Sunday, September 24, 2023
Instability in the finance secretary role impacting the country’s economic sector
Nepal l Onlinekhabar
ADB extends $100 million concessional loan to Nepal
Nepal l Kathmandu Post
Non-resident Nepalis can apply for Nepali citizenship from abroad
Nepal l Onlinekhabar
Foreign employment numbers down by 30,000 in the first 2 months of fiscal year
Nepal l Onlinekhabar
With PM away, transitional justice bill loses momentum
Nepal l Kathmandu Post
Govt removing Rs 120 million cap on margin loans
Nepal l Onlinekhabar
Nepal in favor of banning nuclear test-Foreign Minister Saud
Nepal l The Rising Nepal Daily
Local govt employees prepare for protests to get their demands addressed
Nepal l Kathmandu Post
Revenue collection higher than expenditure in first 2 months of current fiscal year
Nepal l Onlinekhabar
20 new hydropower projects add 500 MW to electricity production in a year
Nepal l Onlinekhabar
Nepal’s ‘regressive’ education bill stirs debate and deliberation
Nepal l Onlinekhabar
Food security is national security
Nepal l Nepali Times
16th five-year plan being prepared to bring back migrant workers
Nepal l The Rising Nepal Daily
Lawmakers’ inadequacy continues to hinder Nepal’s parliamentary committee
Nepal l Onlinekhabar
Red Cross initiates a campaign to check dengue infection
Nepal l Khabarhub
School education bill favours existing private schools
Nepal l Kathmandu Post
More than a tale of two bishops
The religious in one of Asia’s predominantly Christian countries, the Philippines, may be among the most persecuted in the world.
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Can the Taliban’s war on women be stopped?
Rights advocates argue that including ‘gender apartheid’ in international legal frameworks may help make the Taliban accountable for their oppressive...
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Death by debt: Cambodians’ open secret
A new report reveals the predatory side of microfinance institutions, whose less than ethical ways of lending have led to...
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Upcoming polls may intensify politics of hate
As some countries in South Asia prepare for elections, their respective religious minorities brace themselves for trouble ahead.
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