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Let me talk

The Supreme Court has issued an order to the government to make it mandatory to seek permission from courts before accessing telephone and text message details for criminal and other investigations.
Feb 09, 2017
Editorial

Going electronic

As we are nearing constitutionally stipulated deadline of holding three sets of  elections—local, provincial and federal—before January 2018 and as pressures from various quarters are being exerted on the government and the political parties for holding all those elections on time.
Feb 08, 2017
Editorial

Deadly neglect

Globally, around 53 percent of all cancers are detected in males and the rest in females. In Nepal, it’s just the opposite.
Feb 07, 2017
Editorial

Can’t ignore

There must not many people alive who at one point or the other have not contemplated suicide. For most of us, it’s just a passing thought. But for a tiny minority it is a serious option.
Feb 06, 2017
Editorial

Cap of three

It is hard to understand why the three percent threshold provision that was incorporated in the 1990 constitution was removed, first in the Interim Constitution (2007) and then in the new constitution (2015).
Feb 04, 2017
NEPAL, Editorial

Old habits

The YCL, which had gained notoriety for its thuggish ways after the Maoists first emerged from the hiding in 2006, has no business being in these higher educational institutions. Most YCL cadres are battle-hardened ex-Maoist fighters, which is the reason they were so successful in shaking down rich...
Feb 02, 2017
Editorial

Order, order

The twin tasks of road expansion and Melamchi Drinking Water Project pipe-laying have evidently been carried out without much planning. In fact, those who give the orders for them seem to lack even common sense.
Feb 01, 2017
Editorial

Patchy progress

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs seems to be at the forefront of digitizing governance in Nepal. At the start of January, it introduced a mobile app through which people will be able to apply for passports.
Jan 31, 2017
Editorial

Now or never

The chances of holding local level elections by April-end, something Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had repeatedly promised, appear bleak.
Jan 30, 2017
Editorial

Cartel it is

The decision of the commercial banks on Thursday to cap the deposit rate (the rate they offer depositors) at 12 percent is a clear case of cartelling.
Jan 28, 2017