Barring last-minute hitches, a historic agreement is tantalisingly near

Ignorance fuels malnutrition in the western tarai

Ethnic-based federal autonomy may open up another can of worms

Tibetan refugees are also mistreated by Nepali border guards

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Smiling ambassadors try healing through humour

Kim Hak-Suis, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commision for the Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP).