3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (636+ words) The presence of two ‘controversial’ religious leaders at a Gen Z Martyrs’ Day programme held at the old Parliament building in New Baneshwar on Tuesday has sparked controversy, with lawmakers from the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party questioning why the two…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1316+ words) The Gen Z uprising of September last year overturned Nepal’s political order and forced the formation of an interim government. Om Prakash Aryal served as home minister in the government that followed. He spoke to Kantipur Television’s Rupesh Shrestha about…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (950+ words) Nepal’s youth want practical socioeconomic solutions over actor-centric politics. Is Nepali politics ready to deliver it? kathmandupost.com Nepal’s youth want practical socioeconomic solutions over actor-centric politics. Is Nepali politics ready to deliver it? One year has passed since Nepal’s…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1702+ words) It was past 11 pm on September 11 last year. President Ram Chandra Paudel sat on a sofa at Sheetal Niwas, both hands pressed against his cheeks. It was a high-stakes meeting. By then, scores of unarmed young protesters had been killed,…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (330+ words) Prime Minister Balendra Shah will make a brief visit to New York to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, with only a limited number of engagements on his schedule. Shah decided to make a short trip to…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1728+ words) Rakesh Mahato lies in a hospital bed in Kathmandu with a simple wish—to get up, take a few steps and make it home. The 25-year-old from Sarlahi district has spent the entirety of the past year in hospital after…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (493+ words) I prefer to describe the caste system in modern-day Nepal (and, of course, India) with the metaphor of the sewage system. Much of it is subterranean, invisible in public, but operative all the same. And it greatly influences every person,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (534+ words) Calls for a sweeping policy and leadership overhaul in the CPN-UML are growing, but party chair KP Sharma Oli is digging his heels in, leaving the party’s restructuring process in limbo. While vice-chair Bishnu Paudel and general secretary Shankar Pokharel…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (322+ words) NDTV World is set to launch “NDTV Anviksha: Ideas Across Borders”, a global conversation series aimed at creating a deeper understanding between countries by allowing them to articulate their own ideas, ambitions, anxieties and perspectives. The inaugural edition, “The India-Nepal…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (544+ words) When the victim’s family reported her missing, police initially dismissed it. How do you view this lack of urgency? It is important to demarcate this case as sexual exploitation, not rape. Under court practices, ‘rape’ implies non-consensual sex, assuming a…...