China’s digital dividend

Published On: August 3, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng

Since 2015, China has taken the lead in e-commerce worldwide.

Promises to keep

Published On: August 2, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Prabhakar Ghimire

Local representatives should invest their efforts in creating investment friendly environment. Projects they pledged need huge investment.

The history lesson

Published On: August 2, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Prem Singh Basnyat

Prithvi Narayan Shah was projected as the worst of the worst thief and King Mahendra was portrayed in the same negative light.

China card for Middle East

Published On: August 2, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Dominique Moisi

What Middle East requires is a new framework for diplomacy—one with the strong backing from China.

Fighting poverty

Published On: August 1, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Bhagirath Yogi

Challenge is to deliver ‘bikas’ at the doorsteps of extremely poor communities like Chepangs and help transform their lives by involving them at every level.

Making it work

Published On: August 1, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Meena Bhatta

Apart from being a step toward implementing constitution, local elections mark the first step to institutionalizing federalism.

Way forward on Brexit

Published On: August 1, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Richard S Grossman

British voters have roundly rejected Theresa May’s call for a “hard Brexit,” in which the UK would leave both the EU single market and the customs union.

Realm of divertissements

Published On: July 31, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: CK Lal

Core issue of public life in Nepal is still Madhes. The longer PEON hides its face, higher will be the price of political avoidance.

Restructuring agriculture

Published On: July 31, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Bhairab Raj Kaini

All agriculture related ministries and line agencies should work together on restructuring agriculture. But they are working in isolation.

China’s economic resilience

Published On: July 31, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Stephen S. Roach

Were it not for China’s resilience in the depths of recent crisis, world GDP would not have contracted by 0.1 percent in 2009, but plunged by 1.3 percent.