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Nepal’s hydropower boom needs strategic assessment and public oversight
January 16, 2019
Without a comprehensive plan for its hydropower sector, Nepal suffers the fate of a resource-rich country that cannot use its abundance well, argues Eugene Simonov
Photo-essay: the disappearing apples of Mustang
January 15, 2019
As climate change comes to Mustang, one of Nepal’s remotest district, the apples of the region, famous throughout the country, are slowly disappearing, moving to the north
Can BRI push peace in South Asia?
January 14, 2019
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is largely seen as the China Pakistan Economic Corridor in South Asia, but this overlooks the potential for trade, water cooperation and research collaboration
Silt, a blessing or a misery for Bangladesh?
January 13, 2019
Farming in the delta depends on silt, which is being blocked by dams in other countries upstream
Koshi victims may have no option except courts
January 12, 2019
No lessons have been learnt from the 2008 floods in India and Nepal, and victims are still waiting for compensation
Portrait of the wild Karnali
January 11, 2019
Photographer Nabin Baral captures the diverse landscape of the free flowing river before it’s stemmed by mega dams in Nepal