Nepali politics 101

Published On: April 6, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar

Nepali politics 101

Had BP Koirala listened to Ganesh Man Singh’s call for a neutral government to hold the famous 1980 referendum, things could have been very different.

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OBOR for Nepal

Published On: April 5, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Rabindra Adhikari

OBOR for Nepal

China may have a hidden motive behind its OBOR. But we should not hesitate to take advantage of this initiative for that reason alone.

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Young and helping

Published On: April 5, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Sanjeev Dahal

Young and helping

Volunteers visit Nepal for many reasons: to get away from a mundane life, to do something good, to get over a break-up.

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Teach them too

Published On: April 5, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Sudarshan Neupane

Teach them too

Our curriculum is still not disable-friendly and hence not accessible to children with visual and hearing impairments.

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Destroying Hinduism

Published On: April 4, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Bishal Thapa

Destroying Hinduism

We must defend Kamal Thapa’s right to maintain his party’s position on Hindu state but we should reject his call for Nepal as Hindu state.

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Poisonous legacy

Published On: April 4, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Jayash Paudel

Poisonous legacy

The media gave extensive coverage to CIAA accusations against government officials but were miserly in covering their acquittal.

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Data as middle ground

Published On: April 4, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Bjørn Lomborg

Data as middle ground

The cost-benefit analysis provides a vital, independent injection of data on which sound decisions can be based.

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Handle with care

Published On: April 3, 2017 09:14 AM NPT By: Ganesh Mandal

Handle with care

With the promulgation of the new constitution on September 20, 2015, the seven-decade-long dream of Nepali people to have a constitution through the Constituent Assembly has materialized. The new constitution is the seventh constitution of Nepal since 1948. Though it was a big challenge, Nepal was eventually successful in drafting and promulgating the new constitution, even after the failure of the first Constituent Assembly.

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What’s missing?

Published On: April 3, 2017 08:19 AM NPT By: Tejesh Pradhan

The education sector in Nepal is still a black box. The government invests significantly in increasing access and quality of public and private education systems, although the budget share towards education has been declining recently. Public universities and colleges have become a political battlefield rather than productive knowledge enterprise, compelling tens of thousands of students to leave the country every year to pursue their further education.

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A resilient China

Published On: April 3, 2017 07:23 AM NPT By: Stephen S. Roach

NEW HAVEN: Another growth scare has come and gone for the Chinese economy. This, of course, is very much at odds with Western conventional wisdom, which has long expected a hard landing in China. Once again, the Western perspective missed the Chinese context—a resilient system that places a high premium on stability.

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