nepal-government

Overachiever govt

From time to time, as our nation state marches ahead to the drumbeat of history, we have to remind ourselves of the...

The Ass

Why are labour officials transferred frequently?

Former DoFe officials says reform is not easy in a sector where malpractice is rife

Upasana Khadka

Himalayan red rice is red hot

Jumla’s marsi red rice earned some notoriety in 2018 after a photograph went viral on social media of Prime Minister K P Oli and Premier-in-waiting Pushpa...

Monika Deupala

Legal path to new Nepal government

Nepal’s Supreme Court on 23 February reinstated the House of Representatives and ordered Parliament to convene within 13 days. The President, on the recommendation of Prime...

History of female (im)mobility in Nepal

A proposal by Nepal’s Immigration Department requiring consent from a guardian and local government for women under the age of 40 travelling...

Upasana Khadka

Back in the streets

Nepal’s recent history has been marked by milestones popularly remembered as People’s Movements. The first one in 1980 got us a referendum...

Pratibha Tuladhar

Splitting and spitting

Prime Minister K P Oli landed himself in fresh controversy after he punctuated his speech at the National Assembly on Sunday by spitting from...

Zero-sum game for Nepal’s ruling Communists

Prime Minister K P Oli was half way through his one hour delivery to the Upper House on Sunday, defending his move...

Over the edge, again

Nepal has been on a knife-edge in 2020 because of the pandemic, but the country’s leaders are too involved in their internal...

Over the edge, again

Nepal has been on a knife-edge in 2020 because of the pandemic, but the country’s leaders are too involved in their internal...