How many restarts do we need?: Real change comes from sustained civic engagement Ooh, it's been a rough ride! Nepal's governance journey feels like a turbulent voyage—every time we think we've reached calmer waters, another political storm hurls us off course. Opinion 08 Apr, 2025
Corrupt people deserve life imprisonment: Madhesh CM Singh Chief Minister of Madhes Province, Satish Kumar Singh, has underlined the need of harsh punishment to those involved in corruption. They deserve life imprisonment, he argued. Nepal 17 Dec, 2024
​​​​​​​Sudurpaschim CM Shah pledges to implement RTI Sudurpaschim Province's Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah asserted that he was committed to implementing citizen's right to information (RTI). Nepal 10 Feb, 2024
17th National Information Day: PM Dahal calls for facilitating access to information Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has underscored on developing a culture of not only seeking information but also of providing it for corruption control. Kathmandu 20 Aug, 2023
EDITORIAL: Don't undermine RTI The government’s decision to classify 87 kinds of information as confidential, and thus requiring them to be kept secret, has met with resistance from media organisations and forums working for the right to information, or RTI. Opinion 31 Jan, 2023
NEA three month's profit surpasses Rs 8 billion The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has in the first three months of the current fiscal year, 2022/23 secured a profit of Rs 8.5 billion. Business 01 Dec, 2022
NIC takes action against chiefs of 33 offices for defying RTI Act The National Information Commission (NIC) has punished chiefs of 33 offices for denying imparting information to the seekers. They faced music for violating the Right to Information (RTI) guaranteed by the Constitution. Nepal 09 Aug, 2022
EDITORIAL - Educate about RTI It’s been 14 years since the Right to Information (RTI) Act was enacted by the parliament and came into force in Nepal. Actually, the 1990 Constitution, promulgated soon after multi-party democracy was ushered into the country, recognised this right as a fundamental citizens’ right, making Nepal the first country in South Asia to do so. Opinion 29 Dec, 2021
Open data: A non-rival good The non-rivalrous nature of data has aided the growth of big data, and technology has reduced data dissemination cost. The data points will expand as the economy grows and new production agents enter the economic dynamics Data, once thought to be... 27 Aug, 2019
Right to Information Audit: A new practice in Nepal The RTI Audit conducted by National Information Commission at 31 ministries found that some were doing well while others were yet to internalise the concept of RTI, a fundamental right granted to the citizens by law and constitution Right to... 07 May, 2018
Responsibility comes together with rights: PM Oli KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that rights and responsibilities come together and it is the duty of all to bear this fact in mind while exercising one's right. While receiving the annual report of National Information Commission... Travel 25 Apr, 2018
Dr KC files RTI on CJ's citizenship; Advocate claims death-threat issued by CJ KATHMANDU: Senior Advocate Dr Surendra Bhandari, in a report lodged at the Kathmandu District Administration Office (DAO), has claimed that he has received death threats from Supreme Court Chief Justice Gopal Prasad Parajuli. The senior advocate had... Horoscopes 31 Jan, 2018
