Indian displeasure makes World Bank and ADB to go quiet on what could be Nepal’s largest hydro project
“It’s not whether migration is good or bad, but how we can better manage it for development and prosperity.”
In March, the World Bank approved a $150 million ‘Finance for Growth’ credit line to strengthen Nepal’s financial sector for green, resilient,…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAWith the pre-winter resurgence of Covid-19 around the world and in Nepal, pressure is mounting on governments to procure…
Nepal Army special funeral team brings home the first fatality from Covid-19 in Bhojpur District. She was a 24-year-old woman. The government's…
A combination of rampant corruption, wayward planning, donor interest and an utter disregard for intended beneficiaries has delayed Nepal’s…
Bhikhari Yadav carries his father around his village in Dhanusha on a bicycle before leaving for Dubai. Photo: SHREEJANA SHRESTHA/NEPALI TIMES…
Photo: OM ASTHA RAI/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEThe world recorded an all-time low under-five deaths in 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in…
Photo: AJAYA UPADHAYAYAAs serious as the rapid spread in Nepal of the novel coronavirus looks, even more frightening is what the lockdown meant…
Illustration: SUBHAS RAI“What do people mean by poor governance,” asked Crown Prince Dipendra. “Are they fed up with corruption? Is it that they…
Illustration by Subhas Rai in Nepali Times #51 of 13-19 July 2001. As a former broadcast journalist and ex-employee of the World Bank’s Nepal…
Photo : BIKRAM RAINepal is recognised as the only low-income country to have made rapid progress cutting poverty and boosting public health and…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwbKTUYxlh0The appointment by the Communist government of respected economist Yuba Raj Khatiwada (pictured…
An eclectic exhibition of Nepali art on the theme of social justice in WashingtonCANVASSING: Mohini Malhotra, who helped curate the ‘Recovering…
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $200 million credit to support Nepal’s framework for fiscal federalism and improved…
