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The human cost of Nepal’s political deadlock

When the coalition government of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took office in July, many had hoped it would restore stability after...

Giving start-ups a head start

About 250 years ago when King Prithivi Narayan Shah made Kathmandu the capital of unified Nepal, he realised that the city had...

The real cost of Nepal’s second wave

The pandemic makes Nepalis poorer and ruins the economy, but the government has no solutions

The nature of pandemics

Over 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is still a matter of...

Sonia Awale

The nature of pandemics

Over 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is still a matter of...

New Nepal budget sparks electric comeback

Widely criticised for its hefty tax on battery-powered vehicles in last year’s budget, Prime Minister Oli’s government under a new finance minister...

New Nepal budget sparks electric comeback

Widely criticised for its hefty tax on battery-powered vehicles in last year’s budget, Prime Minister Oli’s government under a new finance minister...

Nepal's empty corridors of power

When Prime Minister K P Oli set foot in Singha Darbar on 15 February to inaugurate the Cabinet office rebuilt after the earthquake, it...

Nepal at the edge of the COVID-19 precipice

Connect the dots: oil import, electric cars, drop in remittances, air pollution, corinavirus lockdown

Anil Chitrakar

Disrepair

If this is the state of the streets in the capital, imagine what it is like in the rest of the country.Exactly...