Opinion

Stand up and be counted!

The one that is a favourite, often used by the ‘watch out don’t be naughty brigade’ is the anecdote of Sodom and Gomorrah. ‘ Run through the city’ the godhead demands, ‘find me one just man and I will spare the whole of Sodom and Gomorrah.

By Greta Rana Sep 15, 2016

Is SAARC Outdated & Defunct?

There was even talk of having a common currency like the Euro. At the starting of this process there was a feeling that perhaps the big ‘shark might gobble up the small ones.

By Hemang Dixit Sep 15, 2016

Time Off for Working Mothers in Nepal

Maternity leave policies are one method that governments can adopt to encourage working mothers to seek pre-natal care during pregnancy and take time off before and after child birth, while ensuring that women can later return to their jobs without p

By Amanda Peskin Sep 09, 2016

Bureaucracy Emasculated by Foreign Aid

The size of the economy has hardly reached US$ 22 billion - its GDP grew by less than 1 percent in fiscal year 2015/16. It imported more than 11 times of exports with a trade deficit of US$ 70. 3 billion. Its tolerated inflation is much higher than o

By LS Ghimire Sep 05, 2016

Nepal-Japan Relations at 60

During the following 117 years, the contact got more diversified and enriched, in benefit of both the countries. Nepali students, who happened to be the first batch of Nepali to study overseas, were the first Nepali nationals to land in Japan in 1902

By Shanker Das Bairagi Sep 01, 2016

Discourse on Local Body Restructuring in Nepal

The local government should have it’s own treasury, budget and accounts along with substantial authority to raise its own revenue. It should decide policy and determine internal procedures, and be responsible and accountable for a range of significan

By Dr.Prabin Manandhar Aug 31, 2016

Species’ Extinction!

It’s not lack of intellect, brilliant ideas, and lack of ability to produce that are leading to our extinction, but our utter disregard for other forms of life and other genders.

By Greta Rana Aug 31, 2016

Westminster/Presidential?

What the British left behind in India was the ‘First past the post Westminster System’ to be a part of the lives of the people here. Following the partition of 1947, India started with a Governor General and became a Republic in 1950 but the indire

By Hemang Dixit Aug 31, 2016

UK Will Remain An Ally And Partner: Ambassador Morris

By A Correspondent Aug 31, 2016

Nepal Japan Relations At Sixty

Following the establishment of diplomatic relations with Japan 60 years ago, Nepal has made a tremendous progress in poverty alleviation, economic development, social progress, infrastructure development, and health, roads, agriculture and education

By Keshab Poudel Aug 31, 2016

Will Inland Navigation Shift South Asia’s Water Discourse Positively?

If Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Arunachal, Meghalaya, Mizoram or Uttarakhand can see that containers from Europe or Japan can come to their doorsteps at Chatra or Chisapani and similar places elsewhere – and they could benefit from reduction in the cost of

By Dipak Gyawali Aug 31, 2016

Floods and Impact on Livelihoods – Can the resilience of rural farmers in Nepal be strengthened?

Still not recovered from the brunt of 2015 earthquake, vulnerable households in Sindhupalchowk and Gokha have suffered massive losses due to heavy rain and landslides. People in Pyuthan, Kailali and few other districts also suffered major losses of h

By Rajendra Aryal Aug 30, 2016

A Valiant Response to a Motley QuestionThe South China Sea Story

The Tribunal concluded that fishermen from Chinese flagged vessels had engaged in harvesting endangered species on a significant scale severely destroying the coral reef ecosystem, but China had failed to prevent such harmful activities.

By Dr. Kishor Uprety Aug 25, 2016

Irregularities in Hydro

Leaving some exceptions, the cost of almost hydropower projects, promoted by Nepalese private sector, in Nepal, are manipulated. Showing this and that reasons and making different pretext the cost of the projects is made high unnaturally.

By Bikash Thapa Aug 24, 2016

The Land Of Young Mountains

This poor mountainous country of ours has always been savaged by onslaughts of Nature. Gen. Brahma SJB Rana’s book on the earthquake of 1890 (1934 BS) lists it all

By Hemang Dixit Aug 11, 2016

At War for Peace

In about three decades of active journalism, covering security and foreign relations, I got a rare opportunity to take stock of how the Nepalese Army peacekeepers worked in the hostile, war-torn, regions, saving innocent civilians from armed rebels

By Keshab Poudel Aug 11, 2016

Alphabet Soup And Memories

A serious reappraisal of historical research is needed here, plus a deeper understanding of the times as they were--pre mobile phones and all the joys they bring. Quite often we are trapped into judgements that we are least qualified to make.

By Greta Rana Aug 11, 2016

World Humanitarian Day: Do Something Good

World Humanitarian Day was established to acknowledge the work of humanitarian workers around the world who bring assistance, relief and hope to the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world.

By Dr.Prabin Manandhar Aug 11, 2016

A Disquieting Path

The two parties in power will have to make sure that every decision taken on such issues will have to be made taking into confidence the opposition and all others concerned because the path ahead is still bumpy and needs patience and skill to negotia

By Dr. Tilak Rawal Aug 11, 2016

NAP As In Paris Agreement

The Paris Agreement urges each Party to engage in adaptation planning processes and implementation of adaptation actions, including the process to formulate and implement national adaptation plan (NA

By Batu Uprety Aug 11, 2016

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