Long road back to Shangrila
Ever since Time magazine printed a story in 1992 titled ‘Goodbye Shangrila’, Nepal’s travel trade and government have tried to clean up...
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THE NEPAL BRAND
On new year’s day, President Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated Visit Nepal Year 2020, aimed at attracting 2 million tourists this year, at...
Nepal now has to balance not just India and China, but also the West
Article 5 of the 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty implicitly forbids arms imports directly from third countries. Opposition to this provision has become the...
Eminently beneficial for India and Nepal
The Eminent Persons Group (EPG) mandated to review past bilateral treaties between India and Nepal and provide recommendations completed its work in...
Red carpet for a red leader
It has been an accepted practice that any Nepali leader makes a symbolic visit south to India after assuming office. But Prime...
What is different this time?
Prime Minister K P Oli is in New Delhi this weekend, following a tradition laid down by predecessors to first visit India...
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