On 8 September, exactly a day ahead of her visit to Kathmandu, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) VP Fatema Sumar dispatched her responses to the clarification letter issued by the Finance Minist…

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has ignited a bitter controversy in Nepal. Some hail it with joy, and while many others blast it with hatred. Local media is awash with many comments, most …

Lately, listening to KP Sharma Oli seems to be burning with ire and is on fire, spewing venom against his opponents. The target of his ire primarily is Madhav Kumar Nepal, his arch rival within his p…

Every Nepali feels proud as the owner of magnificent architectural heritage of Kathmandu Valley, most of which were created by the monarchs of Malla dynasty---from 12th to 18th century. …

At a time when whole world is watching, speculating, and preparing for possible fallouts from Afghanistan, Deuba government has one more problem to tackle. This has nothing to do with Afghanistan…

First, a disclaimer: Besides what is being reported in the media, this scribe has no previous knowledge and information about Kulman Ghising, nor any relation or interaction with him. Ghising is …

Based on the aspiration of the constitution of Nepal, the government took a step towards making the bureaucracy a little less exclusionary than in the past. The Civil Service Act-1993 was amended in …

Crony Capitalism's failures to tackle the covid pandemic and shifting world order The world's political situation is dramatically shifting in an uncertain direction. The NATO powers are be…

It is one of the hottest times of the season in a city located in the heart of Europe. The city's history dates back to around the 11th century. Having not massively suffered in the world wars, A…

Madhav Kumar Nepal, senior leader of the opposition party CPN-UML, is caught in the horns of dilemma. On the one hand, he cannot leave the UML to form a new party. On the other, it is anathema for hi…

Journalist-turned-politician Rabindra Mishra's new proposal to roll back federalism and conduct referendum on the issue of secularism with the aim of reverting the country to Hindu state  ha…

In 21st century new technological trends have put their stamps on daily life, putting cultural values under threat. Each day irreversibly erases the ancestral heritage that the Nepali people have bee…

Out of a total of 149 Members of Parliament (MPs) present at the time of parliamentary floor testing on Sunday, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba got 165 votes, i.e., in excess of threshold required …