-Dipankar Paritosh , Scholar Nepal Exact1yone month after PM Oli left for New Delhi on an official visit, he is embarking on official Visit to r neighbor China at the invita1 of his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang. Given the difficult situation Nepal is facing due to friction with India, many Nepalese people expect much from […]

Deependra B. Kshetri, senior economist, Former VC, Nepal Planning Commission Gunanidhi Sharma. THE COUNTRY AND ITS INTERACTION WJTH THE OUTSIDEWORLD- Part one. Nepal has been enjoying political independence since long, but the same may not be true about its economics. Sandwiched between two Asian giants, namely, India and the People’s Republic of China, with different […]

Editor Prem Kumari Pant Editor The Weekly Mirror, Nepal A year has completed since the first major earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale ravaged the country on April 25, 2015. The devastating quake killed almost 9,000 people and causing massive suffering and distress to millions more. But it is more than heart-wrenching to note […]

Ms. Prem Kumari Pant Ed. The Weekly Mirror nepal The laying of the foundation stone of the Pokhara Regional International Airport (PRIA) last week indeed marks something very profound. Firstly, it symbolizes the start of the realization of all the agreements inked with China during Prime Minister KP Sharma Oil’s recent visit there. Secondly, the […]

Ms. Prem Kumari Pant Senior journalist, nepal The Nepali economy has long been marred by the menace of trade deficit. The growing mismatch between import and export is triggering an alarming level of such deficit. Over the years, the volume of export has been going down what that of import swelling fast. In fact, Nepal’s […]