As I have noted in many prior articles, despite the wave of Gen Z protests that have swept through Asia in recent years and carried over to other parts of the globe (from Togo to Madagascar to the ...

Nepal’s major political parties focus their election manifestos on mega projects, viewing big construction as the primary engine for economic growth. Despite Nepal ranking as the sixth most ...

Nepal has avoided macroeconomic instability after its 2025 youth unrest, with strong remittances, high foreign exchange reserves and low inflation masking the damage. Yet private investment, credit ...

What is the Nepal Fiscal Dashboard? The Nepal Fiscal Dashboard developed by the World Bank Group is a comprehensive, interactive platform designed to provide a granular view of public finances across ...

The events of September 2025 marked a sudden political upheaval in Nepal, triggered by student-led ‘Gen-Z’ protests and followed by rapid political change. The protests were met with a high-handed ...

In recent years, Nepal has been heralded as a global leader in community-based forest conservation. By handing over nearly a third of its nationally owned forest to local villagers in the 1980s, the ...

Nepal’s anti-graft watchdog said the state-owned Chinese firm and Nepali officials colluded to inflate the costs of an international airport in Pokhara. By Binod Ghimire and Daisuke Wakabayashi ...

KATHMANDU, November 13, 2025— Growth in Nepal is projected to slow to 2.1 percent in FY26 from 4.6 percent in FY25, reflecting the impact of the September 2025 public unrest and ensuing political ...

Nepal is negotiating $68 million in loans and grants from the World Bank for the Nepal Clean Air and Prosperity Project to reduce industrial emissions, strengthen pollution control and build ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Landslides, a lighting strike and floodings triggered by severe rainfall killed at least 44 people in Nepal on Sunday, with five others reported missing, authorities said. Those ...

Nepal is the latest victim of a romanticized Western media script — the tale of a student-led “revolution” toppling a supposedly corrupt, inefficient government in a developing country. This ...

On the morning of September 6th, a black S.U.V. carrying a provincial minister from Nepal’s ruling party ran over an eleven-year-old girl, Usha Magar Sunuwar, outside her school in the city of ...