Sagar Prasai

Covid-19 In Nepal: Where Are We After 9 Weeks Of Lockdown?

Separate estimates point to 95 percent job losses in the informal daily-wage job markets in the tourism, construction, manufacturing, transportation, and wholesale and retail sectors where 4.4 million Nepalis find work.

By Sagar Prasai May 19, 2020

C-19 Response In Nepal: Incompetence Was Expected But The Apathy Towards The Poor Is Astounding

Shortly after the first lockdown announcement, thousands of migrant workers stuck in Kathmandu and elsewhere attempted to go home for safety.

By Sagar Prasai Apr 15, 2020

Secularism Debate: Look Who’s Sneezing And Who’s Caught The Cold

What then are the right-wing parties in Nepal, including the new center-right entrant to the bandwagon--Sajha Party--hoping to achieve in Nepal by challenging secularism?

By Sagar Prasai Mar 13, 2020

The Indian Slowdown Could Dampen Nepal’s Electricity Export prospects Further

Nepali power producers looking for an export market, it looks like, will be confound to Bangladesh, where Bhutan’s in-roads look firmer than Nepal’s.

By Sagar Prasai Jan 03, 2020

For smaller Countries In South Asia, intensifying India-China Competition In South Asia Is Becoming A Headache

For the four countries—Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka—China is a new mammoth in the backyard

By Sagar Prasai Nov 13, 2019

Sambridhi By Doing Nothing: The Free Lunch Is About To End

Then take a look at our internal fundamentals. With ever-rising import bills, we received a USD 600 million dent on our meagre forex reserve of about USD 10 billion last fiscal year.

By Sagar Prasai Sep 08, 2019

Irrational Exuberance: Nepali Hydropower Edition

What would we do with the surplus power that starts at a few hundred megawatts in 2022 and reaches around 4,000 – 5,000 megawatts in 2027?

By Sagar Prasai Aug 02, 2019

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