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Contrasting positions of women in South Asia
By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, March 8 – South Asia is a sub-continent of contrasts. On the one hand, it has produced the largest number of women Prime Ministers, but on the other, women’s participation in the formal workforce is just 33% when the world average...
South Asian countries have struggled to have relations with Israel
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, March 3 – Countries in South Asia, barring Nepal, have had severe problems establishing ties with Israel. It wasn’t easy to shed their anti-imperialist and anti-colonial commitments and reconcile to the stubborn reality of Israel – a key player in the...
Street protests have overthrown governments, but have failed to win elections
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, February 22 – In South Asia, where popular uprisings have toppled governments in recent years, new governments were elected in late 2024 in Sri Lanka and last week in Bangladesh. Elections in Nepal are scheduled to be held on March 5....
Nepalese seek political clarity through March parliamentary polls
A lacklustre Interim Government, a dispirited Gen Z, ennui in political parties and a vertical split in the Nepali Congress mark the political landscape in Nepal
Nepalese seek political clarity through March parliamentary polls
A lacklustre Interim Government, a dispirited Gen Z, ennui in political parties and a vertical split in the Nepali Congress mark the political landscape in Nepal
India and Nepal are at loggerheads again over territory
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, December 3 – India and Nepal share culture and religion and have an open border stretching across five Indian States Uttar Pradesh (551 km), Uttarakhand (275 km), Bihar (726 km), West Bengal (100 km) and Sikkim (99 km). The two countries...
Similarities and differences in the three recent uprisings in South Asia
By P.M.Amza/DailyFT Colombo, September 20 – South Asia is living through an era of popular uprisings that has reshaped the political vocabulary of the region. In Colombo, Dhaka and Kathmandu, ordinary citizens—many of them strikingly young—have turned public squares into stages for democratic confrontation. These...
A chronicle of Nepal’s government collapses
By Dr. Sujit Kumar Datta/The Daily Times of Bangladesh Dhaka, September 17 – The country of Nepal has sublime valleys with an incredible landscape and culture. However, even under this mountainous monument, it is robbing such political confusion. Since the historic abolition of the 2008-mentioned...
Three ministers inducted into post-revolutionary Nepal cabinet
They are Rameshore Khanal as finance minister, Kulman Ghising as minister for energy, water resources and irrigation, and Om Prakash Aryal as minister for home affairs.
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