Roots of falling wage growth

December 13, 2018 01:00 am

Neoliberalism’s intellectual capture of economic policymaking is resulting in exclusion of most wage earners from gains of economic growth

The religious roots of Chhaupadi

July 17, 2018 08:20 am

DOTI, July 17: While deaths from chhaupadi shelters in the western region have not ceased to make headlines, initiatives taken to counter the culture are dwarfed in front of its root cause- fear of their kuldevta (clan deity). ‘They can stand death of their girls and women’ but cannot anger their clan deity, activists working in the sector share. Strong faith in their clan deity and fear of repercussion of angering the deity among the locals suggests that the solution to uproot the practice of chhaupadi is hard to come by.

Keeping the Nepali roots

May 5, 2018 00:41 am

Life of Nepali language and culture in the US largely depends on our ability to successfully pass it to the next generation.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5:  Former King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah left to Bhubaneshwor, India to attend the International Gau Sambardhana Mahotsav at Rathipur near Jatni on February 7.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Marking the Holocaust Memorial Day, Diplomatic community in Nepal, together with several Nepali human rights defenders, on Tuesday demanded a credible transitional justice process in Nepal to address conflict-era human rights violations.

Forgotten roots

June 28, 2017 00:35 am

BP and his Congress party prevailed in the 1959 general election, winning 72 of 109 seats. Congress won nearly all its seats in Madhes

BHAKTAPUR, April 24: The standing committee meeting of the main opposition CPN (UML) has stressed on holding local poll in a single phase, slated for May 14.

KATHMANDU, April 7: At a time when talks are going on that the local-level election can be held in two rounds to address the issues of Madhesh, the Nepali Congress (NC) insisted that it should be organized in a single phase.

PM roots for EVMs, others sceptical

February 8, 2017 01:20 am

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: While some lawmakers are cautious about the use of electronic voting machines (EVM), Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is strongly advocating their use in upcoming polls.

LALITPUR, Jan 9: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bimalendra Nidhi has spoken of the need of holding the three-tier elections by the scheduled date.

PM roots for trans-Himalayan cooperation

November 10, 2016 19:43 pm

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that trans-Himalayan cooperation could be one of the collaborative platforms to multiply Nepal's efforts for cooperation with China and India.

PM roots for trans-Himalayan cooperation

November 10, 2016 00:00 am

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that trans-Himalayan cooperation could be one of the collaborative platforms to multiply Nepal's efforts for cooperation with China and India.

Holding on to the folk roots

October 21, 2016 07:15 am

Music bands always tend to have fun anecdotes about their origin. In hindsight, it’s always amusing to hear how they unwittingly started a musical legacy and, the percussionist of Kutumba, Pavit Maharjan doesn’t disappoint either. He fondly recalls the day how Nepal’s famous folk instrumental ensemble was basically a couple of friends who opened a “chiya khane office.”

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Health Minister Gagan Thapa has vowed to bring about major improvement in the health sector by introducing some technological reforms that, he claimed, would also lay the grounds for good governance in his ministry.