Investigative reporter’s book exposes corruption and cronyism in high places in Nepal
Charge d' Affaires L. Douglas welcomes BP Koirala to the US Embassy inaguration in 1959.On 15 December 1960 (पुस १) exactly 60 years ago, King…
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIThe country is being battered by a coronavirus surge and hospitals are running out of beds for the seriously sick.…
During the days of absolute monarchy, Nepal’s communists were underground and organising their party. Many people risked their lives to provide…
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAFour years after the Constitution was promulgated, the main political actors involved in drafting it are now ruling…
After a prolonged tug-o-war that polarised the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) to the point where it looked like it was headed for a split, a…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIThe people must take leadership in a democracy… and elected leaders should listen to them,” Prime Minister Oli said…
After being lampooned for extravagant, but empty, promises and criticised for having nothing concrete to show for his first year as prime…
Bikram RaiJust as the government was defusing one crisis by getting Madhesi activist CK Raut to renounce separatism last Sunday, it was faced…
Photo: BIKRAM RAIKP Oli is Nepal’s strongest prime minister since the Ranas, yet as he marks his first year in office on Friday why does he…
Recent attempts to curb press freedom are reminiscent of Maoist attacks on the journalism 10 years ago
Kathmandu readers used to flock to a tiny bookshop to buy books by Mao Zedong and Kim Il Sung
Diwakar ChettriNepal may be a federal state on paper, but the mightiest government in the country’s democratic history is showing that it is…
Pic: RSSKrishna Jwala Devkota in Naya Patrika, 20 MayHalf the world was communist during the Cold War. Today, only five remain: China, North…
