A semi-serious flashback to Nepal's fatalistic culture of national shutdowns
Photo: SONAM CHOEKYI LAMAThe climate crisis is a water crisis – either too much of it, or too little. Droughts have dried up springs, and when…
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/ NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESThe most tangible collateral damage of Nepal’s chronic political instability is going to be the effort…
So, this is the price Nepalis had to pay for two leaders of the ruling party not being able to sort out their personal differences. This is the…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIFor centuries, Nepalis have been migrating to seek their fortune. Poverty, indebtedness, discrimination and disasters drove…
For a government with a hefty majority that loftily promised voters prosperity and stability, the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has been able to…
It has become a cliché to say that every crisis comes with opportunities. But that does not mean it is not true. It is up to us to grab that…
Sahina Shrestha, Digital Products StrategistAs the results of the Sharecast Initiative Nepal Survey 2020 featured in this issue show, Nepal is…
Illustration: SUBHAS RAIEver since the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India determined that the world’s tallest mountain was Peak XV located on…
Pic: SHANKAR DAHALNepal’s politicians are prone to hyperbole, and every decade or so they have a habit of declaring that no Nepali will have to…
https://youtu.be/7NAkdUC4j7oIt was raining hard that Tuesday night on 11 September in Chandrapur of Rautahat. In the Das family home, teenage…
https://youtu.be/7NAkdUC4j7oThere is an argument that there has not been an abrupt rise in the number of rape cases in Nepal, it is just being…
In a recent meeting with editors of Nepal’s mainstream media, six months after assuming office, Prime Minister K P Oli was grilled about fears…
