Tens of thousands of schoolteachers marched in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu this week to protest an education reform law, leading to the closure of around 29,000 schools attended by millions of students across the country, the Associated Press reported. The protests, which began last week, are...
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Nepali soldiers were recently searching for survivors after an earthquake struck the western region of Doti. At least six people died in the 5.6-magnitude quake, a tragedy but nonetheless relatively good news in a country where nearly 9,000 perished in a 7.8-magnitude tremor in 2015,...
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Nepalese lawmakers approved a half-billion-dollar US government aid program this week, despite intense opposition from China and local politicians, who warned that the funds will undermine the country’s sovereignty, the Wall Street Journal reported. Parliament Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota said that Millennium Challenge Compact received support from...
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