Power to the periphery
Bal Bir Biswakarma from the village of Lulang at the lap of Mt Dhaulagiri in Central Nepal is a 68-year-old subsistence farmer, descendants...
devolution
Roadblocks
At a ministerial review meeting last month, Prime Minister K P Oli warned bureaucrats he would not take “If’s and but’s” anymore...
Federalism's birth pangs or death rattle?
May 2017 was a milestone in Nepal’s transition from a unitary system to a federal state, but a year since locally elected representatives...
Grassroots democracy is delivering development
In the three decades after 1960 when political parties were banned, there were Village Panchayats. After the democratic changes in 1990, they...
Rana regime restored in Nepalganj
At a recent breakfast meeting in a hotel he owns, Dhawal Shumsher Rana peels a hard-boiled egg while his mobile rings incessantly.A...
A breath of fresh air in Thimi
Kathmandu Valley has 11 mayors, and the public's perception of most of them one year after they were elected is not very...
Model mayors
When Nepali Times decided last month to profile a dozen model mayors, we had no idea how difficult the job was going...
Actionable Summits
‘You may think I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one…’
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