Storming of Sri Lankan Presidential Palace: Implications for Nepal The storming of the Sri Lankan Presidential Palace has stolen the limelight around the globe albeit for ironic reasons. Opinion 19 Jul, 2022
Putin visits Iran for first trip outside former USSR since Ukraine war Before the trip, Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that Russia and Iran had long been subject to Western sanctions: the price, he said, of sovereignty. World 18 Jul, 2022
Sri Lanka begins choosing leader to replace ex-president Sri Lankan lawmakers met Saturday to begin choosing a new leader to serve the rest of the term abandoned by the president who fled abroad and resigned after mass protests over the country's economic collapse. World 16 Jul, 2022
Wickremesinghe becomes interim Sri Lankan president Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's interim president Friday until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests over the country's economic collapse forced him from office. World 15 Jul, 2022
Facilitating Nepal's economic growth and strengthening trade ties are key priorities, says Dean Thompson, US Ambassador nominee to Nepal US Ambassador nominee to Nepal, Dean Thompson said that facilitating Nepal's economic growth and strengthening trade ties are his key priorities during his time in Nepal, in his opening statement before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Nepal 14 Jul, 2022
In Ukraine war, a race to acquire smarter, deadlier drones Drone camera footage defines much of the public's view of the war in Ukraine: grenades quietly dropped on unwitting soldiers, eerie flights over silent, bombed-out cities, armor and outposts exploding into fireballs. World 14 Jul, 2022
Calm in Sri Lanka as president, premier to quit over economic collapse Calm returned to the streets of Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo on Sunday and protesters were jubilant as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed to resign after his house was stormed amid outrage over the South Asia nation's collapsing economy. World 10 Jul, 2022
Sri Lanka's crisis rings alarm for other troubled economies Sri Lanka is desperate for help with weathering its worst crisis in recent memory. Its schools are closed for lack of fuel to get kids and teachers to classrooms. Its effort to arrange a bailout from the International Monetary Fund has been hindered by the severity of its financial crisis, its prime minister says. World 06 Jul, 2022
Sri Lanka's crisis cripples once burgeoning middle class Families that never had to think twice about fuel or food are struggling to manage three meals a day, cutting back on portions. Days are spent waiting in lines to buy scarce fuel. The crisis has derailed years of progress toward relatively comfortable lifestyles aspired to across South Asia. World 22 Jun, 2022
Triple nexus: Linking humanitarian relief to development, peacebuilding Ethiopia’s big famine in the 1980s was one of the 20th century’s worst humanitarian crises. From 1983 to 1985, an estimated 1 million people starved to death Opinion 03 Jun, 2022
Zambian flag raised on top of Mt. Everest to highlight bilateral relations Nepali Mountaineer Furba Ongel Sherpa successfully scaled and raised the Zambian Flag on the top of Mt. Everest, according to Zambia’s Honorary Consul in Nepal Desh Bandhu Basnet Nepal 30 May, 2022
US deaths from COVID hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years in US deaths from COVID hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years in World 16 May, 2022
