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        <title><![CDATA[The Ice Axe Economy: Young Prime Minister Balendra Shah and economist Dr. Swarnim Waglé]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal does not need another promise-it needs a breakthrough. In the high Himalayas, an ice axe is not a symbol of aggression; it is a tool of survival, discipline, and ascent. It a...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:20:21 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Between strategy and geography: Nepal&#039;s foreign policy in the shadow of India-China competition]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s foreign policy challenge is often framed in familiar terms – a small state navigating between two giants. Indeed, it is operating at the intersection of two evolving s...]]></description>
        <author>Binoj Basnyat</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:11:34 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Economic growth and carbon emissions: The link is beginning to weaken]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels reached a new record in 2025. According to the Global Carbon Project&#039;s 2025 report, carbon dioxide emissions increased by 1.1% to 38....]]></description>
        <author>Dr Sudeep Thakuri</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:59:41 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You Won This Round, Nepal. Now Build the Scoreboard.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah took office just days ago, and his government has wasted no time. Nepal&#039;s Central Bureau of Investigation has begun investigating the asset...]]></description>
        <author>C K Peela</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:53:50 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rethinking development in Nepal: Beyond roads and buildings]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[We often say that education, health, and per capita income show how developed a country is. That may sound like a textbook idea, but in reality, it is quite simple. If people can s...]]></description>
        <author>Saraswati Joshi</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:16:27 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Adversaries and the forefront of the Prime Minister Balen Shah: Reframed and extended narrative]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When a new government takes office in a country like Nepal-young in its democratic maturity, institutionally evolving, and deeply shaped by perception-the market does not merely re...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:14:34 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Time to reinvigorate diplomatic engagement: Russia provides opportunity for new avenues of cooperation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Diplomacy remains a fundamental instrument of a nation&#039;s political direction. At a time when global diplomacy appears to be weakening, Nepal and Russia are approaching a signi...]]></description>
        <author>Tikaram Khadka</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:11:06 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Meteoric rise of Premier Balen Shah: Need to avoid hurry and the subsequent nosedive]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Balen Shah has seen a meteoric rise in Nepali politics. Almost out of nowhere, he emerged as the mayor that too of the capital, Kathmandu. He had not even completed...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:46:41 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Reforming Nepal&#039;s universities: From challenges to opportunity]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The recent parliamentary elections in Nepal have delivered a renewed mandate for leadership after years of public frustration with governance. With a new government in place, citiz...]]></description>
        <author>Nishant Bhatta</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:36:54 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s silent capital: And inactive missions in intergovernmental processes]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Intergovernmental bodies such as the World Health Assembly adopt a wide range of resolutions and decisions on matters concerning global health. While a few of these are legally bin...]]></description>
        <author>Gyanendra Ghale</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:10:59 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From balancing acts to bold moves: Economy needs real action]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal has spent too long pretending that geography is a substitute for strategy. Sandwiched between India and China, it has acted as though proximity to two giants is itself an eco...]]></description>
        <author>C K Peela</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:13:04 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mountaineering at the intersection of Climate Change in the Nepal Himalaya]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/mountaineering-at-the-intersection-of-climate-change-in-the-nepal-himalaya]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Climate change is real, and glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at a much faster rate than anywhere else in the world. On higher altitudes, meltwater pools on the Everest Base Ca...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Medhavi Gulati</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:43:06 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s remittance money is flowing in: But is it building anything that lasts?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/nepals-remittance-money-is-flowing-in-but-is-it-building-anything-that-lasts]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Walk through any village in the mid-hills or Tarai region, and you will notice something peculiar. Beside crumbling footpaths and broken irrigation channels, gleaming concrete hous...]]></description>
        <author>Dheeraj Karki</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:32:39 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From clear public mandate to measurable government action]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/from-clear-public-mandate-to-measurable-government-action]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[A government with a clear mandate can&#039;t afford to settle in slowly. In Nepal, public patience has been tested repeatedly. Disappointment is almost institutional. Here, the fir...]]></description>
        <author>C K Peela</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:09:57 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Global cosmopolis: A peek into &#039;what was&#039; to &#039;what is&#039;]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/global-cosmopolis-a-peek-into-what-was-to-what-is]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the most ideal, resplendent mosaic of our global economy today, notwithstanding conflicts, wars, dissonance, hatred, racism, and whatever there is for one to think of - viz...]]></description>
        <author>Rajgopal Nidamboor</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:50:33 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Kathmandu calculus: Restoring the institutional logic of Himalayan prosperity]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/the-kathmandu-calculus-restoring-the-institutional-logic-of-himalayan-prosperity]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s history is too often framed through the lens of struggle, overlooking a more instructive truth. For over a millennium, the Kathmandu Valley functioned not as a periphe...]]></description>
        <author>Laxmi Bhattarai</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:55:15 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yes, We Can End TB in Nepal: A Call for Leadership and Action]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/yes-we-can-end-tb-in-nepal-a-call-for-leadership-and-action]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The theme of World TB Day 2026 - "Yes! We Can End TB: Led by countries, powered by people" - resonates strongly with the realities of Nepal. The country has a long history of TB pr...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Prabin Shakya (PhD)</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:51:35 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Extinct morality in Nepali politics: Revived by NC President Gagan Thapa]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/extinct-morality-in-nepali-politics-revived-by-nc-president-gagan-thapa]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The definition of morality may be like the famous parable of the blind men and the elephant where they argue saying that it is like a giant snake after touching its trunk. But stil...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:48:44 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When protests renew states: The strategic conditions for democratic stability]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/when-protests-renew-states-the-strategic-conditions-for-democratic-stability]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Mass street protests have become one of the defining features of 21st-century politics. From South Asia to the Middle East, popular uprisings have repeatedly toppled governments th...]]></description>
        <author>Binoj Basnyat</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:12:55 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The next war will be in satellites]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The ongoing conflict involving Iran is far more than a regional dispute or a conventional military confrontation between traditional powers. It marks a critical juncture in a globa...]]></description>
        <author>Avram Gal and Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:03:29 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The roof of the world is melting: And failing those living downstream]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/the-roof-of-the-world-is-melting-and-failing-those-living-downstream]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[A dangerous new era of mountain disasters is unfolding across the Hindu Kush Himalaya&#039;s (HKH) most vital water systems. The region&#039;s glaciated reserves, often described a...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Arun Bhakta Shrestha</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:33:05 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;World Water Day celebrations cannot fulfil the water dreams of the deprived&quot;]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/world-water-day-celebrations-cannot-fulfil-the-water-dreams-of-the-deprived]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Every year on March 22, the global community observes World Water Day with renewed commitments, ambitious targets, and powerful slogans. In 2026, the theme "Where Water Flows, Equa...]]></description>
        <author>Dr. Datta Bahadur Rawal</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:11:00 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Conservation beyond protected areas: How Nepal is advancing 30x30]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/conservation-beyond-protected-areas-how-nepal-is-advancing-30x30]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[At the UN Biodiversity Summit during the 75th General Assembly in New York, Nepal proudly stated: "Twenty-three per cent of our geography has been designated as protected area, and...]]></description>
        <author>Hem Lal Aryal, Ananta Ram Bhandari, and Kanchan Thapa</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:25:02 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rethinking clean cooking interventions in Nepal: Technology must align with user needs]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/rethinking-clean-cooking-interventions-in-nepal-technology-must-align-with-user-needs]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Clean cooking has long been recognised as a cornerstone for mitigating household air pollution and, by extension, reducing ambient air pollution. It is also a key pillar of sustain...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Sunil Prasad Lohani</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:03:52 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Electoral debacle of the old parties: Their likely response in the future]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/electoral-debacle-of-the-old-parties-their-likely-response-in-the-future]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Many old political parties of Nepal have suffered a debacle in the recent election at the hands of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, which has won 182 seats in the House of Representat...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:50:42 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ethical practices are essential for both Public and Private Procurement in the context of Nepal with strategic negotiation and standard procedures]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/ethical-practices-are-essential-for-both-public-and-private-procurement-in-the-context-of-nepal-with-strategic-negotiation-and-standard-procedures]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Procurement the process of acquiring goods, services, or works is a fundamental function for both government institutions and private organizations. In Nepal, procurement practices...]]></description>
        <author>Amrit Silwal</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:42:05 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A new moment for Nepal&#039;s health system: Basic health services to realise universal health coverage]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/a-new-moment-for-nepals-health-system-basic-health-services-to-realise-universal-health-coverage]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Some of the pre-election conversations with voters in villages of Syangja were about health care, and this is likely the case across the country, especially in remote areas. Some v...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Krishna Aryal and Santosh Chhetri</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:48:25 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Life Skills in shaping respectful future: Why boys must be part of this conversation.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/life-skills-in-shaping-respectful-future-why-boys-must-be-part-of-this-conversation]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[A more equal and respectful world begins in classroom. Adolescence is important phase of life which shapes values, attitude a social behaviors. At this time, they are navigating co...]]></description>
        <author>Reema Shrestha</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:16:25 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Prior to Nepal&#039;s 2022 general election, this writer had an opportunity to meet Rabi Lamichhane, chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). During that conversation, I sha...]]></description>
        <author>Raju Khadka</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:40:35 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Awaken your latent genius within: The power of flow experience]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are two core branches of thinking: creative thinking and analytical thinking. Creative thinking pertains to thinking for new ideas and products - of seeing a new pattern of r...]]></description>
        <author>Rajgopal Nidamboor</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:07:32 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nepal&#039;s health insurance system is on the brink: The new government has one chance to fix it]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[On March 5, 2026, Nepali voters delivered one of the most decisive electoral verdicts in the country&#039;s democratic history. The Rastriya Swatantra Party, led by Balendra Shah,...]]></description>
        <author>Prakriti Dhakal</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:51:23 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Landslide victory of RSP: Way forward for both the victorious and vanquished]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has created an electoral miracle by registering a two-thirds landslide victory, defying the well-established narrative of the impossibility of ob...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:53:57 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The forgotten illness: Alzheimer&#039;s disease is quietly rising in Nepal]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One winter morning in Pokhara, a retired schoolteacher left home to visit a nearby temple. He had taken the same path for decades. That day, he did not return. Hours later, relativ...]]></description>
        <author>Dipesh Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:04:09 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shock without occupation: The real test of Operation Epic Fury]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury – the joint US-Israeli air campaign against Iran – is more than a regional confrontation. It is a test of whether the US can employ calibrated force to achieve...]]></description>
        <author>Binoj Basnyat</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:56:43 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Women&#039;s rights depend on where a woman is born]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In some parts of the world, girls debate their rights in university classrooms. In others, girls debate whether they will be allowed to attend school at all. The discussion about w...]]></description>
        <author>Geeta Shrestha</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:36:23 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Reclaiming space, safety, and sovereignty under Balen&#039;s leadership]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal sits precariously along a highly active seismic zone, yet decades of mismanaged urban planning have left our cities and administrative centers dangerously congested. Open spa...]]></description>
        <author>Rajendra Bajgain</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 11:48:01 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Recently, I reviewed a piece of AI-generated work that looked better than many human first drafts. It was clean, coherent, and confidently structured. It used the right language, f...]]></description>
        <author>Akshey Sigdel</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:17:44 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Democracy and demagogy: The promises and pitfalls of March 5 elections]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One critical difference between democracy and demagogy is how disagreement plays its role in these two domains of a society. If disagreement divides political leaders, deviation fo...]]></description>
        <author>Anand Aditya</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:17:46 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nepal has witnessed several regime changes in its 3,000-long checkered political history beginning with the rulers of the Gopal dynasty, the cowherds back in 11th century BC. It is...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:44:08 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Every few years, Nepal asks you to believe again. The flags come out of storage, party songs return to the streets, and familiar faces rediscover your neighbourhoods. You have seen...]]></description>
        <author>C K Peela</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:21:39 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Nepal, the journey of motherhood, from pregnancy to childbirth and childcare, is seen as solely a woman&#039;s responsibility. Fathers are often regarded as the provider of the...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Pallavi Koirala</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:48:18 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[A study conducted by researchers at the University of Bath in 2023 analysing cognitive trends during the Brexit found that individuals with lower cognitive ability were more suscep...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Pushpa R. Joshi</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:11:48 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[As Nepal approaches the March 5 elections, political parties are actively campaigning on employment generation, economic growth, political stability, infrastructure development, ed...]]></description>
        <author>Seema Rajouria</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:10:01 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[On January 12, 2026, Nine Nepali high school students watched their dreams dissolve into the Indian Ocean. The MUNAL satellite-a 1U CubeSat they had spent two years designing, asse...]]></description>
        <author>Chhatra Karki</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:04:38 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[In 2025, Nepal&#039;s "grain basket", Madhes, endured a year of climate extremes that should finally end any illusion that climate change is a distant or abstract threat. What unfo...]]></description>
        <author>Arina Kharel and Subindra Bogati</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:43:25 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[A lot of people in Nepal are suffering from conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, kidney problems, and mental disorders. The focus on the prevention and treatment has always...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Sachin Aryal</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[With the election only a week away, the Nepali political arena is resounding with debates, discussions, and deliberations regarding which party to vote in the upcoming polls. Whils...]]></description>
        <author>Jiba Raj Pokharel</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:41:50 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is uncomfortable but necessary to acknowledge that Nepal remains among the poorest countries in South Asia. Decades after the democratic transition and nearly ten years after th...]]></description>
        <author>Arjun Kumar Karki</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:50:31 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The sweeping victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the return of Tarique Rahman after 17 years in exile mark the most consequential political transition since the 2...]]></description>
        <author>Binoj Basnyat</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:01:38 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has listed Iran, Myanmar, and North Korea in its blacklist due to their strategic deficiencies in anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist fi...]]></description>
        <author>Dr Pushpa R. Joshi</author>
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