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        <title><![CDATA[Balen&#039;s statement about Indo-Nepal border: An unwarranted outburst]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Parliament was virtually up in flames when Prime Minister Balen Shah said that it was not only India but also Nepal that has encroached neighbouring territory in response to a...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:18:34 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Commercialisation alone will not transform agriculture: The participation of smallholder families is important]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Having grown up in a smallholder farming family in rural Nepal and spent my career studying smallholder agriculture across Asia and Africa, I read this year&#039;s agricultural bud...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Kashi Kafle</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:05:42 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Redefining schooling and classroom learning in Nepal: Moving beyond memorisation towards independent thinking]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As the school year here in Massachusetts comes to an end, parents have already begun preparing for the next one. Schools are sending out supply lists, and as a parent of a school k...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Upendra Raj Bhattarai</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:39:31 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Post Gen Z movement budget: Overambitious, little realistic]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The much-awaited budget has finally come to the fore. Expectations were high among the people partly because it was the one being presented by the Gen Z supported government. More...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:28:45 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When the monsoon returns, so do preventable diseases: The fight begins before the outbreak]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Every year, Nepal welcomes the monsoon with hope. Rain revives fields, replenishes springs and softens months of heat and dust. But the same season reopens an old public health wou...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Binod G C</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:43:27 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Diplomacy is not surrender: Balen&#039;s border remarks are strategic]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Few issues evoke stronger emotions in Nepal than questions of sovereignty and territory. The disputes surrounding Kalapani, Lipulekh, and Limpiyadhura are not merely matters of car...]]></description>
        <author>Binoj Basnyat</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:04:13 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Nepal: The inevitable shift]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Indigenous Peoples in Nepal have long faced discrimination. Despite the constitutional provisions of Nepal&#039;s rich cultural diversity, indigenous communities have faced socio-e...]]></description>
        <author>Vidhu Prakash Kayastha</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:31:11 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Domestic and foreign remittances in Nepal: Contributions, disruptions, and policy implications]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Remittances have become one of the most notable economic lifelines for Nepal. Remittances provide foreign exchange that strengthens the balance of payments, support consumption in...]]></description>
        <author>Guru Prasad Poudel</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:13:51 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rethinking Balen Shah&#039;s silence in Parliament: It is not a weakness but a political skill]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, Nepal&#039;s political discourse has been dominated by a single, polarising question: Why is Prime Minister Balen Shah so silent in Parliament? His persistent refu...]]></description>
        <author>Gehendra Raj Koirala</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 14:35:59 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Eastern Nepal&#039;s growing rainfall crisis: Foster quality infrastructure, timely warning]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/eastern-nepals-growing-rainfall-crisis-foster-quality-infrastructure-timely-warning]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Rain has always been a part of life in Nepal&#039;s eastern hills. For the farmers, it means planting, greenery, and hope. But in recent years, the same rain has increasingly becom...]]></description>
        <author>Arjun Neupane</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 13:56:48 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[New Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation: A step in the right direction]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/new-ministry-of-science-technology-and-innovation-a-step-in-the-right-direction]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The new government headed by Premier Balen Shah has been virtually carrying twin bags of appreciation and criticism at the same time. It has been criticised for engaging in an evac...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 11:52:11 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No reform without a motivated civil service: Implementation depends on capacity, morale, and commitment]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/no-reform-without-a-motivated-civil-service-implementation-depends-on-capacity-morale-and-commitment]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Following Nepal&#039;s recent political transition, the current government has placed clean governance, corruption control, administrative reform, effective service delivery, and i...]]></description>
        <author>Gyanendra Ghale</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 12:00:00 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Removing traditional exams up to Grade 5: It is counterproductive without changes in secondary level]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/removing-traditional-exams-up-to-grade-5-it-is-counterproductive-without-changes-in-secondary-level]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[With the formation of the new government after the Gen-Z revolution, Nepal has been experiencing rapid policy changes. However, if it wants to achieve real and lasting progress, it...]]></description>
        <author>Yogesh Gupta and Utsuk Upreti</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 13:51:10 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[She survived childbirth. The injury did not]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Radhika was 11 years old when her labour began.She had become pregnant a month after her first menstrual period. When her labour grew difficult, her family kept her home for 24 hou...]]></description>
        <author>Sriram Haridass</author>
        <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 12:13:20 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s conservation successes: What are the costs for the local communities?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/nepals-conservation-successes-what-are-the-costs-for-the-local-communities]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA["Stepping outside in the evening is like gambling with your life," says a local autorickshaw driver in the Khata Corridor of western Nepal. This observation sums up the everyday ri...]]></description>
        <author>Ramesh Kathariya and Sunita Chaudhary</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 10:46:15 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s biggest export to India may be political creativity]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/nepals-biggest-export-to-india-may-be-political-creativity]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Let us begin with a cockroach.On 15 May 2026, India&#039;s Chief Justice Surya Kant, during a court hearing on fake law degrees, compared unemployed youth engaged in journalism and...]]></description>
        <author>C K Peela</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 10:27:25 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wired revelation: The brain, IT, and gene therapy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Information technology is nothing short of godsend from heaven. It has revolutionised our life, learning, and knowledge. It has also challenged our brain&#039;s capacity, or compet...]]></description>
        <author>Rajgopal Nidamboor</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 13:04:44 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Balen&#039;s politics of silence and absence: Not a harbinger of good omen]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/balens-politics-of-silence-and-absence-not-a-harbinger-of-good-omen]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Nepali people have been like a statistician who is said to be comfortable with one hand on the furnace and the other in the freeze. At times it had politicians like Krishna Prasad...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 13:18:40 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fake helicopter rescue scam: Nepal&#039;s tourism reputation at stake]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/fake-helicopter-rescue-scam-nepals-tourism-reputation-at-stake]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Recently, Germany&#039;s leading and highly influential news magazine, Der Spiegel, published a report on Nepal&#039;s infamous fake helicopter rescue scam. As Germany remains one...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Pushpa R. Joshi</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 12:34:35 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A roadmap for research-led higher education framework: How this can improve the lives of the public]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/a-roadmap-for-research-led-higher-education-framework-how-this-can-improve-the-lives-of-the-public]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The current political climate in Nepal offers a glimmer of hope for the academic sector. With education reform now a national priority, momentum for meaningful change is steadily b...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Upendra Raj Bhattarai</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 10:42:33 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s health-budget promise: Can it become real care?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/nepals-health-budget-promise-can-it-become-real-care]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s proposed commitment to raise the health-sector budget to 8 percent of the national budget could become a major reform step. But the promise will matter only if it move...]]></description>
        <author>Gyanendra Ghale</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 16:19:19 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Budget utilisation reaches 59.75 percent by Baisakh end]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU, MAY 15Government budget expenditure has reached nearly 60 percent of the total allocation in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year 2025/26, according to the Fin...]]></description>
        <author>THT Online</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:22:48 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hantavirus is not the next pandemic: But still Nepal should pay attention]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/hantavirus-is-not-the-next-pandemic-but-still-nepal-should-pay-attention]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The recent hantavirus alarm aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius is a reminder that dangerous infections do not always begin in crowded cities or hospitals. In early May 2026, scienti...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Binod G C</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 17:53:19 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Under the same sky: Why humanity would gain more from peace than rivalry]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/under-the-same-sky-why-humanity-would-gain-more-from-peace-than-rivalry]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[There are moments in history when a sentence spoken in an official hall seems to transcend diplomatic protocol and touch something much deeper: our collective fear, the world&#039;...]]></description>
        <author>Avram Gal & Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 17:38:32 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Prediction of less rain and high temperature: What can be the remedial measures?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/prediction-of-less-rain-and-high-temperature-what-can-be-the-remedial-measures]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The long-awaited weather prediction for the monsoon period has been made public by the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. It has, however, not brought relief to the farming c...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:24:26 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What nurses taught me that Nepal has forgotten]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Florence Nightingale would not recognise the wards I trained in. As a second-year medical student in the early 1990s, my first serious lessons in medicine came not from doctors or...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Sunoor Verma</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:08:01 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rethinking Nepal&#039;s diplomacy in a competitive world: It must serve the national development strategy]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/rethinking-nepals-diplomacy-in-a-competitive-world-it-must-serve-the-national-development-strategy]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Nepal stands at an important moment in its foreign policy evolution. As debates emerge over the structure, scale, and effectiveness of the country&#039;s diplomatic network, the di...]]></description>
        <author>Binoj Basnyat</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:27:14 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Remembering the USS Liberty-and why it still matters]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[On June 8, 1967, the USS Liberty, a U.S. Navy intelligence ship, was attacked by Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats while operating in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula...]]></description>
        <author>Terry Hansen</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 10:48:14 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The recent road accident in Rolpa district, where a jeep carrying pilgrims fell from a rural hill road and caused multiple fatalities, is another painful reminder of Nepal&#039;s g...]]></description>
        <author>Uttam Neupane</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 14:09:36 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[A few years ago, doctors began noticing something unusual about many patients who were later diagnosed with Parkinson disease. Long before tremors or stiffness appeared, many of th...]]></description>
        <author>Dipesh Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:24:07 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. Embassy to host nationwide football tourney &#039;GOAL! USA&#039;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU, MAY 10The U.S. Embassy Nepal, in association with Xtreme Energy Drink, is set to organise a nationwide football tournament titled "GOAL! USA" to mark 250 years of Americ...]]></description>
        <author>THT Online</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 11:37:09 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How to turn foreign missions into export engines: Rewrite the template for our envoys]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Shishir Khanal, the new foreign minister, has spent much of his first month repeating a familiar phrase. Economic diplomacy, he has told ambassadors and conference audiences, is at...]]></description>
        <author>Suyash Kharel</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 21:31:39 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gut realities: A toxic saga &#039;unplugged&#039;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When insightful research sequenced DNA from microorganisms derived from our armpits, belly buttons, and other locations, it revealed minuscule versions of ecosystems, like the Alps...]]></description>
        <author>Rajgopal Nidamboor</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:22:45 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A lens on liberation: Photographing women&#039;s place in public life]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Never just an empty ground, public spaces are theatres brought to life by the bodies inhabiting them. These spaces are not merely designed, they are performed into being. And photo...]]></description>
        <author>Prof. Dr Andrea Palašti</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 12:41:51 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A tale of two squatters&#039; evictions: What the government can learn from them]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The hallowed social corridors of Nepal have been resonating with the voices for or against the present clearance of encroached public land underway in the country. Two persons have...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:57 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Left behind: How gender inequality still shapes education and the economy in Nepal]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal has come a long way. A new constitution, a functioning democracy, and at least on paper, a serious commitment to gender equality. Yet for millions of Nepali women and girls,...]]></description>
        <author>Kalash Rimal</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:49:06 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Reforming Nepal&#039;s tax system: A pathway to sustainable growth in a stable political era]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As Nepal moves into a phase of relative political stability, the country has a rare opportunity to shift its focus towards long-term economic reforms. Among these, tax policy refor...]]></description>
        <author>Bibek Ghimire</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:01:11 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shared laughter for community well-being: A simple intervention we keep laughing off]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There is a sentence I still hear in my head: "You are taking laughter too seriously."The person who said it was half-amused, half-exasperated, while I tried to explain a set of stu...]]></description>
        <author>Sunoor Verma</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:30:42 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Integrating natural resource management: A river basin paradigm for Nepal]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal stands at a pivotal moment in its development trajectory. The synergy between its infant federal system and a rising tide of youthful, progressive political forces offers a h...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Sanjay Giri</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 11:41:17 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The experts have landed. Unfortunately]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A certain type of public intellectual periodically resurfaces in Kathmandu, now seen in larger numbers. You&#039;ll know them instantly: the UN lanyard, the practised cadence of to...]]></description>
        <author>C K Peela</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:17:48 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nationwide clearance of encroached public land: Its retrospect and prospect]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The national media has been virtually flooded by the government&#039;s nationwide clearance of encroached public land. It began with the removal of settlements at Thapathali as wel...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:05:04 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nepali cricket at a crossroads: Growing need for international exposure]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Recently, UAE toured Nepal for a two-match T20 International (T20I) cricket series, a bilateral series for Nepal after more than one year. The series ended with one each result. Th...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Pushpa R. Joshi</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:50:18 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Reform, resistance, and the politics of disruption: They must translate into durable transformation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Nepal&#039;s evolving political landscape, reform is increasingly being made to order. When state-led creativities begin to challenge entrenched systems, resistance rarely targe...]]></description>
        <author>Binoj Basnyat</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:33:52 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA["Pain is invisible, but that does not make it imaginary.""It is merely a headache. You will be alright."This is a sentence I have heard countless times, often from people who genui...]]></description>
        <author>Aanchal Bhandari</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:50:26 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[While music has been a historical hit parade since ancient times, modern science testifies to the fact that some of the networks in the human brain seem to be solely dedicated to m...]]></description>
        <author>Rajgopal Nidamboor</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:53:30 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court&#039;s verdict declaring legitimacy to Gagan Thapa-led Nepali Congress (NC-G) has brought immense cheers in the democratic political avenue of Nepal. After all, t...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:07:32 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[From being a vital site of spiritual reverence and mountaineering challenge, Mount Everest in Nepal is now a mainstream revenue-earning source for the mountaineering-based tourism...]]></description>
        <author>Lani Tamang and Tshering Sherpa</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:26:42 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU, APRIL 21Nepal&#039;s mutual fund industry has, over the past decade, established a performance record that merits serious consideration.Since Securities Board of Nepal (...]]></description>
        <author>Himalayan News Service</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:02:02 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Kathmandu was never meant to be a world capital, yet if you move through Lazimpat, Baluwatar, Lainchaur or Maharajgunj on a weekday, you could mistake it for one. Convoys slide pas...]]></description>
        <author>C K Peela</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:49:13 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[U.S. officials and much of the American media emphasize the Islamic Republic&#039;s brutal repression of its own citizens, including the killing of large numbers of protesters, whi...]]></description>
        <author>Terry Hansen</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:50:36 +0545</pubDate>
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