A vaccine against COVID-19 is urgently needed if we’re to stop the virus spreading and prevent potentially millions of further deaths. We’re now one step closer to that goal.
By Rudra Chhetri, Brisbane 27 June 2020 While others are about to board the second “repatriation flight” to Nepal, based on my family’s experience with the first, I must confess…
The newly-introduced requirements for Subclass 491 regional visa are well and truly “a piece of cake” compared to how things were earlier.
By Prakash Paudel, Brisbane 1 June 2020 Although they may appear to be completely unrelated phenomena, climate change has been recognized as one of the biggest national security threats for…
India and Nepal’s enduring border disputes have repeatedly provoked nationalist movements and protests in Nepal and alienated Nepal from India. Resolving the disputes through cooperative rather than coercive measures will be critical for India’s ambition to become a “responsible” rising power.
By Raji Khanal, Sydney 17 April 2020 I boarded Malaysian Airlines flight MH122 on March 12, stopping at Kuala Lumpur for nearly two hours. We touched down in Kathmandu the…
and 20 February 2020 The Australian government will soon decide whether it will extend its ban on travellers from China for another week. The Department of Home Affairs has already…
Authors and 14 February 2020 A recent announcement by a Chinese health official suggested the new coronavirus might spread more easily than we thought, via an “airborne route”. The virus…
28 January 2020 I UN has released stunning pictures of female Nepalese soldiers who are deployed in southern Lebanon as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. Nepalese…
Book Review By Jiva Nath Lamsal University of Sydney 25 January 2020 Sanu Ghimire’s Sydney Sapana, published 2019, is a bold presentation of the psychological and cross-cultural realities…
Periods are still treated as a taboo subject in many parts of the world. Despite being a completely normal biological function, they are often seen as shameful, embarrassing and impure.
18 November 2019 I They hated him, they booed him, they wanted him dislodged from the country, they chanted slogans against him, they slandered him, some even wanted to hang…
13 November 2019 I Nepal’s repeat hunger-striker Dr Gobinda KC has penned an open letter to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi as he ended his 17th hunger strike yesterday. In…
By Dr Hemant R Ojha, Sydney 30 May 2019 Positive student experience in Australia is attracting massive public interest and government attention across many source countries of international students in…
7 May 2017: Police Media may have been obligated to use the adverb “allegedly” due to legal consideration or simply by virtue of habit but the whole wide world (www)…
Hem Raj Bhatta 28 April 2019 I am not a member of any political party which of course allows me to present my views independently and without prejudice. Based on…
By Laura Graham, Sydney 24 April 2019 Australia is world renowned for having some of the best and richest horse races on the global racing calendar. There wouldn’t be too…
16 March 2019: Politicians are often called names, including sometimes being called “snake”. An audacious little wriggly local living somewhere in the vicinity of Tribhuvan International Airport took it quite…
8 January 2019: Captain of Nepal’s national cricket team and one of his top lieutenants have given poignant television interview about their hardship as they carry on without salary for…
30 January 2019: It’s been well over a decade since a Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government and Maoists officially re-established peace in Nepal. Even by the usual standards of…
