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How many struggles to wage? How much is too much in Nepali politics?

Narayan Prasad Ghimire / Kathmandu: A week back, Nepal marked the National Democracy Day. Falgun 7 as per Nepali calendar is marked every year memorizing the historic event that Nepalis got freedom from autocratic Rana regime. Similarly, four weeks back, Nepal observed the Martyrs week. The Democracy Day is reminded for downfall of Ranarchy, while […]


Local polls announced at last after gap of 19 years but challenges remain (Commentary)

Manoj Karki / Kathmandu: The Government has announced the date for local elections to be held on May 14. The date as reported in the media was announced in consultation with the Election Commission, a constitutional body responsible to hold the elections in a free and fair manner. The announcement by the government comes after […]


Threshold for healthy politics and stable governance

Manoj Karki (Kathmandu) / Feb 8: Nepal at present is gearing up for three major elections that would change the face of leadership in the new federal set up of the country. Notwithstanding the ongoing tussle between amendment to the new constitution and elections, the latter is inevitable as it is a constitutional requirement that […]


Reinforcing community resilience in post-earthquake reconstruction drive (Commentary)

Deepraj Sanyal / Kathmandu: As the country marks the 19th episode of the Annual National Earthquake Safety Day on Sunday, it brings to memory the large scale damage to life and property that resulted from the two high intensity devastating earthquakes that rocked the country on 15 January 1934 and on 25 April 2015 respectively. […]


Unsafe brick factories (Commentary)

Pritam Bhattarai / Kathmandu: Around three weeks ago, 18-months old girl named Urmila Tamang drowned in a pit dug while making bricks for a brick factory at Sunapa in Bhaktapur. The incident took place in the area leased by the owner of the brick factory for which Tamang’s parents are working as brick-maker. This is […]


Where is federalism heading?

Narayan Prasad Ghimire / Kathmandu: The constitution amendment bill has been stuck at the Legislature-Parliament for the past two weeks. The major opposition, CPN-UML, along with some fringe parties, have been obstructing the parliament business arguing that the bill has jeopardized the geographical unity and integrity by hiving off some hill districts from the province […]


The government should recognize I/NGOs as a development partner: Neupane

Kathmandu: Govinda Neupane is a well-known name in the field of I/NGOs as he has worked in it for many years in the senior level. Currently, he is serving as the Country Director of IM Swedish Development Partner. He has witnessed the scenario of the development sector for a long time and contributed towards positive […]


Government should strengthen the rule of law and strictly enforce it: Khetan

Rajendra Khetan is a renowned industrialist. He has been leading a major business group of Nepal, the Khetan Group, which is involved in the industrial and financial sector. Apart from business, he is the honorary consulate general of Portugal and Chairperson of Nepal Britain Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He earlier served as first vice-chairperson […]


Conservative and unaccountable leadership stagnating Nepal (Commentary)

Manoj Karki / Kathmandu: Doling out cash from the state coffers accumulated with the tax payers’ money to party leaders and cadres continues to remain a norm for every leadership that runs the government in one of the poorest countries in the world, i.e. Nepal. It no longer remains a secret in today’s digitalized world […]


The Path towards Positivism Continues (Special Editorial)

Dear Readers and Well Wishers, We have stepped one step in our journey. The journey started almost at the same time the Constituent Assembly promulgated the new constitution fulfilling the almost six decade long dream of the Nepali people. We have started test operation from August 2015 and formally launched the news portal from 08 […]




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