Resolved: Two months on, the government of Prime Minister Balendra Shah is doing a good job.
Kunda Dixit
With great majority comes great responsibility for the RSP. Failure is not an option.
Editorial
On World Press Freedom Day, an RSF survey shows the situation for journalists in the country is getting worse
Over 35 of the 100 points in the government’s good governance plan mention tech in one form or another
How much gold, or land, or stock, or real estate is too much?
Nepal’s state apparatus has repeatedly failed victims and survivors of sexual violence
The RSP now needs institutions and civil society to give the party the chance to reboot Nepal
Five possible scenarios for election outcome, and what they could mean for new government and Nepal’s future
Sonia Awale
It is exactly 30 years today since the Maoist conflict started, and 20 years since it ended
This is not fear-mongering. It is a public service announcement to plan for the next big earthquake.
Nepal taking strides to ensure better and safer migration but there is a long way to go
2026 marks 30 years after the start of the Maoist conflict, and 20 years since the ceasefire in 2006
2026 onwards, alternative and emerging political forces will challenge legacy parties
Which comes first: prosecuting those found guilty of the 8/9/25 massacre outside Parliament, or elections on 5/3/26?
Failure to hold elections is not an option for Nepal’s interim government
Nepal’s new polity must reflect pluralism and celebrate diversity of thought
Destroying was the easy part. But redesigning a cleaner, newer Nepal will be much more difficult.
Politicians were targeted, but what of bureaucrats who worked hand-in-glove with them to plunder the state?
The GenZ movement now has to unite to take the lead in reconstructing the Nepali state
Small nation states can punch above their weight if they have clean, competent leaders
Outrage in Nepal’s public sphere as the government tries to amend a law that rectifies infidelity by justifying polygamy
In the past 25 years, Nepali Times has changed with Nepal’s changing media landscape
In Nepal, politicians and bureaucrats do not even need absolute power to corrupt absolutely -- because they work hand-in-glove.
Ongoing conflicts have shown the changing nature of warfare, and it is not going to be under human control.
