Nepali Times
Interview

"China hopes for social stability"
The new Chinese ambassador to Nepal, Yang Houlan, spoke to Nepali Times this week on his country's priorities in bilateral ties with Nepal, Sino-Indian relations and the plans to develop Lumbini.

"Indifferent, politicised leadership makes development difficult"
Sarah Sanyahumbi is leaving Kathmandu this week after heading the Department of International Development (DFID) office in Nepal since 2009. She spoke to Nepali Times about the rewards and challenges of being the largest donor agency in Nepal.

Back to the village
Nepali Times spoke to Surender Bhandari, the CEO of Siddhartha Bank, about the challenges and rewards of extending financial services to rural Nepal.

"Let's not be the laughing stock"
Interview with former CEO of ActionAid International, Ramesh Singh Malla about the development lessons, achievements and challenges of Nepal

Anti-nuclear mayors
Tadakashi Akiba, ex-Mayor of Hiroshima and Tomishisa Taue, Mayor of Nagasaki, recipients of the first Gautam Buddha International Peace Award.

Learning to bank
Former senior VP of HSBC Bank, William Westgate, talks about the banking training program he plans to conduct in August for Nepali bankers.

"Power can be our most valuable export"
Hydropower developer Gyanendra Lal Pradhan argues why power export is the most viable outlet from the trade deficit.

An investor-friendly Nepal
FNCCI's recently elected president Suraj Vaidya

"Nepal can push climate-sensitive tourism"
Nepali Times spoke to David Simmons, Professor of Tourism at Lincoln University in New Zealand about the challenges in Nepal's tourism

"We are a soft target"
Binay Bohra, head of the Internet Service Providers Association of Nepal (ISPAN), which shut down web access nationwide for an hour on Sunday, spoke to Nepali Times

Fund insecurity
World Food Programme's Country Representative in Nepal, Nicole Menage talks about impact of a funding crunch on the organisation's activities.

"Peace, governance, development..."
British Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan on new plans to increase support for Nepal

Playing safe
Nepali Times talked to Resta Jha, CEO of Prime Life Insurance about the growing life insurance industry in Nepal

"The extreme right and left are feeding each other"
Maoist Vice Chairman Baburam Bhattarai talks about the political deadlock and the fissures in his party

"We will struggle for full democracy"
President of the exiled Druk National Congress, Rongthong Kuenley Dorji, talks about his exile, his party's future and the Bhutanese refugees in Nepal

"I think there can be an agreement"
An exclusive interview with Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal

"Rebuild the t-r-u-s-t"
Elinor Ostrom, the winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Sciences, speaks about Nepal's success in getting communities to manage its resources

Stopping forced labour
The International Labour Organization's Caroline O'Reilly talks about the organisation's work and labour issues in Nepal

Death on the mountain
Lakpa Rita Sherpa talks of his cousin, 19 time Everest climber Chhewang Nima Sherpa who went missing following an avalanche on Baruntse

"We are not a failed state yet"
Bhojraj Pokharel talks of his recent appointment to a UN Panel to monitor the upcoming self-determination referenda for Southern Sudan and the Abyei area


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