Protecting economic interest

Published On: February 13, 2019 02:59 AM NPT By: Purushottam Ojha

A good transport network with India and China could provide Nepal a transit passage between these two countries in the future.

China’s difficult balancing act

Published On: February 13, 2019 01:50 AM NPT By: Gene Frieda

If China fails to ease monetary policy to complement the fiscal stimulus, it risks falling into a trap similar to the one that ensnared its Asian peers in the 1990s.

Aiding socialist movement

Published On: February 12, 2019 03:26 AM NPT By: Bishal Thapa

Foreign aid is helping to accelerate Nepal’s transition to a socialist State. By working largely through government systems, foreign aid has magnified the dependency on the State, stunted the maturity of civilian non-State institutions and nullified change agents.

Creating smart schools

Published On: February 12, 2019 02:15 AM NPT By: Hitesh Karki

The biggest push to integrate ICT in education in Nepal came in the form of ICT in Education Master Plan 2013-2017.

Is Japan’s sun rising?

Published On: February 12, 2019 01:04 AM NPT By: Jim O’Neill

If Abe’s overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin pay off, he might even be able to teach us something about Kremlinology.

Why I returned

Published On: February 11, 2019 11:27 AM NPT By: Dwaipayan Regmi

There are challenges but also opportunities in Nepal. Society, family, culture, belongingness and identity matter more.

Why Nepalis don’t return

Published On: February 11, 2019 04:30 AM NPT By: Amrit Bhandari

In this millennium of media and information technology, you can equally help your country in ways those physically present in the country do.

Oli on back foot

Published On: February 11, 2019 04:00 AM NPT By: P Kharel

Amid sinking hopes at the popular level, the government’s promises are far insufficient  to assuage public disenchantment which threatens to break loose any time soon.

Is “populist” tide retreating?

Published On: February 10, 2019 03:17 AM NPT By: Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

The roots of populist reactions are both economic and cultural, and are the subject of important social science research.

Those Saraswati pujas

Published On: February 10, 2019 02:42 AM NPT By: Usha Pokharel

The past five years have been, collectively, the hottest on record, with 2018 the fourth-warmest since modern records began.