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Presidential system, no-no

Published On: October 17, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Bishal Thapa

An executive president would not only be detrimental for Nepal’s socio-economic progress, it could also undercut and even spell an end of the nascent democracy.

Against poverty

Published On: October 17, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Siromani Dhungana

Successive governments have been less and less accountable and more and more extractive, hampering poverty reduction.

The BRI miracle

Published On: October 17, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Shang-Jin Wei

A cost-benefit analysis shows that the economic case for BRI is so strong one may ask why China didn’t undertake it sooner.

Just asking

Published On: October 16, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Trailokya Raj Aryal

What is it that we, the sovereign and proud people of Nepal want, and how do we go about achieving it?

CPC at crossroads

Published On: October 16, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Robert Lawrence Kuhn

Would China be more stable with a competitive multi-party system? How does the CPC as the ruling party claim legitimacy?

Connected growth

Published On: October 16, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Anna Marrs

The BRI can create a bigger network of markets and new opportunities for ASEAN and South Asia.

Thinking of Tihar

Published On: October 15, 2017 01:23 PM NPT By: Usha Pokharel

Laxmi is restless and does not stay in one place, so by lighting diyo we try to lure her into our homes.

Unnatural disasters

Published On: October 15, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Tom Robertson

In one country a 7.8 quake leaves a path of devastation, collapsing homes and twisting roads; in another, the same magnitude earthquake takes few lives and destroys almost no buildings.