The stability doctrine

Published On: February 27, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Prakash Chandra Lohani

The values the government is projecting from its actions encourage dishonesty and deception and give little space for honesty, efficiency and integrity in bureaucracy

Commission of inaction

Published On: February 27, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Bhairab Raj Kaini

Two years after National Farmers’ Commission started to work, people are asking why we need such commission when it cannot make necessary policy interventions

Misreading China’s strength

Published On: February 27, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Stephen S Roach

The US economy’s current strength appears fleeting. China is in the opposite position

Taxation and misconception

Published On: February 26, 2019 02:36 AM NPT By: Dila Datt Pant and Shailendra Uprety

The best way to persuade people to pay tax is by showing by example that service delivery has markedly improved.

Making a deal with China

Published On: February 26, 2019 02:16 AM NPT By: Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng

Although the US maintains military, technological, financial, and soft-power superiority, China has been steadily catching up.

Selective memory

Published On: February 25, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: P Kharel

Nepal’s mainstream party leaders squirm in their seats of power and privilege when faced with a series of foreign policy successes recorded in previous decades

Overhauling education system

Published On: February 25, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Milan Pandey

The biggest shortcoming of our education system is that we have not been able to engage the students. At times, our classrooms feel like jails to students

Brexit’s lost world

Published On: February 25, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Ngaire Woods

When Britain leaves the EU, it will be forced to negotiate with the Chinese on its own, without the leverage of Germany, which has far stronger bilateral trade ties with China

Democracy will thrive

Published On: February 24, 2019 02:00 AM NPT By: Surya P Subedi

There is a long way to go before Nepal becomes a meaningful democracy but the future of democracy is bright in Nepal

Where we failed on trade

Published On: February 24, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Bipin Ghimire

Major trade routes Nepal struggles to open with China today were customary trade routes to travel and supply goods to Tibet and vice-versa