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Nepal is unlikely to mirror chaotic post-revolutionary Bangladesh
The underlying factor is the difference in the personality of the Nepalese Prime Minister Sushila Karki and the Bangladesh Chief Advisor Dr.Muhammad Yunus.
South Asian popular uprisings topple three governments in three years
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, September 14 – In South Asia, popular uprisings have toppled three governments in three years. First, Sri Lanka’s “Aragalaya” people’s uprising in mid-2022 brought the Gotabaya Rajapaksa regime to an end. Second, in August 2024, the Bangladesh Uprising overthrew the government...
Nepalese Prime Minister Oli’s ouster follows a recent pattern
In the recent past, suddenly erupting popular movements have ousted strong and well-entrenched South Asian leaders like Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Sheikh Hasina.
Nepal’s Prime Minister Oli ousted by popular movement for free speech
Nepal has seen 13 changes in the Prime Ministership in 17 years.
Emerging trends in drug trafficking in the South Asian region –a Sri Lankan perspective
A paper by Pathfinder Foundation of Colombo
China-built airport in Nepal was littered with corruption, inquiry finds
A Nepali investigation blamed lawmakers and officials for looking the other way. The $216 million airport receives only one international flight a week
Nepalese monarchist leader Prasai faces sedition charges.
Court allows police to keep him in 12-day custody
Nepal’s Oli and India’s Modi break ice in Bangkok
Duo discusse royalist movement, border dispute, and strain in ties, Nepali official says. Oli, Modi break ice in Bangkok
Nepal’s monarchist movement hamstrung by factionalism
Professional politicians and public personalities vie for leadership, potentially weakening the campaign to restore monarchy
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