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Stemming Asia’s democratic decay
Most countries in the region suffered reversals in freedom, new global survey states
Sino-Nepal ties in the ‘post-Afghan' era
The MCC debate in Nepal must be seen in the context of Asia’s restructured geopolitics
Nepal to Turkey, and onwards
Nepalis gathering in Istanbul in December 2017. The number of Nepalis applying for labour approvals to work in Turkey jumped from less than 100…
Global solidarity needs intensive care in pandemic battle
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe world is at a tipping point in the battle to contain the spread of Covid-19. Countries across Asia are struggling to…
The internet gag on Asia
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIInternet shutdowns have often been used by governments to clamp down on citizens, and the trend is becoming more…
Asia’s new Cold War
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThe recent coup in Burma is a stark reminder that the future of democracy in South East and South Asia faces a treacherous…
Journalists reflect on a year of crisis coverage
Bhawana Gurung interviews a resident of Matatirtha in Kathmandu.The first person infected with SARS-CoV-2 was in Wuhan as far back as December…
Journalists reflect on a year of crisis coverage
Bhawana Gurung interviews a resident of Matatirtha in Kathmandu.The first person infected with SARS-CoV-2 was in Wuhan as far back as December…
Covid-19 and the new Great Game
One of Barack Obama’s White House staffers once got into trouble for saying that a hurricane disaster presented a good opportunity for the…
A COVID-19 third wave in the Third World?
Governments in industrialised countries must not ignore the plight of poorer nations facing the coronavirus pandemic, or the disease will not be…
Declaring an emergency
Photo : GOPEN RAI/NT ARCHIVEThe Sagarmatha National Sambaad held this week was a dress rehearsal for a bigger international event slated for…
Chitwan is venue for World Ranger Congress
President of International Ranger Federation Sean Willmore during the inauguration of the 9th World Ranger Congress being held in Chitwan…
Film Southasia 2019
Film Southasia is held every two years, and in 2019 the theme of the festival of documentary films says it all: ‘Where the Mind Is Free’.…
“Nepal is a microcosm of all of the changes in world health”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYrj1Et-9PkSir Jeremy Farrar is a British medical doctor and researcher with 30 years of experience in tropical…
Can Nepal be the powerhouse of Asia?
Yes, by creating an environment for investment in renewable energy to meet domestic and regional demand
Korean women mitigate climate change
Kim So-young, a leader of Seongdaegol energy transition movement in climate litigation fundraising night. Photo: SEULKI LEEHelplessness and…
What can Nepal learn from Ethiopia?
DREAM COME TRUE: Capt Pradeep Shrestha in the cockpit of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner (left) says there is no reason Nepal airlines cannot replicate…
Bimstec facelift
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThat the fourth BIMSTEC summit would be declared a “success” was a foregone conclusion because there wasn’t really much…