travellers about air safety: British minister
(kp 04/06/2014), 'Nepal's
air
safety still a major concern' (ht 04/06/2014), Independent
TRC
commissioners for int’l reputation: Swire (kp
05/06/2014), Nepal
must
abideby international laws, says Swire (ht
05/06/2014)
Embassy
to
serve Nepalis on their doorstep (kp 24/05/2014)
Irish
consulate
office (ht 24/04/2014)
Talking
business:
With the visit of a French Business Delegation, Nepal and
France have started business (sp 09/05/2014), Friends
indeed:
Countries like Nepal and France with comparable cultural and
artistic richness can have strong bonds, by Martine
Bassereau (rep 11/05/2014)
The
Promotion
of German-Nepal Business Links: Foreign investors investing
into thBritish parliamentariansconclude Nepal visite
Nepalese market bring new employment and prosperity to the
Nepalese society and significantly contribute to economic
growth, by Frank Meyke (sp 09/05/2014), Political
stability
for economic prosperity, by Frank Meyke (pr 15/05/2014)
[(Excerpts of the address by the German Ambassador at the
Inaugural Session of the 20th and 21st AGM of NGCCI]
Old
friends:
Nepal and France have wirnessed similar upheavals after the
two countries established diplomatic relations, by
Pushpa Adhikari (rep 24/04/2014)
French
delegation
in town for two-day visit (ht 22/04/2014), French
biz
delegation meets FM Mahat (kp 23/04/2014)
Absence
of
elected local officials worries Germany (ht
25/03/2014)
Nepali
consulates
open in Portugal, by Nirmal Shrestha (kp 12/03/2014)
Won’t
forget
Gurkhas’ sacrifice: British PM; Cameron hopes the two
governments can work together to strengthen bilateral
business, culture and education links (kp 08/03/2014)
UK
minister
for int’l development to visit Nepal (nn 02/02/2014), British
minister
says new CA inspires hope (ht 06/02/2014) [??]
The
Empire
speaks back: The arts are an ideal way to celebrate the
historical ties between Nepal and the UK, by Alan
Mercel-Sanca (kp 31/01/2014)
Mum’s
the
word on mission properties (ht 26/01/2014)
Customs
bar
used shoes from Switzerland, by Weena Pun (kp
15/01/2014)
Nepal
seeks
'negotiations' with UK to settle Col Lama's case, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 12/01/2014)
Nepal,
UK
to set up bilateral mechanism (kp 11/01/2014)
EU
wants
to help SAARC with regional cooperation (ht 09/01/2014),
EU
for
deepening partnership with SAARC ( rep 09/01/2014)
Nepal,
UK
celebrate 200 years of diplomatic ties (ht
08/01/2014)
Gulf
region - Near and Middle East - Northern Africa
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)
Held
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)
Qatar
acquits
Nepali of murder, by Hom Karki (kp 26/12/2014), Nepali
released
by Qatar in murder case rejoices his return, by
Deonarayan Sah (kp kp 09/01/2015)
Envoy
to
Kuwait submits letters of credence (ht 24/12/2014)
Most
Nepalis
fail driving test in Qatar, by Hom Karki (kp
14/12/2014)
Gulf
countries
to improve domestic workers’ condition, by Hom
Karki (kp 06/12/2014)
Kuwait
asked
to halt visas for housemaids, by Hom Karki (kp
01/12/2014)
119
Nepalis
in Qatar set to be deported (kp 29/11/2014)
Nepali
migrant
workers stage protest in Qatar, by Hom Karki (kp
24/11/2014)
Govt
asked
to probe status of migrants (kp 06/11/2014)
38
Nepali
bodies unattended overseas, by Shreejana Shrestha
(rep 03/11/2014)
Death
trap:
Workers have to bear intense heat and get by on little
rest or food, by Prayash Raj Koirala (rep
23/10/2014)
Sheltered
housemaids
protest seeking early return home (ht 21/10/2014)
Nepali
worker
loses both legs in Qatar, by Hom Karki (kp
17/10/2014)
Nepali
embassies
in Gulf seek additional staffers, by Hom Karki (kp
12/10/2014)
FM
meets
his Chinese, Qatari counterparts (kp 29/09/2014)
Welfare
of
foreign workers discussed (ht 25/09/2014)
SArabia
cautious
of some conditions in labour pact (ht 22/09/2014)
Ambassadors
apprise
Koirala of Nepalis’ plight in Gulf (kp
21/09/2014), PM
interacts
with Nepali envoys in UAE: Tells to do needful to
ensure workers’ safety (ht 21/09/2014)
Two
die
in Qatar detention fire (kp 14/09/2014)
Human
rights
workers' disappearance: Kin urge Qatar for early
release (kp 05/09/2014), Gone
missing:
Disappearance of two British Nepali rights workers in
Qatar is worrying (kp 05/09/2014), Nepali
origin
men missing in Qatar (ht 05/09/2014), UK,
Amnesty
voice concerns (kp 06/09/2014), Qatar
confirms
detention of British Nepali rights workers: Says
Krishna Upadhyaya and Gundev Ghimire violated the
Qatari law (kp 08/09/2014), Qatar
confirms
arrest of Britons of Nepali origin (ht
08/09/2014), Spouses
of
Qatar-held rights workers seek UK PM’s help (kp
09/09/2014), Qatar
frees
two human rights defenders (kp 10/09/2014), Freed
from
Qatar, rights workers reach home (kp 21/09/2014)
1,000
Nepal-bound
container trucks stranded in Khasa, by Risiram
Poudyal (kp 05/09/2014)
PM,
Nepali
envoys to Gulf to interact on his way to New York
(ht 04/09/2014)
Govt
requests
Gulf countries not to take in Nepali housemaids,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 02/09/2014)
Maids
waiting
to return flee shelter, by Hom Karki (kp
02/09/2014)
26
Nepalis
languishing in Qatar after employer fled without
paying, by Hom Karki (kp 31/08/2014)
Yet
another
Nepali maid's tale of Saudi torment, by Rohit Rai
(rep 27/08/2014)
State
Minister
Gurung seeks validation of housemaid visas, by Hom
Karki (kp 25/08/2014), Nepali
Embassy
in Kuwait: Proposal on housemaids rejected, by Hom
Karki (kp 27/08/2014)
8
Nepalis arrested on murder charges, by Hom Karki
(kp 22/08/2014)
Nepali
housemaid
returns to tell harrowing Saudi tale, by Anup Ojha
(kp 22/08/2014)
10,000
Nepalis
still in Iraq (rep 16/08/2014)
SArabia
to
sign pact for domestic workers only: Govt keen on
signing two separate labour agreements, has forwarded
drafts of both MoUs (ht 10/08/2014)
165
Nepalis
stranded in Libya: Embassy in Cairo urges prompt
rescue of 126, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep
06/08/2014),
Govt
denies
FEPB funds for Nepalis stuck in Libya, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 07/08/2014), Hungry
and
passport-less in Libya, 9 Nepalis desperate to return,
by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 08/08/2014), South
Korea
to rescue 168 Nepalis from Libya, by Shreejana
Shrestha (rep 09/08/2014), Hundreds
of
Nepalis trapped in Libya (kp 14/08/2014), 54
rescued
from Libya: MoFA (kp 16/08/2014), Nepalis
stranded
in Libya being rescued: MoFA (ht 16/08/2014), 54
Nepali
workers stranded in Libya return home: Refute claims
that they were rescued by Indian govt, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 18/08/2014)
Saudi
penalty
shatters Pariyar family’s dream, by Purna BK (kp
06/08/2014), Kin
perform
final rites for woman executed in Saudi (ht
07/08/2014)
19
Nepali
prisoners granted amnesty, by Hom Karki (kp
31/07/2014)
Govt
prepares
to lift Gulf ban for female workers, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 28/07/2014)
Qatar
demands
180k Nepalis in a yr, by Hom Karki (kp 25/07/2014)
Qatar
pledges
reforms in migrant labour sector, by Hom Karki (kp
24/07/2014)
Nepali
migrant
fears for life in war-torn Syria, by Devendra
Bhattarai (kp 11/07/2014)
Six
Nepalis
rescued in Oman (rep 09/07/2014)
NAFEA
urges
Saudi embassy to simplify visa procedures (ht
20/06/2014)
Nepalis
among
foreigners ‘abducted’ in Iraq (kp 19/06/2014), Efforts
on
to ensure safety of Nepalis in Iraq, by Lekhanath
Pandey (ht 19/06/2014), Govt
braces
for possible rescue of Nepalis in Iraq (kp
20/06/2014), Govt
urges
Nepalis in Iraq to return home (ht 20/06/2014), Four
Nepalis
abducted in Iraq freed: Ministry, by Hom Karki and
Anmil Giri (kp 21/06/2014), Nepalis
caught
up in Iraq infighting: Reports say those abducted till
now have managed to escape their kidnappers and are safe
(ht 21/06/2014), Nepalis
in
war-torn Iraq ache for homeland (ht 22/06/2014), Govt
lays
groundwork to rescue Nepalis (kp 23/06/2014), Sr
official
visiting Iraq to rescue trapped Nepalis, by Anil
Giri and Hom Karki (kp 24/06/2014), Special
envoy
to aid evacuation of Nepalis in Iraq, by Anil Giri
(kp 25/06/2014), MoFA
Joint
Secy Mainali to lead rescue bid in Iraq (ht
25/06/2014), Seven
Nepalis
in touch with embassy staff (kp 26/06/2014), Nepalis
trapped
in Tikrit strife, as others flee the Iraqi city for
safety, by Hom Karki (kp 27/06/2014), Nepal
seeks
help from India, Pakistan, Turkey: 200 Nepali workers
have asked for immediate support: MoFA, by Santosh
Ghimire (rep 28/06/2014), Trapped,
seven
Nepalis prepare to flee Tikrit, by Hom Karki (kp
29/06/2014), 7
Nepalis in Tikrit in ‘rescue’ priority (kp
30/06/2014), Despite
dangers,
Nepali migrants in Iraq detest returning home, by
Shreejana Shrestha (rep 30/06/2014), NRNA
appealsto
state to rescue Nepalisin Iraq (ht 01/07/2014), India
agrees
to rescue Nepalis, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp
02/07/2014), Three
escape
to Kurdistan, by Hom Karki (kp 02/07/2014), 'Special
Representative'
heads for Iraq to rescue Nepalis (rep 02/07/2014), Seven
countrymen
rescued from Tikrit: Mainali starts diplomatic efforts
to bring back Nepalis (ht 04/07/2014), Government
to
bear rescue expenses (kp 05/07/2014), Nepalis
in
Iraq reluctant to return home (ht 06/07/2014), Hoping
against
hope? Nepali workers still see better prospoects in Iraq
than back home, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep
06/07/2014), Rescued
Nepalis
due to return tomorrow, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
09/07/2014), Exit
permit
delays Nepalis’ return from Iraq (kp 10/07/2014), Special
rep
Mainali likely to enter Iraq Saturday, by Santosh
Ghimire (rep 10/07/2014), Stranded
Nepali
workers waiting for exit permits (kp 12/07/2014), Mainali
awaiting
green signal from Iraq: Nepal’s special representative’s
delayed entry could affect rescue of Nepalis (ht
12/07/2014), Diplomat
from
Nepal’s mission visiting Iraq: In bid to facilitate exit
permits allowing Nepali workers to return home (ht
13/07/2014), Rescuing
Nepalis
in Iraq: Urgency matters, by Hari Bansh Jha (ht
15/07/2014), Bring
Them
Home, by Hari Bansh Jha (rep 16/07/2014), Mainali
in
Baghdad (ht 17/07/2014), 11
Nepalis
arrive from Iraq, by Hom Karki (kp 19/07/2014), Workers
return
after weeks of ordeal, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
19/07/2014), Mainali
leaves
Iraq after mission (ht 13/08/2014)
Nepali
migrant
sentenced to death in Qatar, by Hom Karki (kp
16/06/2014)
Kin
of
dead Nepali workers fighting for compensation, by
Devendra Bhattarai (kp 07/06/2014) [related to Lebanon]
Embassy
‘unable’
to provide MRP in time: Migrant workers say those
seeking the MRPs are instructed to contact the embassy
after five months, by Hom Karki (kp 22/05/2014)
26
Nepalis
rescued from Kuwait, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp
19/05/2014)Sr official visiting Iraq to rescue trapped
Nepalis
Qatar
to
end sponsorship system, by Hom Karki (kp 19/05/2014)
Nepali
in
Bahrain jail: Murder convict’s kin appeal for help
(ht 18/05/2014)
Proposed
Qatar
labor law change raises hopes, by Shreejana Shrestha
(rep 16/05/2014)
Body
of
Nepali woman lying in Syria for 3 mths, by Devendra
Bhattarai (kp 11/05/2014)
PM
to
seek UAE pardon for Bam (kp 10/05/2014)
Nepali
maids,
kids in Saudi prison, by Hom Karki (kp 09/05/2014)
Saudi
not
interested in signing labour pact, by Subarna Poudel
(ht 30/04/2014)
Domestics
in
the Gulf: Death, torture final fate of many migrants,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 27/04/2014)
Many
Nepali
workers find suicide as the best way out of Qatar,
by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 25/04/2014)
Qatar
govt
role ‘helpful’ in returning illegal workers, by Hom
Karki (kp 25/04/2014)
Employment
in
Lybia: Hundreds of Nepalis continue to defy govt ban,
by Devendra Bhattarai (kp 20/04/2014)
Nepali
woman
in Kuwait jail, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep
10/04/2014)
Still
stranded:
Despite a global outcry, migrant workers in Qatar
continue to suffer (kp 08/04/2014)
40
Nepali
domestics stranded ticket-less in Lebanon, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep 01/04/2014), 80
Nepalis
languish in Lebanon, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp
02/04/2014), Govt
eying
migrant worker fund to repatriate domestics (rep
02/04/2014)
Govt
prepares
draft for labour pact with Malaysia, Kuwait (kp
27/03/2014)
In
an
inhospitable land: The government seems hardly concerned
about a population that has helped keep the economy
afloat, by Deepak Thapa (kp 27/03/2014)
Govt
to
exchange labour pact draft with SArabia, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 23/03/2014)
In
oil-rich
Qatar, Nepali mission runs out of money to buy fuel,
by Hom Karki (kp 19/03/2014)
21
workers
cry in Qatar for exit to Nepal, by Hom Karki (kp
08/03/2014)
Rs
10m
raised to save a Nepali facing death (kp 03/03/2014)
Three
Nepalis
among 12 dead in Doha blast, by Hom Karki (kp
28/02/2014)
Man
seeks
help to trace missing sister in Syria, by Devendra
Bhattarai (kp 23/02/2014)
Government
to
sign labour pact with Saudi Arabia, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 21/02/2014)
Uphold
law,
Qatar tells recruit firms, by Hom Karki (kp
19/02/2014)
UCPN
(M)
Chairperson Dahal leaves for Qatar; labour issue also on
agenda (nn 19/02/2014), Dahal
urges
Qatar’s PM to resolve labour problems (nn
21/02/2014)
Qatar
introduces
workers’ welfare, by Hom Karki (kp 13/02/2014), Qatar
promises
better welfare for WC workers (ht 13/02/2014)
Nepali
migrant
woman battered in Kuwait, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp
10/02/2014)
Lack
of
human resources: Migrants in lurch as embassy staff
overworked, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 30/01/2014)
191
Nepalis
died in Qatar last year (ht 28/01/2014), FIFA:
Migrant
labours’ state improving in Qatar (kp 02/02/2014) [???]
Ex-migrant
workers
shudder at thought of Gulf predators, by Anjali
Subedi (rep 23/01/2014)
Nepali
youth
gets death penalty in UAE (kp 17/01/2014)
Job
security
in the Gulf: A confident democracy should have the
resourcefulness to speak to the Gulf countries, to try
raise job security and income levels of Nepali migrant
workers, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp 17/01/2014)
Fear
of
mass Saudi expulsion looms (kp 10/01/2014), Govt
to
ensure return of illegal workers (ht 12/01/2014)
Appalling
revelation:
Nepal must demand a thorough inquiry on the death of
workers in Saudi Arabia (kp 08/01/2014)
‘Natural
deaths’
raise doubts: Causes difficult to ascertain due to Saudi
ban on independent probe into migrants’ deaths, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 07/01/2014)
A
Nepali woman went to Kuwait with dreams but came home in
a coffin, by Anup Kaphle (Washington Post
07/01/2014)
Saudi
Arabia
amnesty: 126 Nepali maids rescued in 3 months, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 06/01/2014)
New
Nepal
envoy unlikely soon (Peninsula 06/01/2014)
Indonesia
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
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)
Nepal
asks
Israel to take in 300 caregivers (rep 16/09/2014)
Israel
to
train Nepali farmers (kp 01/09/2014), Nepalese
young
farmers left Israel: Five hundred fifteen Nepalese youth
are going to Israel to learn the agriculture skill and
technology (sp 12/09/2014)
300
caregivers
to get initial Israel passage (kp 02/08/2014)
Israel
embassy
staff on strike for salary raise, by Anil Giri (kp
28/03/2014)
Japan
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)
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)
Nepal
Japan
Friendship Society launched (ht 02/11/2014)
Nepal,
Japan
to strengthen bilateral ties (kp 10/10/2014), Pandey
seeks
more investment in infrastructure from Japan: Fails to
meet Japanese Prime Minister Abe (ht 10/10/2014)
Japanese
vice-minister
arriving to observe post-poll developments (ht
07/05/2014), Koirala
seeks
Japanese support for Nepal (ht 09/05/2014)
Japan's
Nepal
Cooperation, by Upendra Gautam (rn 03/04/2014)
Korea
(South and North)
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)
Korean
language
test: Govt mulls online application, more exam centres
(kp 15/12/2014)
SKorea
likely
to hike job quota for Nepalis, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
11/12/2014)
3,663
pass
Korean language test for employment permit (kp
16/10/2014), EPS
result
out; 6.2pc pass (ht 16/10/2014), 93.8
percent
fail Korean language test (ht 16/10/2014)
29,891
appear
in Korean language test on first day (rep
27/09/2014), Over
58,000
take Korean language test, by Anup Ojha (kp
28/09/2014)
Korean
language
test: EPS receives over 19,000 applications on day one,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 14/08/2014), Korean
jobs
aspirants face cops’ wrath, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht
14/08/2014), Applications
swamp
EPS: Number of applications estimated to cross 55,000
this year, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 15/08/2014), More
than
40,000 apply for EPS jobs (ht 15/08/2014), Over
62k
apply for language test (kp 17/08/2014), Record
number
of youths vie for jobs in Korea: Government receives
over 60,000 applications for Korean language test in
four days (ht 17/08/2014), Chasing
Korean
dream: Youths brave rain, sun and police batons to apply
for jobs in South Korea, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep
17/08/2014), The
Kimchi
trail: Nepali Labor migration (rep 21/08/2014)
Nepal
to
seek SKorean investment (kp 12/05/2014), Minister
leaves
for Seoul to attract investment (ht 13/05/2014), Minister
Pandey
urges RoK to support in economic development along
investment (nn 14/05/2014), Minister
Pandey
seeks investment from SKorea: Korean counterpart
concerned about investment climate (ht 15/05/2014),
Korea
pledges
support in education, health (kp 16/05/2014)
Mission
‘misuses’
migrant workers’ fund, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
29/03/2014)
SKorea
to
hire 5,700 workers (kp 02/03/2014)
Latin
America
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)
34
Nepalis
held in Costa Rica (kp 11/09/2014), Costa
Rican
police detain 34 Nepalis (ht 11/09/2014), One
of
32 Nepalis held in Costa Rica falls ill (ht 13/09/2014),
Govt
starts
effort to bring home Nepalis from Costa Rica (kp
14/09/2014)
Chile
offers
100 caregiver jobs for Nepali citizens (kp 06/02/2014)
Malaysia
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)
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)
Labour
agreement:
Govt sends draft to Malaysia (kp 29/12/2014)
Nepali
woman
sentenced to jail in Malaysia for abortion: Dr Choong
Sim Poey of Reproductive Rights Advocay Alliance
Malaysia says Nirmala Thapa’s conviction is unusual
and that it raises question on how foreign workers are
treated (kp 06/12/2014)
Workers
without
frontier, working sans safety net, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 27/11/2014)
Migrant
workers
who returned from Malaysia share their plight (ht
23/11/2014)
9
Nepalis die each week: Embassy, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
21/11/2014)
30
Nepali
workers ‘missing in Malaysia’ (ht 19/11/2014)
Malaysia
interested
in TIA’s modernisation (ht 18/10/2014)
Nepalis
rescued
from Malaysian prison (kp 15/10/2014)
371
back
from Malaysia, with baggage of trouble (kp
26/09/2014)
Malaysian
Minister
takes stock of problems faced by Nepalis, by Ram
Chandra Giri (kp 06/09/2014)
15,000
Nepalis
to be returned from Malaysia (kp 28/08/2014)
44
Nepalis
held after Malaysia riot (kp 28/08/2014), Malaysia
police
arrest 40 Nepalis: Accused of rioting at export
factory (ht 28/08/2014), Agitating
Nepali
workers to resume work on Friday (kp 29/08/2014),
Some
workers
may be freed today (ht 29/08/2014), Nepalis
held
in Malaysia likely to be locked up for two weeks
(ht 30/08/2014)
Govt
to
discuss labour issues with Malaysia (ht 20/08/2014),
Authorities
hope
to seal deal on labour issues: Nepal and Malaysia have
not signed a labour agreement despite relentless efforts
from the Nepali side, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
21/08/2014), Nepal,
Malaysia
agree to sign labour pact, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
22/08/2014), Malaysian
minister
calls on Koirala: Prime minister urges Richard Riot to
address visa issues of Nepali workers (ht
22/08/2014), Nepal,
Malaysia
plan committee: Body to finalise labour agreement draft
to protect workers’ rights (ht 22/08/2014), Govt
should
consult us before signing deal with Malaysia: NAFEA
(rep 27/08/2014)
Govt
to
ask M’asia to release Nepalis, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
18/08/2014)
Migrants
in
Malaysia: Company closes, workers affected (kp
13/08/2014)
1,959
Nepali
workers return from Malaysia (kp 07/08/2014)
Mission
braces
for 750 MRPs daily: Handwritten passport phase-out,
by Ram Chandra Giri (kp 01/08/2014)
Over
600
Nepali migrant workers still stranded in Malaysia,
by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 24/07/2014)
14
Nepali
workers stranded in Malaysia make it back home (kp
30/06/2014)
Malaysian
companies
aid Nepalis (kp 29/06/2014)
35
Nepalis
rescued from Malaysia camp, by Ram Chandra Giri (kp
24/06/2014)
Govt
to
repatriate Nepali migrants from Malaysia jails, by
Ramchandra Giri (kp 24/05/2014)
Rescue
workers
languishing in Malaysian jails: CIAA: Appeals for
less cumbersome immigration process (ht 05/05/2014),
500
Nepalis
languishin Malaysian jails: Govt to release Rs 2m for
their rescue, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep 05/05/2014)
House-hunt:
It’s
a race against time for Nepali mission in M’sia (kp
13/04/2014)
85
Nepalis
Rescued from Malaysia (kp 01/04/2014)
Malaysian,
Vietnamese
ministers arriving: Malaysia wants quality Nepali
workers for its security sector (ht 30/03/2014), Malaysian
delegation
arrives (ht 02/04/2014), Workers’
woes
figure in talks with Malaysia, by Lekhanath Pandey
(ht 03/04/2014), Govt
tells
M’sia workers can’t afford Bio-Visa, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 03/04/2014), Malaysia
to
hire 200,000 Nepalis (kp 03/04/2014), Visa
fee
hike: Nepal asks Malaysia to roll back decision (kp
04/04/2014)
Govt
prepares
draft for labour pact with Malaysia, Kuwait (kp
27/03/2014)
DoFE
to
take action against VLN: Says company did not coordinate
before hiking fee (ht 21/03/2014)
Sexually
harassed
returnee migrant worker seeks justice, by Subarna
Poudel (ht 14/03/2014)
Nepali
migrant
gets 10 yrs for murder, by Ram Chandra Giri (kp
26/02/2014)
Sexually
harassed
migrant returnee demands justice, by Subarna Poudel
(ht 11/02/2014)
‘204’
Nepalis
held in M’sia crackdown (kp 07/02/2014)
Nepal
asks
Malaysia to allow thousands of illegal Nepalese workers
to return home without any hassle (nn 03/02/2014)
For
just
a few dollars more: As per a new provision, workers in
Malaysia are entitled to a minimum salary of RM 900 - up
from RM 600 - but beneficiaries believe the increase is
mere window dressing, by Anup Ojha and Roshan Sedhai
(kp 01/02/2014)
Lack
of
human resources: Migrants in lurch as embassy staff
overworked, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 30/01/2014)
‘Discriminatory’
law
denies migrants compensation, by Roshan Sedhai and
Ramchandra Giri (kp 27/01/2014), Death
in
the tropics: The high incidence of Nepali deaths from
‘natural causes’ in Malaysia is suspicious (kp
28/01/2014)
Migrants
face
crackdown, by Ram Chandra Giri (kp 19/01/2014), Nepali
workers
scramble for travel papers: Up to 45,000 said to be
illegal, by Prabhakar Ghimire (rep 21/01/2014), Eighty
illegal
Nepalis arrested in Malaysia (ht 22/01/2014), Nepali
hangouts
in Malaysia look deserted, by Prabhakar Ghimire (rep
22/01/2014), Nepali
workers
in dire straits in Malaysia (ht 23/01/2014), Nepali
mission
clueless about status of Nepalis in Malaysia (rep
23/01/2014)
Bid
to
help Nepali inmates in M’asia, by Ram Chandra Giri
(kp 15/01/2014)
NEFEMA
plans
protest programmes (ht 13/01/2014), Malaysian
biometrik
health screening opposed in Nepal, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 13/01/2014), Biometric
medical
test for malaysia-bound workers: Local medical centre
operators in protest, by Roshan Sedhai and Ram
Chandra Giri (kp 17/01/2014), NEFEMA
protests
government apathy (ht 18/01/2014)
Malaysia
bans
foreign workers in restaurants, fast food chains (kp
11/01/2014), ID
cards
for migrants (kp 11/01/2014)
Govt
stops
Malaysia work permits (kp 02/01/2014)
Jobs
in
Malaysia: Agents’ entry in visa work to cost Nepalis
dear, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 01/01/2014), MoFA
urged
to look into pvt firm’s fund transfer request, by
Rupak D. Sharma (ht 01/01/2014)
Malaysia
not
to hike visa processing fee for now (ht
01/01/2014)
Maldives
Adhikari,
Maldivian
minister discuss mutual cooperation (ht 13/02/2015)
Mongolia
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
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)
Fiji
opens
consulate office in Kathmandu (kp 24/03/2014), Call
to
strengthen Nepal-Fiji ties (ht 25/03/2014)
Pakistan
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)
PM
Koirala
meets counterparts from Pakistan, B'desh (rep
27/09/2014)
Russia
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)
Nepal-Russia:
Time
for Celebration (sp 21/11/2014)
Russia
suggests
practical state restructuring (kp 31/10/2014)
A
search for new dimension in Nepal Russia relations, by
Bhagawan Ratna Tuladhar (sp 25/07/2013), Nepal-Russia
Relations:
Friendship Test (sp 25/07/2014)
Sri
Lanka
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)
Pandey
visiting
Maldives, Sri Lanka (ht 16/09/2014)
A
tale of two nations: Nepal and Sri Lanka are two South Asian
countries in post-conflict transition, but that is about all
they have in common (nt 31/01/2014)
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)
Kidnapped
Nepalis
freed in Thailand (kp 24/12/2014), Nepalis
abducted
in Bangkok rescued, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 24/12/2014),
3
Nepali students kidnapped in Thailand rescued, by Kosh
Raj Koirala and Kamal Pariyar (rep 24/12/2014), Thai
abduction
‘Ransom agent’ caught in Kathmandu (kp 25/12/2014)
Nepalis
in
Thailand jails seek transfer (ht 20/04/2014), 70
Nepalis
in Thai jails, want royal pardon (rep 20/04/2014)
Turkey
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)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
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)
Nepal-Turkey
Chamber,
Istanbul Chamber join hands, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
29/06/2014)
FNCCI
for
stronger trade ties with Turkey, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
20/06/2014)
Exports
to
Turkey top billion-rupee mark in ‘13 (kp 15/06/2014)
Turkish
fashion
brand Sarar arrives (kp 05/04/2014)
DisUnited
States of America
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)
PM
Koirala
renews invite to Obama (ht 09/12/2014)
US
asks
Nepal to oppose ISIS activities (kp 10/11/2014), US
Under
Secy Sewall meets PM Koirala (ht 10/11/2014)
US
embassy
introduces online visa processing (kp 15/09/2014)
Nepal-USA
military
drill on Sept 8-13 (kp 04/09/2014) [ |