Tag: #governance
Articles tagged with #governance
Nepal’s life or death election
Nepal’s next government should be judged by the lives it saves, not by speeches and ribbon-cutting
Urban peacebuilding for democracy
Kathmandu can accelerate social repair, develop models of solidarity economics and strengthen participatory governance
A new dawn for democracy in Nepal
Social media has long been more than entertainment for young Nepalis. It has become a civic space where they stay informed on national issues,…
State malfunction
It seems like just yesterday that the momentous story broke. Police started investigating the fake Bhutanese refugee scandal, and Nepalis held…
Inconvenient truths
Instead of making things easy for its citizens, the Nepali state excels at putting up obstacles every step of the way
Now and then
Imagine how much more progress Nepal would have made if war, corruption and poor governance did not set us back
State of the state
The macro-economic situation may look ok, but Nepal’s economy is a wreck
Keep the flag flying in 2022
Exactly one year ago, this newspaper restarted its hardcopy edition 10 month after going digital-only. The 1 January 2021 #1042 of Nepali Times…
Government in installments
WHO IS WHO? President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepal Army Chief Prabhu Ram Sharma, Chief Justice Cholendra SJB…
The business of politics in Nepal
Illustration: NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEThe cause of prolonged political paralysis in Nepal is cronyism, and the only way to uproot it is by tackling…
Deuba's denouement
Nepali Times issues #53 (27 July-2 August 2001) and #67 (9-15 November 2001).Sher Bahadur Deuba became Nepal’s prime minister last week, and won…
Hunger for governance
Nepal has had one emergency heaped on top of another for more than a year now. The Covid-19 emergency, wildfires, and now floods.Political flux…
Nepal's empty corridors of power
Prime Minister K P Oli visited Singha Darbar in nearly a year when he inaugurated the earthquake-damaged secretariat building on 15 February.…
Nepal stalls in Prosperity Index
Photo: MANISH PAUDELNepal has only slightly progressed in the annual overall prosperity rankings this year, but rose 15 steps over the last…
From Mt Everest to the Indian Ocean
The visit to Kathmandu by Indian Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane this week is an opportunity for Nepal to move on from an…
The ‘f’ word
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIOn 19 September, Nepal marked Constitution Day. It was on this day five years ago that the Constitution was…
Nepal's accidental leaders
Now that the Army is in the business of importing medicine, why not deploy the Ministry of Health to defend Lipu Lekh?
What next for Kathmandu: bottled air?
Something is not working if officials elected to protect the public only protect those who fund them
Awesome party
Photo: PMOWhen the CPN (UML) unified with the CPN (Maoist) two years ago, most hoped that it would lead to the UML-isation of the Maoists,…
THE TWO - YEAR ITCH
Illustration : DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe Nepal Communist Party (NCP) government completes two years in power next month. Despite its strong majority,…
Which way Nepali politics in 2020?
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIReverberations of 2019 are going to have far-reaching impact on Nepali politics in the coming year as a tug-o-war,…
A millennium challenge
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAILegend has it that the real reason Nepal stayed an independent nation state while all around us were colonised was…
How will Nepal develop in the next decade?
Photo : BIKRAM RAINepal is recognised as the only low-income country to have made rapid progress cutting poverty and boosting public health and…
Think locally, act locally
Local activists goad local governments to deliver services