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Q&A: Policy flip-flops and 'midnight changes' are eroding public trust

Nepal, June 22 -- Nepal's annual budgetary process has increasingly transformed from fiscal planning into a battleground of political friction and interest-group manoeuvring. The recent rollout of the... Read More


Q&A: Until football matters to the state, World Cup stays a dream

Nepal, June 15 -- As the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off across North America, capturing the imagination of billions with its newly expanded 48-team format, football fever has once again gripped the glo... Read More


The bureaucrats in the Home Ministry are against transgender people

Nepal, June 11 -- Nepal has long positioned itself as a beacon of LGBTQI+ rights in South Asia, frequently earning praise from international human rights bodies and global media alike. Yet, beneath th... Read More


INTERVIEW: Eventually, the revolution must become internal-a refinement of one's own consciousness

Nepal, June 11 -- There is a distinct, quiet gravity that settles into an artist when the clamour of youth yields to the clarity of age. For Piyush Mishra-the multi-hyphenate actor, writer, and lyrici... Read More


Bureaucrats in the Home Ministry are against transgender people

Nepal, June 11 -- Nepal has long positioned itself as a beacon of LGBTQI+ rights in South Asia, frequently earning praise from international human rights bodies and global media alike. Yet, beneath th... Read More


A 1 percent quota in the civil service would ensure our voices are heard within the bureaucracy

Nepal, June 10 -- Nepal has long positioned itself as a beacon of LGBTQI+ rights in South Asia, frequently earning praise from international human rights bodies and global media alike. Yet, beneath th... Read More


Monkey nation

Nepal, June 10 -- Recently, a group of Gen Z journalists sat down for a discussion on contemporary issues. One shared a chilling update from her village in Gorkha. After the 2015 earthquakes, the sett... Read More


The best cultural platforms eventually outgrow their founders

Nepal, June 5 -- border cultural initiatives in South Asia have rarely been simple affairs. In a region tightly bound by shared histories but deeply fractured by contemporary geopolitics, artistic exc... Read More


Q&A: You cannot expect the top of the world to be comfortable

Nepal, June 2 -- Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila, who shattered records by climbing all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks in just 92 days alongside her late climbing partner Tenjen Lama Sherpa,... Read More


Q&A: Focusing on the middle class and high-income groups will inevitably lead to increased inequality

Nepal, June 1 -- With the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)-led government unveiling its fiscal blueprint for the upcoming year, the declarations of economic transformation are meeting with scepticism. O... Read More