West is West
Toni Hagen’s photographs of remote western Nepal from the 1950s show how much it has changed, and how much is the same
infrastructure
Development = Destruction
Kickback-driven maldevelopment is destroying Nepal as megalomania and kleptomania go hand-in-hand.
When it rains, it pours
Below average precipitation is forecast this monsoon, but we must also be prepared for extreme localised rain.
Rust in peace
Looking back at Nepal’s first cargo ropeway built a 100 years ago, and a historical timeline of infrastructure planning in the past century.
BRI enters the tenth year
Looking at the future of the Chinese infrastructure initiative for Asia and Nepal
MCC gets green light in Nepal
Five years after Nepal signed the US-funded Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact in 2017, Parliament on Sunday finally ratified the $500 million grant for...
Using power wisely
Like a mirage, the nearer we get to Parliament’s ratification of a $500 million US-backed infrastructure project, the farther it seems to recede....
Nepal House sits for crucial MCC vote
As Nepal’s Parliament finally sits on Wednesday to try to ratify a controversial and long-delayed American infrastructure project, parties opposed to the $500 million...
MCC risks split in Nepal’s ruling coalition
A much-delayed half-billion dollar US government project to upgrade Nepal’s infrastructure threatens to split Nepal’s governing coalition, amidst indications the Chinese have...
Hiding their head in the sand
Illegal sand mining on Chure rivers displaces farmers, decimates a fragile landscape
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