A remnant of the feudal past, people are always willing to dole out speeches but never willing to listen.

Perhaps we can see more movement of people between the two countries, followed by investments.

Nepal needs to be prepared for a potential slowdown in the global and regional economies.

Signs are emerging that will make cartels in Nepal lose their clout.

While the new foreign direct investment laws are seen as a barrier, the lack of mentorship still remains a major problem.

It is important to look at how Nepal will plan its engagement with the world.

Its push for a global value chain and India’s growth will both allow Nepal more opportunities.

Nepal is far behind in the discourse that is shaping the course of the 21st century.

Prabhakar Rana, a business icon, leaves behind a legacy.

Unless we attract high paying clients, revenue from Nepal’s tourism industry will not see a meteoric rise.

In the past decade and a half, after non-resident Nepali politics started to rage along party lines, they now have an additional role of promoting candidates for elections to the multiple Nepali associations that exist abroad.

People are free to earn and spend, but for opulence and activities that hinder productivity, the state can push measures.

It would be safe to say that collectively, most of us following this investment summit, wish to see in the next decade a laterally inducted bureaucrat heading the largest private company with foreign investment based solely on merit.

Conservative families try to fend off the possibility of their daughters getting married to foreigners by getting them married at an early age and spreading the gospel that they have to bear children before they hit 27 years of age.

Nepal has one last chance to convince foreign investors it seriously means business