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From being a young district officer in Nepal to taking on community leadership in the United States, my journey has taught me something I did not fully understand when I began my career: women do not lack the ability to lead. Too often, we are simply asked to prove it. When I look back, I
When a disaster strikes, the first duty is obvious: save lives, rescue the missing, provide shelter and ensure that affected families have food, medicine and security. But once the immediate emergency is over, a more difficult question begins: is relief enough? Nepal’s catastrophic August 2026…
Gumsipakha, in Laprak of Dharche Rural Municipality, Gorkha, is more than a remote mountain settlement. It is an ancestral homeland of the Gurung community, shaped by generations of social relationships, cultural traditions, agriculture, livestock, natural resources and collective life. Its homes…
On September 8, a 27-year-old British researcher sat on a park bench in San Francisco and quit his job. Jacob Coxon had spent three years training AI models at OpenAI and Anthropic, and his resignation post claimed that neither company was acting responsibly and that both were racing toward…
The civil service is the permanent institution of the state and a foundation of democratic governance. Regardless of which political party comes to power, civil servants are responsible for implementing the government’s policies and programmes. Yet the morale of Nepal’s civil servants appears to…
The most expensive consequence of Bhotekoshi was not the flood itself. It was the bill it created. The government-led Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment placed direct physical damage and economic losses at Rs408.29 billion and estimated Rs723.31 billion for recovery, reconstruction, livelihood…
The story of cooperatives in Nepal is not particularly old. It began on April 2, 1957, when Bakhan Cooperative Society was established in what was then Bakhanpur, now Sharadanagar, Chitwan, becoming the country’s first cooperative institution. Given this history, cooperatives may appear, at first…
Nepal has witnessed several deeply disturbing incidents involving suicide and self-immolation in recent months. In July, the deaths of Ganesh Nepali and Ashwin Raut generated significant public attention, followed by the case of Suresh Chandra Shrestha. On September 21, another incident occurred…
At the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, said what he needed to say. At its core, his message was about the vulnerability of countries that have contributed relatively little to many of the crises confronting the…
This World Tourism Day, the official theme, “Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence to Redesign Tourism”, asks the sector to consider how artificial intelligence can support smarter, more inclusive and sustainable tourism. It also carries an important warning: digital progress matters only if…
Climate change is no longer just about emissions. It is the sum of blatant disrespect for the planet’s natural resources and their overuse.
Nepal’s agricultural heritage is preserved not only in its fields and forests, but also in the seeds passed down through generations of farmers. From kodo (finger millet) and phapar (buckwheat) in the hills and mountains to traditional rice, pulses, taro, yam and other locally adapted crops, Nepal…
When a country cannot reliably produce or procure essential medicines during a crisis, the problem is not simply commercial. It becomes a matter of health security. Nepal learned this painfully during the 2015 border disruption, when medicine shortages and interruptions to health services showed…
For a long time, especially in Nepal, the general public and elected policymakers have operated under the assumption that human error is an inevitable cost of mobility. If someone on the road speeds, misjudges a turn, or steps off a footpath at the wrong moment, the resulting injury is often…
Nepal is highly exposed to natural and non-natural disasters, including floods, landslides, earthquakes, inundation, fires, epidemics and other hazards. Their impact extends far beyond the immediate humanitarian emergency. Disasters can destroy homes and productive assets, interrupt livelihoods…
CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has called for the restoration of Parliament. And not casually. He has put the demand in writing in a document presented to the party’s Central Committee meeting. For a moment, it was hard to believe what we were hearing. Even after seeing the demand clearly stated…
Every monsoon, Nepal’s hills collapse into devastating landslides, and riverbanks swallow entire downstream settlements. Globally, we witness rising temperatures, erratic weather patterns, and accelerating climate collapse. It is convenient to dismiss these recurring tragedies as uncontrollable…
