Graduation from LDC and SDG targets under threat

Around 400 organisations have been directly affected by USAID fund cuts. We guess 30,000 to 35,000 people in Nepal will lose their jobs.

Arjun Bhattarai has been elected as the president of the NGO Federation Nepal. His election comes as civil society organisations (CSOs) suffer due to the cutting of funds from USAID. Similarly, his new term commenced as monarchists were intensifying their protests to overturn the secular republic, achieved after long protests with the federation at the forefront. The Post ’s Binod Ghimire talked to Bhattarai on these issues. Excerpts: