Kathmandu, Nepal – May 19, 2025 – A 15-member national chapter of the South Asian Climate Change Journalists’ Forum (SACCJF) was officially launched today in Kathmandu. The newly formed chapter will work in close coordination with the regional level SACCJF, established in 2022, which unites journalists from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Afghanistan […]
Read MoreNepal and India have reached a new deal on construction, upgrade and investment modalities for five transmission lines at a time when 11,000 megawatts of energy from various hydro projects is in pipeline. The 12th meeting of Joint Working Group on Power Sector Cooperation concluded in New Delhi on Wednesday finalised the investment modalities of […]
Read MoreLumbini Buddhist University and Beijing Language and Culture University have signed a collaboration agreement in the presence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. At an event held at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar, officials from Lumbini Buddhist University and Beijing Language and Culture University exchanged the agreement documents. As per the agreement, both […]
Read MoreThe Government of Nepal and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed loan and grant agreements amounting to 777.6 million US Dollar (equivalent to Rs 105.59 billion) for the implementation of three projects and a programme. The Financing agreement for the implementation of Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Improvement Project (phase 2), South Asia Subregional Economic […]
Read MoreThe eighth annual Nepal-India border security coordination meeting between the Armed Police Force of Nepal and Sashastra Seema Bal of India kicked off in Kathmandu on Saturday with security officials from both sides expressing concerns over the movement of third-country nationals through the Nepal-India border. APF Inspector General Raju Aryal and Director General of the […]
Read MoreBy Masum Billah BAKU, November 13: Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday called for creating a South Asia grid to share the hydroelectricity generated by Nepal and Bhutan. In a meeting with the Social Business Group on the sidelines of the climate conference in Baku, the Chief Adviser said much of the hydroelectricity […]
Read MoreAs Nepal and Bangladesh explore avenues for enhanced power trade, both countries are advocating for the establishment of a dedicated transmission line via India. The move, however, raises questions about India’s willingness to comply, given its strategic stance on electricity as a vital commodity. Bangladesh’s State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources, Nasrul Hamid, […]
Read MoreHindutva may have proclaimed the supremacy of all things traditional, but it makes no room for diversity, dynamism, dilemmas, and doubt. Such has never been the only Indian way. By Devdutt Pattanaik Hindutva can easily be seen as an Indian version of a global movement of men, by men, for men. It reclaims their masculinity […]
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