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Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas, who came to power pledging revolution and progress, have now endorsed a decision to switch over from the existing calendar to an ethnic one that will take the former Hindu kingdom back more than eight centuries. While...
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Nepal’s Maoist leaders are facing their biggest test since taking over in government two months ago: how to integrate almost 20,000 Maoist rebel soldiers into the tradition-bound national army they used to fight.
So far, the tiny country has remained immune from the upheavals in the global economy. The Maoist government has not yet taken any measures to avoid repercussions on life in the country. But the fear is that the collapse of main donor countries will...
A 25-bed hospital built with the aid of the Indian government to serve over 350,000 women in eastern Nepal has been lying unused for more than a year.
There is a growing trend among foreigners, who are treated as guests in the country, to violate immigration laws and commit crimes, if a record of deportation of foreigners is anything to go by. Every year, authorities have been deporting increasing...
Smart, beautiful, with a strong head for business and a flair for language, Dharti Desai is a woman worth meeting. Maybe Gujaratis’ natural skill for enterprise helped, but somehow, after a conversation with her, you know that there is more than just...
For nearly two decades he lived a hard life in Spartan bunkers and forest hideouts and survived. But now, after having won a 10-year war on the state as well as a battle of the ballot, Nepal’s first Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal...
After King Gyanendra’s army-backed regime was ousted by an India-supported coalition of opposition parties and the Maoists and an election to decide the fate of the royal family became inevitable, the cornered monarch turned to tea diplomacy to...
In a major embarrassment for Prime Minister Prachanda, a key maoist ideologue has resigned from Nepal’s Constituent Assembly.
In the last year, Nepal’s deposed king has lost his throne, his royal palace and annual allowance. Now, he’s set to lose his free electricity.
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