Most countries in the region suffered reversals in freedom, new global survey states
The MCC debate in Nepal must be seen in the context of Asia’s restructured geopolitics
Nepalis gathering in Istanbul in December 2017. The number of Nepalis applying for labour approvals to work in Turkey jumped from less than 100…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe world is at a tipping point in the battle to contain the spread of Covid-19. Countries across Asia are struggling to…
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIInternet shutdowns have often been used by governments to clamp down on citizens, and the trend is becoming more…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe recent coup in Burma is a stark reminder that the future of democracy in South East and South Asia faces a treacherous…
Bhawana Gurung interviews a resident of Matatirtha in Kathmandu.The first person infected with SARS-CoV-2 was in Wuhan as far back as December…
One of Barack Obama’s White House staffers once got into trouble for saying that a hurricane disaster presented a good opportunity for the…
Governments in industrialised countries must not ignore the plight of poorer nations facing the coronavirus pandemic, or the disease will not be…
Photo : GOPEN RAI/NT ARCHIVEThe Sagarmatha National Sambaad held this week was a dress rehearsal for a bigger international event slated for…
President of International Ranger Federation Sean Willmore during the inauguration of the 9th World Ranger Congress being held in Chitwan…
Film Southasia is held every two years, and in 2019 the theme of the festival of documentary films says it all: ‘Where the Mind Is Free’.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYrj1Et-9PkSir Jeremy Farrar is a British medical doctor and researcher with 30 years of experience in tropical…
Yes, by creating an environment for investment in renewable energy to meet domestic and regional demand
Kim So-young, a leader of Seongdaegol energy transition movement in climate litigation fundraising night. Photo: SEULKI LEEHelplessness and…
DREAM COME TRUE: Capt Pradeep Shrestha in the cockpit of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner (left) says there is no reason Nepal airlines cannot replicate…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThat the fourth BIMSTEC summit would be declared a “success” was a foregone conclusion because there wasn’t really much…