Positive spin gone awry

Published On: January 12, 2019 12:15 AM NPT By: Hemant Arjyal

It was unbelievable that something big, both in terms of size and money involved, would ever be purchased/leased without extracting a proportionate kickbacks in this country. But we were made to believe, right in the beginning, that everything would be made “quite transparent” this time. It was in a way, a tacit admission that things were murky in previous instances.

My tryst with social media

Published On: January 12, 2019 12:10 AM NPT By: Babu Ram Neupane

An urge to connect, communicate and share is inherently human. There is nothing queer about using social media in today’s virtual world. However, motivations to use them diverge vastly based on the worldviews and choices of statements we want to make.

Teach them English

Published On: January 12, 2019 12:05 AM NPT By: Rishi Ram Paudyal

While in home district few months back I visited a community primary school in which I had taught in its initial year. I’m an English language enthusiast and lover of teaching English, but I still consider myself a student of this foreign language.  I enjoy watching English teachers teaching English and I welcome such teachers to observe my style of teaching. I believe in the proverb ‘iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.’

Move like ants

Published On: January 10, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Biranchi Poudyal

Have you seen ants stuck in traffic? Researches have proven that if we all drove more like ants walk, we would experience fewer traffic jams

Raising the yield

Published On: January 10, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Bhairab Raj Kaini

Raising yields on existing farmland is the only way forward for high and sustainable agricultural growth

The year of Trump?

Published On: January 10, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Joseph S Nye, Jr

Trump’s temperament ranks low on the scales of emotional and contextual intelligence that made Roosevelt or Bush successful presidents

Road to misrule

Published On: January 9, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Kedar Neupane

Lawmakers must act on measures to curb abuse of authority and impose harsh sanctions against those implicated and accused of robbing tax payers

Opposition is rising

Published On: January 9, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Shankar Tiwari

Government should heed the issues raised by the opposition party and work to fulfil the promises made to the people and the country

Brexit does not matter

Published On: January 9, 2019 12:30 AM NPT By: Simon Johnson

A chaotic Brexit could do great damage to ordinary people, but those ordinary people will be overwhelmingly British. The days when Britain could move the world are long gone

Tap the opportunities

Published On: January 8, 2019 01:30 AM NPT By: Purushottam Ojha

Low level of economic integration combined with untenable trade deficit is making Nepal vulnerable to external shocks