Seven decades after the start of Nepal’s development history, the gap between ‘development’ as a global discourse and ‘bikas’ as a lived aspiration remains.

Nepal has not engaged in full-scale territorial encroachment at any border point in the manner that India has done in Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Susta.

Nepal must focus on developing thoughtful tourism experiences and improving quality, with consideration for the impact on all involved.

State dinners cannot stop wars, but they create the atmosphere in which coexistence is imaginable.

In a deeper sense, it issues a call to the middle class itself: to step forward, engage productively, and help shape Nepal’s political economy.

The private capital market in Nepal has real promise. It also has a structural problem: some of its strongest reported returns say more about regulatory timing than business building.

Of 573 spouts in the Valley, 94 have completely perished, while the rest function seasonally.

Visibility does not necessarily translate into effective global leadership.

Traditional approaches have marginalised indigenous communities and overlooked environmental issues.

Turning away a community of nearly 140,000 Nepali-Bhutanese diaspora is a missed opportunity.

Without a stronger industry, domestic production and empowered provinces, prosperity will remain elusive.

Stable China-US relations create more favourable development opportunities for developing countries.

Balen Shah is trying to build a government that acts and explains why.

This makes the virus extremely difficult to identify and to track suspected cases at an early stage.