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Nepal's uncivil servants
Making the bureaucracy more efficient faces bureaucratic hurdles
Covid crisis can spur digitisation
The Covid-19 crisis has accelerated the digitisation process of government services from telehealth to telework, online meetings to remote…
A green city is a smart city
For those growing up in the 1980s in Kathmandu, the 'Green Belt' became a familiar term as poplars rose up along the Ring Road. Over the years,…
History on replay
The brutal murder of school principal Rajendra Shrestha in the remote village of Miklajung of Morang district this week is a cruel reminder of…
History on replay
The brutal murder of school principal Rajendra Shrestha in the remote village of Miklajung of Morang district this week is a cruel reminder of…
Lies and damned lies
Going by official statistics, Nepal’s economy is doing splendidly. The economy grew at 2.27%, not bad considering that has been battered for the…
Window on the future
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe coronavirus is here to stay. Vaccines will not be available for Nepalis till late next year. There are no proven…
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…
Nepalis denied tv channels over Dasain
Since Sunday night, Nepali tv viewers are greeted with this message on their screens for 120 of the most popular international sports,…
To beg, borrow or steal?
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIIn 2017, Nepal held its first local election after two decades. A generation of Nepalis had grown up without any…
Nepal political tug-o-war continues
After six months of pressure, Prime Minister K P Oli has finally backed down to allow his ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) rivals led by…
Who is in charge in Nepal?
Photo: RSSThe confusion and chaos that followed the sudden cancellation of repatriation flights on 16 August was just the latest proof that the…
Clamping down on the country
A policeman with a crowd control device. Photo: MANISH PAUDELWhen the COVID-19 pandemic sent Nepal into a nation-wide lockdown, Nepali Police…
Nepal goes into lockdown for a week
A deserted Tribhuvan International Airport today. All international flights in Nepal have been cancelled from 22-31 March. All Photos: BIKRAM…
THE OLIGARCHY
Photo: HIMALKHABAR.COMThere is an old Hungarian proverb: ‘If you are among thieves, and you keep quiet, that makes you a thief as well.’The…
Own Goal
Illustration : DIWAKAR CHHETRIAfter deciding that Nepal meets criteria for democracy, transparency and governance, a donor government wants to…
In a surveillance state
Illustration : BHANU BHATTARAIWhile citizens in Western democracies try to get their governments to combat the misuse of their private data by…
Love it or hate it, it’s abominable
The Visit Nepal 2020 yeti mascot has been met with bewilderment and some outrage
Spooking Nepalis by snooping on them
On 11 December, the Prime Minister and Cabinet's office tabled the 'bill to amend and integrate laws relating to the constitution and operation…
CENSURING CENSORSHIP
Now that all three festivals are over, it is time to remind ourselves of where we left off before the holidays. Lest we forget, in late…
Party Line
Photo: RAMESH GIRI/RSSThroughout the state visit to Nepal by Chinese President Xi Jinping last weekend, Marxism-Leninism-Maoism ideology was…
The rise and fall of Comrade Mahara
Wearing a plain white polo shirt and a hint of a smile, former House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara walked out of Norvic Hospital on Tuesday…
DASAIN ONCE MORE
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIIt is once more that time of year when Nepalis eat, drink, and make merry in family reunions. Dasain is what binds…
Wrecking crew
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAFour years after the Constitution was promulgated, the main political actors involved in drafting it are now ruling…