Kathmandu’s decay: From glorious past to ominous future

From potential to become an exemplary megalopolis, imbibing knowledge from its past, to becoming a hideous and hazardous valley, here’s Kathmandu’s story. What was Kathmandu …

Environment Sabin Jung Pande

Kathmandu - A crumbling valley!

Kathmandu Valley has lost its fertile land to sprawls while hills and forests are felled without rethinking. The air has become toxic, rivers are polluted …

Environment Sabin Jung Pande

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Understanding the 21st-century global health governance to truly become one

Global health governance has witnessed a significant shift from the previous century. Non-state actors including civil societies and philanthropic organisations now play a key role …

International Ashish Ghimire

Why is dengue surging in Nepal?

What was once a public health concern limited to a few districts, dengue is now a recurring public health crisis — with incidence spread across …

Environment the_farsight

The ongoing parliament obstruction: A shabby opposition tool

The prolonged stalling of the Parliament is fostering a poor political culture, at a time when the country is reeling under socio-economic stress and deprived …

Op-ed Suvechchha Chapagain

Let's Talk Numbers

Nominal Wage in Nepal (2005-2020) (In NRs)

 

79.1%

Almost 4 out of 5 in Nepal's working population don’t have secondary education

Nepal Labor Force Survey - III (NLFS - III, 2018)

Kathmandu-Terai/Madhes Fast Track sees one-fourth of progress in six years

The National Pride Project, revered as strategically important, sees one-fourth of progress in its six years of implementation with the project now extended to 2027. …

News Ashish Ghimire

‘Party’ throws commentary, satire on socialites

The 1984 film mocks hypocrisy and the shallow ideology of socialites, who claim social commitment, transpire to superficial dogma, and are oblivious to horribility of …

Art & Culture Rebika Kunwar

Sudurpaschim’s Gaura Parva

Just as the holy month of Shrawan ends, arrives Gaura Parva — the biggest festival observed largely in the Sudurpaschim Province, that commemorates the marriage …

Art & Culture Rebika Kunwar

Foreign employment and songs of separation

Songs in Nepal, for years, have depicted societal needs and predicaments, including the struggles and hardships of Nepali migrant workers in foreign lands.

Art & Culture Shristi Thapa

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