Takam village (above) in Dhaulagiri Municipality is a model for how federalism should function. Photos: JOY STEPHENSBal Bir Biswakarma from the…
Photo: YUVARAJ SHRESTHAAt a ministerial review meeting last month, Prime Minister K P Oli warned bureaucrats he would not take “If’s and but’s”…
May 2017 was a milestone in Nepal’s transition from a unitary system to a federal state, but a year since locally elected representatives took…
In the three decades after 1960 when political parties were banned, there were Village Panchayats. After the democratic changes in 1990, they…
Photo: KUNDA DIXITAt a recent breakfast meeting in a hotel he owns, Dhawal Shumsher Rana peels a hard-boiled egg while his mobile rings…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAKathmandu Valley has 11 mayors, and the public's perception of most of them one year after they were elected is not very…
When Nepali Times decided last month to profile a dozen model mayors, we had no idea how difficult the job was going to be. There were not that…
‘You may think I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one…’
