Nepal Monitor: The National Online Journal

In Nepal the media is the most trusted institution in the fight against corruption. In the rest of South Asia, it's either the government leaders or "nobody".

Journalists die at high rates while covering protests in the Arab world and elsewhere, and Pakistan is the deadliest, says a special CPJ report.

Nepal's peace process has moved into a phase of definitive progress, says the latest ICG report.

Jailings grow significantly in the Middle East and North Africa and dozens of journalists are held without charge, many in secret prisons. A CPJ special report

Nepal is second most corrupt country in South Asia after Afghanistan, says Corruption Index 2011 by Transparency International.

Regional integration in its real sense can be advanced only when there is an intermingling of people and ideas, says PM Bhattarai, addressing the 18th SAARC summit in the Maldives.

A sample of Indian newspapers' editorials regarding PM Bhattarai's India visit.

The text of the joint press statement on visit of PM Dr. Baburam Bhattarai of Nepal to India.

Texts of banquet speeches by Indian PM Manmohan Singh and Nepali PM Baburam Bhattarai in New Delhi.

A joint statement by Nepal-India in New Delhi on agreements between the two countries during PM Baburam Bhattarai's official visit.

For the majority of Nepalis, India is the most popular of South Asian countries, a survey reveals.