Nepal’s new leaders have a duty and opportunity to redefine and wipe out corruption

Since 1971, Nepal has remained in the Least Developed Country (LDC) category, together with another 46 nations.

South Asian countries lack national refugee laws despite the fact that the region hosts some of the world’s largest refugee populations. Only Afghanistan among members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) has signed the UN Refugee Convention.

Poverty, natural disasters and a political impasse are not grounds for refugee status