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Revolving door entry
Published On: March 18, 2018 01:00 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
The officials switch jobs from the public to the private or vice versa to seek rents. The revolving door raises the spectre of potential corruption
Perception and reality
Published On: February 28, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
Data of the last 14 years show Nepal’s anticorruption efforts have impacted nothing. All anti-corruption efforts and investments have gone into waste
Decline and fall
Published On: February 20, 2018 01:00 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
Widening gap between complaints lodged and resolved indicates CIAA’s inefficiency or backlog of corruption complaints
Will it fly?
Published On: January 31, 2018 01:30 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
The first objective of communist alliance was to defeat Nepali Congress in provincial and national elections. Will Maoist and UML succeed in unification as well?
In defense of Deuba
Published On: January 21, 2018 12:42 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
All credits should go to Deuba for successfully holding provincial and national elections by bringing Madhesi parties on board
Cause of deadlock
Published On: January 10, 2018 12:40 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
Ongoing political imbroglio rests with differing interpretation of constitutional provision on one third female representation
Dissecting election results
Published On: December 31, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
FPTP votes are basically driven by personality of the candidates, PR votes by party ideology.
Evaluating NC’s ‘loss’
Published On: December 20, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
Judging by the popular votes this time for Nepali Congress, communist victory appears nothing more than an outcome of political match-fixing.
Dissecting CSR
Published On: December 13, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
Our lawmakers have hastily copied CSR law from India, without learning anything from India’s implementation.
On Sextortion
Published On: November 30, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
We need to agree that sextortion is more harmful than sexual harassment. If so, we need separate laws for it.
Case of rotten crate
Published On: November 21, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
International evidence suggests that in a corrupt political system, instead of elections controlling corruption, it is corruption that controls elections.
Tigers, flies and foxes
Published On: November 12, 2017 12:59 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
We are squeezed between China and India, not just graphically but even in our reasoning and ideology. To the north, in China, with President Xi Jinping’s high-level purges, the anti-corruption drive is taking a distinct top-down course
Missing the forest
Published On: November 1, 2017 01:30 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
Compared to gargantuan sums involved in money laundering and illicit flows, domestic corruption deals with petty amounts.
Numbers don’t lie
Published On: October 24, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
There is no shortage of communist ideologues in Nepal who assume that now is time for the country to solely focus on economic prosperity.
Politicizing corruption
Published On: October 10, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
What defines corruption here? Is it media coverage or the actions of the CIAA or court verdicts or the size of julus in favor of Dr Govinda KC at Maitighar?
Rules of engagement
Published On: September 27, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
Due to the country’s overreliance on overseas employment and remittance, external labor relations will be policymakers’ priority in the future.
Twisted CSR
Published On: September 12, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
CSR is not so much about how you spend your money as much as it is about how you earn it.
Revisiting Ranarchy
Published On: July 8, 2017 12:15 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
Unlike other books where Ranas are depicted as cruel villains, this one offers a more balanced perspective
Curse of trilemma
Published On: May 31, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
Nepal’s trilemma is reflected in the concentration of all powers in our three major political parties
The impeachment anarchy
Published On: May 15, 2017 12:25 AM NPT By: Narayan Manandhar
Two high-profile officials responsible for fighting corruption have been labeled with being paagal and bhrasta
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