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        <title><![CDATA[A stronger center, or a stronger state?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For decades, Nepalis have complained about a government that moves too slowly. Ministries work in silos, projects stall, databases do not talk to each other, and citizens struggle...]]></description>
        <author>Alok K. Bohara</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:05:16 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Mecca Accord: From symbol to system and the shifting geometry of West Asian security]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Mecca Accord, signed in August 2026 by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, has begun its passage from spectacle to structure. West Asia rarely grants new alliances the luxury o...]]></description>
        <author>Col Guru Saday Batabyal(Retd)</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:38:30 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Climate Justice: What Does Kathmandu Owe?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The August 26 Bhotekoshi–Trishuli flood must first be understood through the lives it destroyed, not only the cost of rebuilding. Government figures reported on September 21 put th...]]></description>
        <author>Gyanendra Ghale</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:35:02 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Great expectations: Let your child be]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The self-esteem movement, with its myriad garbs, has found its way into educational curricula, not to speak of parent-training programmes and books. Most parents, organisers, and t...]]></description>
        <author>Rajgopal Nidamboor</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:06:32 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bhotekoshi and Budhi Gandaki floods: Reminders for the immediate relocation of riverside settlements]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Budhi Gandaki flood that struck its river basin on that unfortunate Sunday morning has certainly dealt Nepal a double blow, as the country has yet to recover from the earlier s...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:07:10 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Look above the river]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The October 11 flood in the Budhi Gandaki is a reminder that Nepal&#039;s river disasters can begin well above the riverbanks. Preliminary police reports suggest a landslide near S...]]></description>
        <author>Arup Rajouria</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:12:32 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nepal must formally request TPS from the United States]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of the devastating floods in Nepal, Nepalis around the world have rallied to support families and communities as they grieve, recover, and rebuild. Here, in the Un...]]></description>
        <author>Anil Shahi and Victoria "Nikki" Dominguez</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:37:25 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Stop defaming a generation: Gen-Z is not a disruptive force]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/stop-defaming-a-generation-gen-z-is-not-a-disruptive-force]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The recent detention of the former Chief Justice (CJ) Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana in the early hours of the morning has raised many questions about the misuse of state machinery. Ra...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Pushpa R. Joshi</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:39:31 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Beyond awareness: Are we really listening to Nepal&#039;s mental health stories?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Consider the phrase "I am OK." It is one of the most standard and automatic responses we hear when asking people, "How are you?" It could be true, or it could mean, "I don&#039;t k...]]></description>
        <author>Rishika Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 17:30:16 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When Dasain reminds us of what the flood took away: The invisible trauma of Bhote Koshi survivors]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/world-cup-2026/when-dasain-reminds-us-of-what-the-flood-took-away-the-invisible-trauma-of-bhote-koshi-survivors]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[As Dasain approaches, Nepal begins to change its rhythm. Markets become crowded, homes are cleaned, new clothes are purchased, and families prepare to reunite around the warmth of...]]></description>
        <author>Anuka Limbu Neupane</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:38:11 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The climate resilience trap: Enduring, rebuilding, and going into debt?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[We are quick to call people resilient after a disaster. There is a strange comfort in the word. It allows us to move on without asking what resilience costs.In Nepal, rebuilding ha...]]></description>
        <author>Dolma Ghale</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:06:11 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Balen at six months: The test of institutional power]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/balen-at-six-months-the-test-of-institutional-power-44245]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Balendra "Balen" Shah&#039;s first six months in office have been marked by a steady consolidation of authority, contraction of cabinet space, and a governing style that increasing...]]></description>
        <author>Col Guru Saday Batabyal (Retd)</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:13:36 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[15th National Convention of the NC: Gagan truly like the sky on the NC Horizon]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The 15th National Convention of the Nepali Congress (NC) opened with a flying start amidst pomp and ceremony at Bhrikuti Mandap in the capital. The convention was inaugurated by NC...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:44:51 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When disaster travels through screens: Coping with post-traumatic stress]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/when-disaster-travels-through-screens-coping-with-post-traumatic-stress]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[A 55-year-old homemaker living in Kathmandu has found herself scrolling through her mobile phone every few minutes for news about the Rasuwa flood. In recent days, much of her time...]]></description>
        <author>Rishika Pokharel and Madhusudan Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:13:58 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Balen Builder Mandate: Marching orders for the rebuilding of Nepal]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/balen-builder-mandate-marching-orders-for-the-rebuilding-of-nepal]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[On 8 September 2025, the Republic of Nepal turned its guns on its own children. Young Nepalis marched into the streets of Kathmandu armed with nothing heavier than their phones and...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:57:11 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Beyond generation: Why the new Butwal-India transmission link is a strategic lifeline]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/beyond-generation-why-the-new-butwal-india-transmission-link-is-a-strategic-lifeline]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The government has articulated a bold target of developing 40 GW of power generation capacity by 2040. While state agencies and private developers pour billions into hydro projects...]]></description>
        <author>Kumar Pandey</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:38:16 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The gap nobody is talking about: Why Nepal&#039;s stagnant child mortality rate is a warning sign]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Every year in Nepal, a family celebrates a pregnancy with hope, follows the antenatal visits they are told to attend, and delivers their baby in a health facility - doing everythin...]]></description>
        <author>Deepak Raj Sapkota</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:46:31 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Balen at six months: The test of institutional power]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/balen-at-six-months-the-test-of-institutional-power]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Balendra "Balen" Shah&#039;s first six months in office have been marked by a steady consolidation of authority, contraction of cabinet space, and a governing style that increasing...]]></description>
        <author>Col Guru Saday Batabyal(Retd)</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:21:40 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nowhere safe, nowhere to go: Water-induced migration after Bhotekoshi]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/nowhere-safe-nowhere-to-go-water-induced-migration-after-bhotekoshi]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[On the morning of August 26, an ice-rock avalanche in the upper Lhende Khola sent a surge of water and debris into the Bhotekoshi. A government technical assessment estimated that...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Krishna Hari Pushkar</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:46:14 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When there is no body: Rethinking death registration after Nepal&#039;s disasters]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/when-there-is-no-body-rethinking-death-registration-after-nepals-disasters]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[For some families affected by the Bhotekoshi floods, the waiting has already changed into mourning.In Rasuwa and the neighbouring districts, families have spent weeks looking for r...]]></description>
        <author>Aditya Gyawali</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:23:07 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Light before liberty]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[On a clear winter night in 2014, astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed the Korean peninsula from above. The picture has since travelled the world, carried...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:05:42 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Premier Balen&#039;s address to the UNGA: Successful in persuading the global world]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/premier-balens-address-to-the-unga-successful-in-persuading-the-global-world]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The address by Premier Balen Shah to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has been under the scrutiny of people both inside and outside Nepal. Several people in Nepal heaved...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:20:43 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Growing with nature]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Every summer, we hear the same complaint: "kasto garmi badheko". We often blame climate change, and global warming. But have we ever stopped to ask whether our own cities are makin...]]></description>
        <author>Jyotsna Lohani</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:17:19 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The dual-engine pushback: How BRICS and SCO Summits challenged U.S. dominance]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/the-dual-engine-pushback-how-brics-and-sco-summits-challenged-us-dominance]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The global geopolitical landscape is undergoing a profound structural shift, marked by a coordinated pushback against the post-Cold War international order. This transition was ful...]]></description>
        <author>Binoj Basnyat</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:28:47 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Early warning to early action: Nepal&#039;s next step in disaster preparedness]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/early-warning-to-early-action-nepals-next-step-in-disaster-preparedness]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[When a potential cyclone brews in the Bay of Bengal, the primary source of over 80 percent annual rainfall in Nepal, the fragile landscape hit by "himalayan tsunami" less than a mo...]]></description>
        <author>Rajesh Dhungel</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:31:49 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bhotekoshi: From warning to accountability]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/bhotekoshi-from-warning-to-accountability]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Just over a month after the August 26 Bhotekoshi–Trishuli flood, families are searching for missing loved ones while rebuilding shattered lives. Authorities received warning of a m...]]></description>
        <author>Gyanendra Ghale</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:01:22 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Small-state realism: An alternative to inconsistent, individual-centric diplomacy]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/small-state-realism-an-alternative-to-inconsistent-individual-centric-diplomacy]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Recently, influential lawmaker of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Amresh Kumar Singh, blatantly accused from the podium of the House of Representatives (HoR) that the chief advisor...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Pushpa R. Joshi</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:11:27 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pooled benefit: The importance of meta-analysis]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/pooled-benefit-the-importance-of-meta-analysis]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[We all know that clinicians, physicians, researchers, and others are up against a huge challenge - the overwhelming wealth of information, even in taut, small areas of speciality i...]]></description>
        <author>Rajgopal Nidamboor</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:48:00 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A courteous question to the sky]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mr Musk, may I put to you, with the greatest respect, a question my country has long hesitated to ask: is Starlink a militarised vehicle? I raise it not as a challenge but as an in...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:03:06 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[KATHMANDUIn the harrowing aftermath of the devastating Bhotekoshi floods, media coverage is filled with immediate visuals of the disaster, from shattered suspension bridges, inunda...]]></description>
        <author>Rajan Pokhrel</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:42:16 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[EDITORIAL: Time running out for search and rescue]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU:The devastating flash floods along the Bhotekoshi River corridor across Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and downstream districts have laid bare the acute vulnerabilities of Nepal&#039;s...]]></description>
        <author>Rajan Pokhrel</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:39:39 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[KATHMANDUIn an unequivocal statement on state-led disaster risk reduction, Nepal&#039;s Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha announced that th...]]></description>
        <author>Rajan Pokhrel</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:37:44 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[EDITORIAL: Protecting tourism in the aftermath of Bhotekoshi flood]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KATHMANDUAmong the major sectors hit by the Bhotekoshi flood, tourism tops the list. On the surface, the flood appeared as an isolated hydrological event, but the reality is that i...]]></description>
        <author>Rajan Pokhrel</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:29:22 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[EDITORIAL: Now time to focus on climate diplomacy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KATHMANDUDevastating flash floods along the Bhotekoshi River has emerged as a wake-up call for the Himalayan nations, exposing the vulnerabilities of mountain ecosystems to compoun...]]></description>
        <author>Rajan Pokhrel</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:26:21 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The women who make a home out of nothing]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Whenever a disaster happens, the first thing we do is count the damage. We count the houses that have been destroyed, the roads that have been washed away, the bridges that have co...]]></description>
        <author>Manisha Bhandari</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:49:05 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Herculean task for the country: Transforming from fragility to disaster resilience]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Premier Balen Shah will be addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to attract the attention of the world community about the astronomical loss that Nepal has in...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:04:28 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The mandate and the bench: A respectful appeal to Nepal&#039;s institutions]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Every generation is given a few moments when history pauses and waits to see what a nation will do. Nepal is living through one of those moments now.History offers a warning about...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:26:46 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lebanon&#039;s confessional system has held the country together. Now it&#039;s holding it back]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Lebanon&#039;s political order was built on a simple promise: that a country of many sects could survive only if every community saw itself in the state. For decades, confessionali...]]></description>
        <author>Col Guru Saday Batabyal (Retd)</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:58:26 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Building from the ground up: Why Nepal needs indigenous bridge engineering literature]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s development story is inseparable from its transport infrastructure. Roads and bridges connect communities, open access to markets and public services, support tourism...]]></description>
        <author>Indu Sharma Dhakal</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:40:52 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Telling Nepal&#039;s stories through digital tourism]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A traveler arrives in Nepal. At the airport, before seeing Mount Everest or starting a Himalayan trek, someone places a tika on the traveler&#039;s forehead and welcomes them with...]]></description>
        <author>Nojal Koirala</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:49:23 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[BRI and the peril of disturbing the Himalayas]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[China&#039;s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) entered Nepal draped in the rhetoric of connectivity and prosperity, yet beneath that diplomatic sheen lies a geopolitical design of unc...]]></description>
        <author>Col Guru Saday Batabyal (Retd)</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:05:14 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What the Rasuwa glacial flood reveals about Himalayan climate risks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The mountains of northern Nepal have long held secrets within their frozen peaks, but on August 26, 2026, those secrets revealed themselves in a terrifying display of nature&#039;s...]]></description>
        <author>Chhatra Karki</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:01:00 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kathmandu had India&#039;s ear: What did Nepal tell it?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When NDTV World, an Indian television news platforms, brought its Anviksha: Ideas Across Borders dialogue to Kathmandu on August 27, Nepal gained rare access not only to Indian pol...]]></description>
        <author>Gyanendra Ghale</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:46:12 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Climate finance: It alone not enough for Nepal&#039;s clean air vision]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Clean air will not be delivered by climate finance alone in Nepal. Rather, the question is not only whether it can attract investment, but also whether this financial support can m...]]></description>
        <author>Sanjay Acharya and Ashish Tiwari</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:08:23 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[After Rasuwa: An argument for an International Centre for Glaciers]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The flood in Rasuwa was first and foremost a human tragedy. Lives were lost, people remain unaccounted for, and homes, roads, bridges, and hydropower infrastructure were destroyed...]]></description>
        <author>Arup Rajouria</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:34:46 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The visit of Premier Balen Shah to the United States to address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next week has raised eyebrows among climate-change enthusiasts around the...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:49:22 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[As the flood tore down the Bhotekoshi into the Trishuli, people ran with water at their heels while others scrambled onto rooftops.If warnings and local mobilisation had begun, why...]]></description>
        <author>Gyanendra Ghale</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:47:51 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s location between China and India creates significant opportunities for trade, transport, tourism, and investment. From a private-sector perspective, the priority is no...]]></description>
        <author>Rajan Sharma</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:30:10 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Conventional analysis of Nepal&#039;s relations with emerging multilateral forums treats non-participation in BRICS as a shortcoming-evidence of Nepal&#039;s marginal status, exclu...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:19:29 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal is still searching for thousands of people after the catastrophic flood that tore through Rasuwa and the Trishuli corridor on August 26. More than 1,250 people have been conf...]]></description>
        <author>Sunil Phuyal</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 14:22:43 +0545</pubDate>
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