Sydney-Kathmandu direct flight unlikely to land anytime soon
15 January 2019: It’s been nearly eight months since Nepal took delivery of two wide-body aircraft but a direct flight between Kathmandu and Sydney is unlikely to land anytime soon.…
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First shot’s been fired, but Rabi Lamichhane ain’t bleeding
By Ram Khatry 5 January 2018 The first shot has been fired to kill Rabi Lamichhane’s unique journalism. It was long expected but as the fearsome stalwart of Nepalese media…
Ambassador Lucky Sherpa flying back to Nepal to face and “clear media havoc”
7 December 2018: Ambassador Lucky Sherpa is flying back to Kathmandu soon amid a fast-escalating crisis at the Embassy of Nepal in Canberra. The embattled envoy told southasia.com.au on Friday…
Justice for Nirmala: spontaneous nationwide campaign calls for DNA test abroad
1 December 2018: An activist closely watching and involved in the emotion-charged Justice for Nirmala campaign says Nepalese people would like the 13-year-old rape and murder victim’s DNA to be…
Suu Kyi, dark shadow of Myanmar violence, arrives in the land of Buddha
29 November 2018: Aung San Suu Kyi, the controversial Myanmar state counselor, has arrived in Kathmandu on a three-day official visit. Suu Kyi, whose fall from grace recently saw her…
Visionary Nepalese doctor Sanduk Ruit invited to contribute to 3D-printed book commemorating Albert Einstein’s greatest work
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 3 June 2017 Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Dr Sanduk Ruit has been nominated to be one of hundred greatest innovators, artists, scientists and visionaries of the…
Prithvi Narayan Shah was a mere agent to fulfil historical need? You’ve got to grow up Mr Prime Minister
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 11 January 2017 I will be honest. There was a time when I was one of millions of Nepali youths totally in awe of Prachanda, the…
India fears espionage “by some neighbouring state” as Nepalese nationals join its army with fake credentials
18 November 2016: A Times of India report published today suggested that Nepalese nationals who joined the Indian Army with fake documents may have been used “by some neighbouring state” for…
Parents of Nepalese student who died in Perth urge members of diaspora to help repatriate their son’s body to Nepal
22October 2016: The parents of a deceased Nepalese student studying Master of Engineering at Edith Cowan University in Perth have issued a poignant request to help them repatriate the remains of their…
Planning of KTM-SYD direct flight soon after delivery date of A330 aircraft is confirmed: Nepal Airlines Corporation
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 20 October 2016 A direct flight between Sydney and Kathmandu will happen as soon as Nepal’s national flag carrier procures its much-awaited A330s, a senior Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) official has assured…
Third-in-command Nepali Congress leader supports Nepal’s return to “Hindu nation”
15October 2016: Nine years on since the country was declared a secular state by the Interim Constitution, a senior politician from Nepal’s biggest parliamentary party has expressed his nostalgia for the erstwhile “Hindu…
Gyanendra Shah’s seven questions and what Khagendra Sangroula makes of it
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 9 October 2016 A renown author and columnist in Kathmandu has said whereas the seven politically-charged questions Nepal’s last monarch recently raised are highly relevant to the…
Dethroned royal Gyanendra Shah offers prayer “in capacity of a king” in Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
2 October 2016: He lost his throne on 28 May 2008 but Gyanendra Shah got to be a royal again for approximately an hour today as he performed a religious ceremony which in the…
Living in Kathmandu: “Sometimes I feel as if my lungs are getting stuffed with dirt…. It’s suffocating”
By Shiva Raj Mishra, Perth 26 September 2016 Shristi Bhochhibhoya lives in Kathmandu, home to some five million people. She has fond memories of her early days as she grew up…
Nepal deploys commando-trained security personnel at Kathmandu airport
Amid rising terrorist attacks across the world, Nepal has tightened security at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). A report today said a platoon of 35 commando-trained police personnel have been deployed to…
Australian parents must be allowed to leave Kathmandu with their surrogate babies
At a time when Australian parents with Nepal-born surrogate babies have accused the mountain nation of coming in the way of their dream family, a Melbourne-based psychiatrist has reiterated that commercial…
