How much gold, or land, or stock, or real estate is too much?
Nepal’s next government should be judged by the lives it saves, not by speeches and ribbon-cutting
Kathmandu can accelerate social repair, develop models of solidarity economics and strengthen participatory governance
Social media has long been more than entertainment for young Nepalis. It has become a civic space where they stay informed on national issues,…
It seems like just yesterday that the momentous story broke. Police started investigating the fake Bhutanese refugee scandal, and Nepalis held…
Instead of making things easy for its citizens, the Nepali state excels at putting up obstacles every step of the way
Imagine how much more progress Nepal would have made if war, corruption and poor governance did not set us back
The macro-economic situation may look ok, but Nepal’s economy is a wreck
Exactly one year ago, this newspaper restarted its hardcopy edition 10 month after going digital-only. The 1 January 2021 #1042 of Nepali Times…
WHO IS WHO? President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepal Army Chief Prabhu Ram Sharma, Chief Justice Cholendra SJB…
Illustration: NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEThe cause of prolonged political paralysis in Nepal is cronyism, and the only way to uproot it is by tackling…
Nepali Times issues #53 (27 July-2 August 2001) and #67 (9-15 November 2001).Sher Bahadur Deuba became Nepal’s prime minister last week, and won…
Nepal has had one emergency heaped on top of another for more than a year now. The Covid-19 emergency, wildfires, and now floods.Political flux…
Prime Minister K P Oli visited Singha Darbar in nearly a year when he inaugurated the earthquake-damaged secretariat building on 15 February.…
Photo: MANISH PAUDELNepal has only slightly progressed in the annual overall prosperity rankings this year, but rose 15 steps over the last…
The visit to Kathmandu by Indian Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane this week is an opportunity for Nepal to move on from an…
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIOn 19 September, Nepal marked Constitution Day. It was on this day five years ago that the Constitution was…
Now that the Army is in the business of importing medicine, why not deploy the Ministry of Health to defend Lipu Lekh?
Something is not working if officials elected to protect the public only protect those who fund them
Photo: PMOWhen the CPN (UML) unified with the CPN (Maoist) two years ago, most hoped that it would lead to the UML-isation of the Maoists,…
Illustration : DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe Nepal Communist Party (NCP) government completes two years in power next month. Despite its strong majority,…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIReverberations of 2019 are going to have far-reaching impact on Nepali politics in the coming year as a tug-o-war,…
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAILegend has it that the real reason Nepal stayed an independent nation state while all around us were colonised was…
Photo : BIKRAM RAINepal is recognised as the only low-income country to have made rapid progress cutting poverty and boosting public health and…
