It is exactly 30 years today since the Maoist conflict started, and 20 years since it ended
Kunda Dixit
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.
There are lessons for Nepal from the way Finland balanced its foreign policy during the Cold War.
The Budget focuses on road building rather than electric public transport, and flouts Nepal’s own climate targets.
The water war has arrived in South Asia sooner than any of us imagined it.
A polarised internet paralyses democracy and drowns out independent journalism
Why truth was a casualty in rush to formulaic international coverage of Nepal earthquake
Exporting power will not reduce the trade deficit by much, Nepal must increase domestic electricity use.
What lessons we have not learnt five years after Covid-19 turned the world, and Nepal, upside down.
Government agencies supposed to protect the public interest operate at the whim of powerful lobbyists
