The Karki government’s initiative to rid universities of politics must be appreciated.

The goal is to create a society that sees violence against women as a collective moral failure.

The Karki government must be able to differentiate itself from the past nepotist and cronyist governments.

Implementation of the new market regulation standards will benefit both customers and economy.

UML chair KP Oli’s bid to create a parallel security organ must be resisted.

Provocative statements and acts from major stakeholders in Nepali politics must stop.

Continued failure to crack down on those sending Nepali students to fake universities abroad is inexcusable.

Twenty-two percent of Kathmanduites over 30 reportedly have diabetes—an alarming statistics.

New and older forces should shun personal calculations and grudges in the larger national interest.

Only a well-informed electorate can counter false narratives and ensure free and fair elections.

Nepal urgently needs a standard policy that prioritises completion of genuine programmes.

There is a case to be made for the new and older forces to together build the atmosphere for elections.

Replacement of UML chair KP Oli with Ishwar Pokhrel or any other old generation leader will be meaningless.

How many more planes must come down before we in Nepal start taking air safety seriously?

Without viable provinces, the glue that holds federal and local units together, the federal system will collapse.

The old leaders can’t even win the trust of their party members, let alone the general public.

Granting tax exemption to Dolma Impact Fund cannot be justified on any ground.

People should be able to trust the state, at least on vital health data.

The new government must build on people’s trust in it to solve the valley’s waste problem.

If left forces still cannot catch the public sentiment, they will sink along with their ageing leaders.