Nepal’s first female PM faces many economic challenges

尼泊尔首位女总理面临诸多经济挑战

World Business Report

2025-09-13

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Many Nepali businesses were closed during deadly anti-corruption protests, which toppled the government and saw its first female interim prime minister appointed. We look at India’s trade negotiations with the European Union and the United States. Plus, we hear from a South Korean worker caught up in immigration raids in Georgia, who was later deported.
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  • Shashila Khadki, who will be its first female leader.

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