Whose responsibility?

Published On: September 5, 2019 01:05 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar

Whose responsibility?

With the enactment of the Industrial Enterprise Act (2016) and its regulations, the mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) is now set for implementation. As per the provisions made in the law, all medium and large scale units and small scale units with a turnover of Rs 150 million are obliged to allocate minimum one percent of their net profits into CSR budgets every year.

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The battle for Britain

Published On: September 5, 2019 12:25 AM NPT By: Guy Verhofstadt

The battle for Britain

BRUSSELS – The Brexit “Leave” campaign has been billed as an effort to “take back control” by restoring “sovereignty” to the United Kingdom’s Parliament. It is thus deeply ironic that one of the first moves of the Brexiteers upon coming to power has been to suspend Parliament and shut down debate over the UK’s impending withdrawal from the European Union on October 31.

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Distancing India

Published On: September 4, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Sukhdev Shah

Distancing India

Nepal’s 50 years of effort at distancing ties with India has come at the cost of hurting its economy and creating a hurdle to connect the country to the world outside

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Boris the Bolshevik

Published On: September 4, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Nina L Khrushcheva

Boris the Bolshevik

British parliamentary democracy may never be the same again. It will certainly never again be the model that so many people around the world once admired

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Make your father proud

Published On: September 4, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Sudarshan Neupane

Make your father proud

We need to change the stereotypical attitude toward parenting that rests firmly on traditional belief that fathers are the breadwinners and mothers are the homemakers

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Testing times

Published On: September 3, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Gopal Thapa

Testing times

With the new developments in Kashmir, Nepal may have to listen to and deal with the pressures and persuasions from India, China and Pakistan, all at the same time

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Rebranding Lumbini

Published On: September 3, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Biranchi Poudyal

Rebranding Lumbini

Apart from saying ‘Buddha was born in Nepal’ how many worthful initiatives have we taken to promote the birthplace of Gautam Buddha?

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Private data, public good

Published On: September 3, 2019 12:00 AM NPT By: Stefaan G. Verhulst

Private data, public good

“Data collaboratives,” an emerging form of partnership in which participants exchange data for the public good, have huge potential to benefit society and improve artificial intelligence

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Rationalists of Nepal, unite

Published On: September 2, 2019 10:01 AM NPT By: Mahabir Paudyal

Rationalists of Nepal, unite

Anyone critically following views and opinions peddled by media in Nepal, including social media and major news media, must have sensed this. The information landscape is flooded with half-information and misinformation. Emotion prevails. Reason has taken the backstage. It is easy during such times to lose foresight and context. The costs of decisions made during periods of half-information can be very high and irrevocable.

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Betting on foreign investment

Published On: September 2, 2019 09:56 AM NPT By: Purushottam Ojha

Betting on foreign investment

The commonly accepted objective of foreign direct investment is to create conducive policy, regulatory and operational environment for attracting foreign owned companies or the multi-nationals to invest into the host country. The investment made in the productive sector of economy not only helps create job and employment opportunities through injection of foreign capital and technology but also helps in increasing productive capacity of the economy and improve balance of payment through increased export of goods and services.

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