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RPP Reunion: Old Leaders, New Challenges
The RPP’s reunion is set to bring Kamal Thapa back to the party fold, but shifting voter expectations and internal challenges mean the merger may strengthen survival rather than transform the party into a national powerhouse.
Dec 26, 2025
Nepal’s Costly Drift from Agriculture
Nepal’s Costly Drift from Agriculture
Dec 25, 2025
Curbing Import Dependence to Fix Trade Gap
Curbing Import Dependence to Fix Trade Gap
Dec 24, 2025
Army Commits to Democratic Norms, But Questions Remain
Army Commits to Democratic Norms, But Questions Remain
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Striking Power Balance: A Win-Win for State and Industries
Striking Power Balance: A Win-Win for State and Industries
When businesses pay on time and the government enforces things fairly, everybody wins. The government's firm stance is understandable, since the energy sector can't afford heavy losses because it will deliver a blow to the energy sector and slow down national progress.
Nov 05, 2025
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Punish Arsonists, Vandals to Prevent Capital Flight
Punish Arsonists, Vandals to Prevent Capital Flight
Violent incidents following the Gen Z movement — including vandalism, arson, and attacks on property — have discouraged domestic investment.
Nov 04, 2025
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Ensuring Ballot Beyond Borders
Ensuring Ballot Beyond Borders
The move of the Election Commission to test voting by Nepalis living overseas has raised hope and interest in Nepal's diaspora.
Nov 03, 2025
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Preparing Farmers for Climate Extremes
Preparing Farmers for Climate Extremes
The untimely rainfall has pushed farmers into severe economic, social, and psychological crises. A few months ago, drought had dried up the fields; now, the fields with paddy ready for harvest have been submerged. This extreme imbalance in nature is a direct manifestation of climate change
Nov 02, 2025
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Rebuilding Trust of Foreign Investors
Rebuilding Trust of Foreign Investors
Violent protests in Nepal have severely shaken investor confidence, causing foreign investment pledges to plummet and prompting some investors to pull out capital. To prevent long-term economic damage, Nepal must urgently restore security, enforce accountability and demonstrate policy stability to r...
Oct 31, 2025
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Realising the Gen Z Call for Change
Realising the Gen Z Call for Change
What Nepal lacks today is not a new form of governance but genuine good governance. With integrity and accountability on the part of those in power, even imperfect systems can deliver positive results.
Oct 30, 2025
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Poll Security in Nepal: How Stolen Guns & Escaped Inmates Threaten the March 5 Elections”
Poll Security in Nepal: How Stolen Guns & Escaped Inmates Th...
The March 5 elections will test not only our leaders’ political resolve but also the state and the government’s commitment to peace and justice. Messages from political parties should not be dismissed as empty rhetoric; they serve as a reminder that democracy can only flourish when citiz...
Oct 29, 2025
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Nepal Needs Healing, Not More Division
Nepal Needs Healing, Not More Division
The time has come to learn from the GenZ movement and its aftermath — not to deepen divisions but to strengthen the nation. This requires visionary and responsible political leadership. Failure to rise to the moment could cost the country its hard-won gains and push it toward even greater peri...
Oct 28, 2025
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Time to choose dialogue over disruptive protests
Time to choose dialogue over disruptive protests
Protest leaders must ask themselves if confrontation will bring change or only increase uncertainty. Dialogue, though often slower and less dramatic, remains the only sustainable path forward. If groups like Prasai’s have legitimate concerns about the government’s legitimacy or election...
Oct 27, 2025
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Dialogue, Not Discord, Should Guide HoR Election
Dialogue, Not Discord, Should Guide HoR Election
Attempts to sow discord between political leaders and government are becoming increasingly apparent. Party leaders and ministers, treating each other as adversaries, seem intent on escalating tensions and undermining morale of security personnel and bureaucrats. The government must therefore remain...
Oct 26, 2025