KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 15Every few years, just when one assumes Nepal's monarchy has been safely buried, it rises again like an ancestor refusing to stay in the portrait. The cro...
For a short time in December 2025, people in Kathmandu Valley allowed themselves to feel something rare hope. The mountain peaks, usually hidden behind thick haze, became visible a...
By Satya Raj Joshi Every year, as the sacred night of Maha Shivaratri approaches, the spiritual heart of Nepal begins to beat more intensely at Pashupatinath Temple. Revered as one of the holiest shrines of Lord Shiva…
BEIJING: In 2025, the dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a basket of major currencies, fell by roughly 9.4%. Over the same period, the United States’ average effective tariff rate rose by…
This is an open letter to Mr Asheem Man Singh Basnyat, Managing Director of Pathao and an independent candidate contesting from Kathmandu-1 in the upcoming House of Representatives Election. I am writing this as an open…
A global debate persists on how democratic governance promotes civility, meaningful discussions, and real political participation. Nepal exemplifies this issue: although citizens are increasingly active on major…
LONDON: When we think about wartime innovation, we usually imagine dramatic breakthroughs: Alan Turing’s cracking of the Nazi Enigma code, the invention of radar, the Manhattan Project’s development of the atomic bomb.…
Noise pollution is affecting bird behaviour across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday. Researchers…
Shivpuri National Park, situated in a transitional zone between sub-tropical and temperate climates, is renowned for its avian diversity, harbouring 177 bird species, including nine threatened ones, among the 892…
COPENHAGEN: When people ask me how I am doing, I generally reply: “I’m fine, but the world is a mess.” Still, as a Dane, the past few weeks have been particularly difficult, and incomparably worse for the people of…
Rastriya Swatantra Party risks becoming a South Asian sequel no one wanted, repeating Aam Aadmi Party's early days in Delhi, mixed with Sri Lanka's Aragalaya disappointme...
Geography is often treated as destiny in international politics, but the experience of landlocked states suggests a more precise formulation: geography sets constraints, while politics determines outcomes. There are 44…
