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  • Federalizing the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

    Officially the former kingdom of Nepal has become the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. But the country hasn’t been federalized yet. By Bipendra Basnyat Just came out of an evening of brain storming about Naya Nepal; the idea was to discuss some of the scholarly articles on how can Naya (New) Nepal be “federated”. In…

  • Drafting Of Statute for the Republic of Nepal Formally Begins

    By Republica Republica is upcoming English language newspaper from Kathmandu, Nepal. Newly formed committees at the Constituent Assembly today started the process of drafting a new constitution for the Republic of Nepal, eight months after the people elected the supreme constitution-making body. Fourteen committees including a Constitutional Committee, 10 thematic committees and three procedural committees…

  • Road Safety in Nepal

    By Lilu Thapa OVERCOME WITH GRIEF: Guardians of Pravin and Prabeg Subedi, who died in Thursday’s bus accident in Nawalparasi, at Bharatpur Hospital on Friday afternoon. Pic by Dipendra Baduwal The bus accident in Nawalparsi which caused death of almost a half century of Children on the way back from a picnic highlights the road…

  • TEN Reasons to Invest in Nepal

    By Bhupendra Khanal Many aggressive companies are staying away from Nepal, thanks to poor security situation. The power majors are considering of huge investment in Hydropower sector to export power to the power hungry states of India and China, and this is good news for Nepal. A country with very high hydro-power potential has one…

  • B 19, Jangpura Extension [New Delhi-110014, India]

    The Kathmandu Post intro for the following story: Our New Delhi correspondent finds his bearings in a new city [Here is the PDF version of the Op-Ed page of the Post dated 10 December where this article appeared after it was first published in Kantipur.] I live in the third floor of the pink building…

  • Democracy And Jumbo Jets [From Bangkok Under Seize]

    By Paul Reitman, expat from Nepal, stuck in Bangkok [The Nepali version of this article, written two days ago, appeared in today’s Kantipur Daily] Of late, there seems to be a growing relationship between democracy and jumbo jets, although there has always been some connection ever since Jumbos first took to the air. In recent…

  • Nepal Suffers From Cold War Paranoia

    Ties with Beijing doesn’t mean alienating Delhi Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (right) upon arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, on Tuesday (2 Dec). Jiechi is on a three-day visit to Nepal. On the left is Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav. By Akhilesh Upadhyay Kathmandu has seen a flurry of high-profile visits in recent weeks. None…