Nepal’s public debt status amid the Sri Lanka crisis: What’s exaggerated? What’s real?

Discussions about the ever-increasing public debt of Nepal are getting hotter day by day on social media, on tea stalls as well as on the streets of this country. The recent crisis in Sri Lanka has further added fuel to this topic. Some are even presuming that Nepal’s foreign debt can lead Nepal into full-fledged bankruptcy.

But, the question is—are we really in such a huge mess?