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Nepal’s Wildfire Challenge: Why Prevention Must Come Before Response
This year, meteorologists have predicted below-average rainfall and above-average temperatures, with precipitation likely to arrive in short, intense and localised bursts. These changing conditions have created what many now describe as Nepal’s annual “wildfire season”.
Jun 05, 2026
DPT Technology and China’s Innovation Journey: Lesson...
DPT Technology and China’s Innovation Journey: Lesson...
Jun 05, 2026
Asset Probe That Spares the Powerful
Asset Probe That Spares the Powerful
Jun 05, 2026
Nepal and India Have a Reset Moment—But History Canno...
Nepal and India Have a Reset Moment—But History Canno...
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Legislating Immunity: A Dangerous Turn in Governance
Legislating Immunity: A Dangerous Turn in Governance
The debate over new parliamentary rules and asset investigation exemptions raises a deeper concern: whether law is being redesigned to protect the powerful rather than uphold equal justice for all.
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Beyond Cost-Cutting: Reimagining Nepal’s Embassies Abroad
Beyond Cost-Cutting: Reimagining Nepal’s Embassies Abroad
Nepal’s embassies should evolve beyond consular roles into dynamic public diplomacy hubs that promote “Brand Nepal” through culture, tourism, and innovation—even under tight resources.
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OPINION
Nepal's Budget: Promising Reforms, Missing Strategy
Nepal's Budget: Promising Reforms, Missing Strategy
A reform-minded budget offers encouraging signals, but falls short of the decisive shift needed to place investment, jobs, and exports at the centre of Nepal's growth agenda.
2 days ago
Editorial
A Long Road to Judicial Reforms
A Long Road to Judicial Reforms
Nepal’s judicial reform hinges on clearing backlogs, curbing middlemen, and restoring public trust through faster, fairer, and more accountable justice delivery.
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OPINION
The Land of the Silent Robots: Why Banning Politics is a Human Error
The Land of the Silent Robots: Why Banning Politics is a Hum...
The piece warns that attempts to restrict political engagement in Nepal risk undermining democratic consciousness by turning active citizens into passive “robots,” weakening debate, education, and the foundations of a living republic.
3 days ago
OPINION
Nepal’s Electoral Earthquake and the Challenge of Geopolitics
Nepal’s Electoral Earthquake and the Challenge of Geopolitic...
Nepal’s unprecedented political transformation, driven by the rise of the RSP and the Rabi–Balen leadership, has challenged traditional assumptions about politics while placing the country’s ability to manage complex geopolitical realities under renewed scrutiny.
3 days ago
Editorial
PM Shah and the Burden of Words
PM Shah and the Burden of Words
Prime Minister Balen Shah’s remarks on the Nepal–India border have triggered controversy and clarification, underscoring the critical need for diplomatic precision, restraint, and maturity in matters of sovereignty and foreign relations.
3 days ago
OPINION
Nepal’s FY 2083/84 Budget: High Ambition in a Low-Capacity Trap
Nepal’s FY 2083/84 Budget: High Ambition in a Low-Capacity T...
When nearly sixty cents of every single rupee spent by the state is hard-coded into keeping the administrative machinery running, the fiscal space left for genuine, transformative capital asset creation is severely squeezed.
4 days ago
Editorial
New Taxes, New Struggles for Nepali Households
New Taxes, New Struggles for Nepali Households
The government's new taxes on electricity, education and healthcare risk increasing living costs for ordinary households at a time when economic activity remains weak and purchasing power is already under strain.
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OPINION
Why Nepal Must Bet on Research, Innovation, and Science
Why Nepal Must Bet on Research, Innovation, and Science
Nepal’s future prosperity depends on transforming science, technology, and innovation from policy aspirations into sustained national investment and action-driven development.
May 29, 2026