For Nepal, the central question is no longer simply how to achieve ‘bikas’, but how to rethink it.

The state should address student political affiliations through consensus rather than force.

The country has a government with a commanding mandate. Yet it cannot easily deliver reform.

Nepal’s ambitious investment pledges remain largely unfulfilled, hindered by systemic inefficiencies and regulatory uncertainty.

If exams fail to serve their very purpose, how should we actually assess learning?

Nepal is about to miss the train of the biodigital revolution sweeping across the Global South. We cannot afford to sit back anymore.

The recent local elections are a clear evaluation of the People’s National Congress’s performance.

Building a bridge between domestic governance and external behaviour is a strategic imperative.

The state is delusional if it believes it can kill journalism and establish a monopoly over truth.

Nepal maintains exchange rate stability and financial openness with India, limiting its monetary independence.

Do we want to build a Nepal where freedom is curtailed in the name of security?

Indigenous repression and resistance increasingly define the country’s path to development. Will the new government set a new precedent?

The choice is no longer about who governs, but whether the system itself will finally change.

RSP’s dominance reduces the chaos of coalition politics, but risks replacing it with unchecked power.

Nepal urgently needs a comprehensive, long-term strategy to safeguard its food security.

AI will constantly evolve due to its deep-learning capability. Someday, it may overcome its limits and outsmart humans. Such a phenomenon will inevitably change the whole terrain of our society.

If exams fail to serve their very purpose, how should we actually assess learning?

People must be educated about the harm caused by open-air burning to themselves and others.

Economic prosperity is part and parcel of statecraft, not the be-all and end-all of it.

The talks in Pakistan aim not for peace but to buy time and weaken Iran permanently.