Twenty years ago this week, we reported about how malnutrition was indirectly responsible for 70% of all child mortality in Nepal, and how…
Back in the 2000s, during the height of the Maoist war, Nepal was not synonymous with growth: everything was plummeting, from the GDP and…
Twenty years ago this week, the Nepali Times editorial was about the politicians, Maoists and the king not respecting public opinion. It is not…
Post 1 February coup by king Gyanendra, soldiers were posted in newsrooms of major publications, directed to spike news critical of the…
These two words have a very negative connotation in Nepal today because of the scam that exposed top-tier bureaucrats and politicians in issuing…
Every year there is much anticipation ahead of the annual budget. But chronic underspending aided by corruption and cronyism is not new and was…
Radio Sagarmatha was set up in the late 1990s, ushering in Nepal's community radio revolution. FM radios were however heavily censored following…
Kathmandu is the regional hub for freedom and expression today but it wasn't always so. One of the strictest media censorship was after king…
For once, we are dedicating this space not to rehash how Nepali politics and its players haven’t changed for the past 20 years. Enjoy this Under…
One hundred days after king Gyanendra’s 1 February 2005 coup, and two weeks after its consequent state of emergency was lifted, Nepal’s…
We are a nation obsessed with astrology. From births and deaths to weddings and even nation building, everything is guided by planets and moons…
The state of emergency imposed on 1 February 2005 when King Gyanendra staged a coup was coming to an end and we wrote that the emergency had…
Twenty years ago this week, we interviewed Anne Cooper, then-executive director of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).…
As we mark Nepali New Year 2082 next week, take a look back at our editorial 20 years ago this week where we said that we need both peace and…
Two decades after Gyanendra’s 1 February 2005 coup that was the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Nepal, royalists want to reinstate a…
Nearly two months after king Gyanendra's 1 February 2005 coup, Nepal began to feel its economic impact: domestic production slowed down, budget…
This editorial published 20 years ago this week might as well have been written today. Party leaders too busy with power struggles just don’t…
Nepalis disillusioned with the current crop of leaders took to the streets this week rallying for Gyanendra, the same king who staged a coup and…
Twenty years ago this week, we wrote about the growing contribution of migrant workers to the national economy. Things have only gone south…
Nearly a month after the 1 February 2005 coup, Nepali Times reported how the Maoists were cutting off towns and highways. Tens of thousands of…
A week after the 1 February 2005 coup by King Gyanendra, Nepali Times interviewed American Ambassador to Nepal James Moriarty. He urged the…
Twenty years ago this week, a new Chinese contractor was hired to work on the Melamchi project, and we wrote then that when completed in 2010,…
Last week, the government introduced a contentious Social Media Bill that seeks to muzzle freedom of expression. It was the same week 20 years…
Twenty years ago, on 1 February 2005, King Gyanendra staged an army-backed coup. A few days before that, we had written in an editorial that…
