The ethnic card
20 years ago this week, Nepali Times published a report warning about the Maoists using ethnicity for recruitment. Following Mao Zedong’s example,...
Reviving vultures
Not everything in Nepal is in decline. The country has made dramatic strides in public health, forestry and conservation. Starting in late 1990s,...
Melamchi in a mess again
Melamchi is still a mess. The 2021 floods partially destroyed this water supply project, the most expensive in Nepal which took 30...
28 years since the War
It has been 28 years since the Maoists launched their armed struggle. Maoist-ruled municipalities have defied a court order to mark 13...
Diagnosing Nepal
20 years ago this week, Nepali Times carried a guest column by visiting medical doctor Stephen Bezruchka who had been coming to...
Cost of war
20 years ago this week, the Nepali Times editorial marked the eighth year of the Maoist insurgency and contemplated if it was...
Reforestation Story
Nepal doubled its forest cover to 40% in 25 years, making it a success story of the community forestry program which has...
The beginning of the end for the monarchy
By January 2004, anti-monarchy rhetoric had started to pressure king Gyanendra to retract his decision to take over executive power and sack...
No friends or foes in politics
When the Deuba government declined to extend the terms of elected local councils at the height of the Maoist insurgency, the rebels...
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