Constitutional amendment: Citizens should be part of the dialogue Political instability apparently is a systemic feature of Nepal’s political system. Citizens have gotten accustomed to frequent changes in government with politicians’ shenanigans becoming a constant feature that people have to bear with. Opinion 06 Aug, 2024
Cultural portrait of Birgunj: It is what gives the city its character Cities have a persona of their own, they have character, visual traits, distinct taste buds and utility. Opinion 20 Sep, 2023
Citizenship Bill withdrawn in bid to seek consensus The government said it had decided to withdraw the Citizenship Bill as it aimed to forge consensus on a sensitive issue like citizenship. Kathmandu 07 Jul, 2022
Party conventions of NC, UML: Competition of old andnew leadership Nepal is going to experience a double political whammy soon in the wake of the twin party conventions being held by the Nepali Congress, the party in power, and the UML, the opposition in the Parliament, over a month’s time. Opinion 25 Nov, 2021
Facebook allows US political candidates to run sponsored content Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Friday it was allowing US-based political candidates to run branded content on its social networking platforms, but the content would not be cataloged in its advertising library. Political campaigns and groups can now use... Mobile & Apps 15 Feb, 2020
NCP leaders pressure Oli, Dahal to end dispute Kathmandu, July 27 Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leaders have started pressuring their Co-chairs Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal publicly after they failed to come up with the names of the head of the party’s departments,... Horoscopes 28 Jul, 2019
Guthi controversy: Do away with it It is good to monitor and oversee all the guthis in the country and actively work to address the problems facing them. But the government must preserve the age-old traditions and see to it that their originality is not destroyed in the name of... 24 Jun, 2019
�There are a few constitutional complications in federal-provincial government relations� Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chief Whip Dev Prasad Gurung is also the party’s Standing Committee member. He says the rift between political leadership and bureaucracy on issues of federalism and development has adversely affected the government’s... Travel 18 Feb, 2019
Gold price tumbles, silver witnesses gain Kathmandu, November 4 Gold price dipped while silver edged up in the trading week between October 29 and November 3. According to commodity analysts, gold is stuck in a rut and with little economic data out next week, the focus is on a potential... 05 Nov, 2017
Court papers: Suspect vowed 'bombs will be heard' in streets NEW YORK: Ahmad Khan Rahami vowed to martyr himself rather than be caught after setting off explosives in New York and New Jersey, and he'd hoped in a handwritten journal championing jihad that "the sounds of bombs will be heard in the streets,"... Women 21 Sep, 2016
Consensus government impossible, says Pokhrel Jhapa, April 7 CPN-UML standing committee member Shankar Pokhrel today said a national consensus government was impossible in the present context of the country. Speaking at a press meet organised by Press Chautari in Birtamod, Jhapa, today... Travel 08 Apr, 2016
'Better governance could solve migrants� woes' Kathmandu, March 14 A research on migration, whose findings were shared with various stakeholders in Kathmandu today, pointed out that some of the challenges facing migrants could be addressed only through better governance. The research was... Horoscopes 15 Mar, 2016
