By Ram Khatry, 4 February 2020 Nepal becomes the latest nation to airlift its citizens from Wuhan, the ground zero of novel coronavirus epidemic in China’s Hubei province. Australia, US,…
2 FEBRUARY 2020 I Hundreds of travellers from Nepal have been caught up in the novel coronavirus emergency following Australian government’s announcement that it would deny entry to all international…
16 JANUARY 2020 I Amnesty International has called on Nepal to amend the disputed IT Bill so that it is in line with international standards. The human rights group urged…
14 JANUARY 2020 I Australia’s travel advisory on Nepal was updated, coincidentally, just as the Himalayan nation’s tourism minister was hopping Australian cities to promote Visit Nepal Year 2020. The…
16 December 2019 I Nepal’s contribution to Australia’s soaring international education trade has crossed $2 billion mark as tens of thousands of young students continue to fly down under by…
10 December 2019 I Nepal Police investigators say they have arrested a US national who used goodies and cash to lure minor girls to his hotel room and then sexually…
6 December 2019 I Adrien Brody could not have come to Nepal at a more opportune time. Tourism is the lifeline of the tiny Himalayan nation’s fledgling economy and hence,…
27 May 2019: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has updated its advice for Australians seeking to travel or travelling in Nepal after three separate explosions claimed…
Ram Khatry I 31 March 2019: Speaking at the closing ceremony of Nepal Investment Summit 2019, Japan-based businessman Bhaban Bhatta has urged potential investors to use non-resident Nepalis as the…
27 March 2019: Nepal’s tourism industry, backbone of the mountain nation’s economy, has just received a major boost after being considered one of the top 25 travel destinations for 2019.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
