14 July 2020 I A team of researchers have discovered “a new fault system” in southeastern Nepal that could cause “catastrophic” earthquake in a densely populated region of the Himalayan…
30 July 2017: One has to be a tough cookie to be able to lead construction of an entire village high up on a Nepalese mountain. Roads can get muddy…
16 June 2017: Low income earners, newly-arrived migrants and international students in particular, must remember that from July 1 their minimum wage in Australia is $18.29 per hour. In simple…
12 June 2017: Former Indian ambassador to Nepal, Rakesh Sood, has penned an article for The Hindu urging the Government of India to help newly-elected Nepal Prime Minister so that…
2 June 2017: Education and property tycoon Shesh Ghale has acquired yet another historic site in the heart of Melbourne CBD. Mr Ghale’s latest acquisition, at 2-8 Spencer Street, is currently rented…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 27 May 2017 The only Nepalese couple to appear consecutively in the BRW Rich 200 List over the past eight years is mere $353 million shy…
By Hemant Ojha, UNSW; Eileen Baldry, UNSW, and Krishna K. Shrestha, UNSW 13 May 2017 Two years after the devastating earthquakes that struck Nepal, the country is struggling to bounce back.…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 13 May 2017 The only Nepalese participant in this year’s 50 kilometre Ultra-Trail Australia race is a soldier who has made it his mission to fight for…
By Shiva Raj Mishra & Vishnu Khanal, Perth 6 January 2016 Nepal has one of the lowest number of psychiatrists per 100,000 population. According to a World Health Organisation report…
By Cecilia Tortajada, National University of Singapore 4 January 2017 According to a recent UN report, “48 of the world’s most vulnerable countries will lose ground in economic development and…
20 December 2016: “And.. and..remember, Gwara’s love never ends even (if) you are not here. It comes to work!” Gwara being the nickname of four-year-old Angelina who expressed these love words…
13December2016: Yam Dhital, the Nepali man who was recently called a “hero” by police officers in Sydney’s inner west, has finally spoken to the man whose family he saved as…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 7 November 2016 The one million plus dollars that NRNA Australia sent to Nepal in the aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake last year must play…
21 November 2016: Championed by Melbourne-based business personality Shesh Ghale, NRNA (Non-Resident Nepali Association) is finally ready to actually lay bricks for the 600-plus homes to be built at the…
12 November 2016: Melbourne-based charity Echo International Aid is holding a pop-up bar this Friday to raise funds for the construction of an earthquake-proof school building for a bunch of…
By Jing Lee MLC, Parliament of South Australia 2 November 2016 Jing Lee, a member of South Australia’s Legislative Council, wanted to tell the world that Nepal needed tourists to…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 29 October 2016 As Nepalese communities across Australia prepare for their upcoming biennial mega-event called Nepal Festival, few world-class artists have performed in the picturesque country town of…
24October 2016: UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has donated £ 1.5 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for rebuilding remote trails in Nepal without which food security will be at risk in certain…
13October 2016: A young Melbourne woman, who was in Nepal months before the devastating earthquake, is doing everything she can to provide a safer and modern learning environment to a bunch of underprivileged…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 7 October 2016 For an “action-oriented” member of the South Australian parliament, attending fundraisers and throwing in few dollars did not feel enough to make some “real contribution” towards rebuilding earthquake-devastated…
