Opinion

Ballots alone in Nepal alone cannot resolve the country’s deeper crises. Political paralysis has slowed decision-making and undermined public trust, while governance failures leave citizens frustrated with services and…

The ultimate onus for violence of political cadres rests on the shoulders of party leadership.

Nepal’s cooperative sector, comprising over 30,000 institutions and more than seven million members, plays a vital role in the country’s economy by mobilizing savings, providing credit, generating employment, and…

SINGAPORE: Long-term global stability depends heavily on what happens in the ocean. Nowhere is this more evident than in Asia, home to much of the Coral Triangle and vast mangrove and seagrass ecosystems that sustain…

Bishwabandhu Thapa was born on Bhadra 24, 1984 BS, in Deepnagar, Bihar province of India, the son of Subba Padmajanga...

The Meteorological Analysis by the MFD states that there is partial influence of the Westerly winds in the country.

The Meteorological Analysis by the MFD states that there is partial influence of the Westerly winds in the country.

February 2026 became a turning point in the political history of South Asia, one that will be remembered for years...

The air in the corridors of Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal’s government, has grown notably colder toward the north. For decades, the relationship between Nepal and China was characterized by a comfortable, if somewhat…

Nepali people pride themselves on being part of a society that respects its elders. We bow. We use honorific language. We often describe them as the backbone of society. During dinner, if someone uses coarse language,…

Nepal's modern political history is not merely a list of events; it is a tragic epic written in the ink...

BERLIN: The Trump administration’s new National Defense Strategy (NDS) places “deterrence” at the center of America’s grand strategy. Deter China from dominating the Indo-Pacific. Deter threats to American access to…

Standing on the cusp of elections, a profound question constantly troubles me when I engage with the public: Are we...

These people are not asking for nation-building in the abstract but for tangible, everyday necessities

South Asia is once again at a moment of political inflection. From Kathmandu to Dhaka, youth-driven mobilization, interim governance experiments, and electoral realignments are reshaping the region’s internal political…

On February 3, 2026, a very disturbing incident happened in Imadol, Lalitpur. A 60-year-old woman accidentally drank acid after thinking it was water. The acid had been stored and sold in a bottle that looked exactly…

In Nepal, it’s common to look to heroes, young urban leaders, reformers, or even royalty, to fix what seems broken. We also look abroad, to Japan, Korea, Europe, or the United States, and wonder why we cannot achieve…

The ghettoisation of marginalised groups in PR lists keeps them from exercising real executive power.

International labor migration is typically explained through economic push and pull factors: poverty, unemployment, and instability in sending countries contrasted with higher wages and labor shortages in receiving…