Nepalese man dies in fatal car crash near Wollongong
11 January 2018: Another tragedy hits the Australian Nepalese community as a young father loses life in a fatal car crash near Wollongong. Sujan Dahal was travelling to Taree to…
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Impressive increase in visa grants to Nepalese students
30 December 2018: Nepalese students lead their counterparts from India and China in terms of rate of increase in visa grants, a comparison of 2017/18 data with that of the…
Sibling of Nischal Ghimire: don’t raise funds in the name of my dead brother
29 December 2018: The grief-stricken family of Nepali youth Nischal Ghimire, whose body was found at Adelaide’s West Beach boat ramp yesterday evening, has asked the community not to launch…
Explainer: why is Australia adopting the global refugee compact but not the migration compact?
By Azadeh Dastyari, Monash University 12 December 2018 Australia was one of 176 countries to vote in favour of the Global Compact on Refugees (refugee compact) in mid-November this year.…
Australia attracts 20-something Nepalese students the most, government report shows
By Ram Khatry, Canowindra 11 December 2018 Statistics suggests Australia appeals to Nepalese students the most when they are between 20 to 24 years of age with full of youthful…
Tragic November: three Australians die in Nepal doing what they lived and loved to do
4 December 2018: Three Australians, all young and seemingly crazy about Mother Nature, died in Nepal last month pursuing what they loved the most: adventure. Thirty-three-year-old Michael Davis died on…
Sydney hotel stay irked Mahabir Pun on the final night of his Australian tour
15 August 2017: Mahabir Pun, the man behind Nepal’s National Innovation Centre, left Australia little unhappy and little mortified because he had to spend the last night of his Australia…
StudyNSW info session: keeping Indian international students safe and well-informed of their rights
11 August 2017: Australia is one of the most popular destinations for young Indians seeking to study abroad. That popularity no doubt is driven by Australia’s competitive yet fair workplaces.…
How the Partition of India happened – and why its effects are still felt today
By Sarah Ansari, Royal Holloway 10 August 2017 “Partition” – the division of British India into the two separate states of India and Pakistan on August 14-15, 1947 –…
Give me “mind, money and commitment” and I will give you a prosperous Nepal: Mr Innovator
By Dr Bharat Raj Poudel, Brisbane 9 August 2017 For weeks now, Nepalese communities across Australia have been organising a series of fundraising events for Mahabir Pun’s philanthropic endeavours. The…
If getting robbed can be shared publicly then why not rape, questions rape victim Aastha Kumari Karki
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 2 August 2017 Aastha Kumari Karki was one day talking to a “fellow-musician” when the latter shared a heart-rending secret. Her friend, also a Nepalese living…
Facebook is fighting social media identity theft in India, but it’s a global problem
By Ritesh Chugh, CQUniversity Australia 2 August 2017 Every Facebook account comes with a profile picture, but how can we prevent these often personal photos from being stolen? Facebook has some ideas.…
Why offshore processing of refugees bound for Europe is such a bad idea
By Daria Davitti, University of Nottingham 28 July 2017 On the same day that a top UN official bravely called on Australia to end the harmful practice of processing asylum…
China-India border dispute a grim sign for stability in Asia
By Nick Bisley, La Trobe University July 27, 2017 Conflict was almost baked into Asia’s post-1945 international order. Taiwan’s contested status following the communist victory in China’s civil…
The Nepalese-Punjabi couple that outsmarted over a dozen Brisbane entrepreneurs
By Ram Khatry in Brisbane 27 July 20107 In 2015, Hom Pyashi had five businesses including cafes at prime Brisbane locations but he was so broke that his India-born wife…
My achievement is your love and appreciation, not NRNA Media Award
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 24 July 2017 I was in Brisbane when Deepa Rai, a friend of mine from Victoria, told me that I had created quite a “stir”. I…
(Ex) King Gyanendra Shah doing great after angioplasty, Paras Shah visits dad
19 July 2017: Gyanendra Shah’s personal secretary Sagar Timalsina says the last king of Shah Dynasty is doing great despite an angioplasty which he underwent today at a Kathmandu hospital.…
Is NRNA Australia becoming an expert-free zone?
By Ram Khatry in Brisbane 18 July 2017 Some members of the Nepalese community are concerned NRNA Australia is becoming an expert-free zone because of its failure to attract and…
Nepal and Australia now have an established “mechanism” to work for stronger bilateral relations
14 July 2017: Amid a steady flow of international students from Nepal and an ever increasing population of Nepali-speaking Australians, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Nepal’s Ministry…
Modi’s polarising populism makes a fiction of a secular, democratic India
By Irfan Ahmad, Max Planck Institute 13 July 2017 This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative between The Conversation and the Sydney Democracy Network.…
