MT View: End Nepal’s constitutional crisis
Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari refused to ratify an amended Citizenship Act-2006, passed twice by both the houses of Nepal. The mandatory of the House of Parliament expired on Tuesday.
The Bill designed to bring...
MT View: Chief Justice row appears to be no end in sight till poll
Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana has been in the eye of a storm since an impeachment motion was filed against Rana on February 13, 2022.
The issue is getting more complicated after Rana survived a...
President Xi Jinping’s visit to Kazakhstan charts new blueprint for China-Kazakhstan relations
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Kazakhstan. Over the past 30 years, China-Kazakhstan relations have progressed by leaps and bounds and reached the high level...
MT View: Top Chinese official’s visit to Nepal before the poll may be just...
Li Zhanshu, the head of China's legislature and the third-ranked leader in the country's political hierarchy, arrived in Kathmandu on Monday.
The visit of a Chinese official comes amid concerns in Beijing over the...
MT View: Someone had to do it and Balen did it
Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah has continued to dismantle illegal structures in significant commercial buildings in the city.
Mayor Balen Shah demolished several illegal structures in different parts of the city. A few days ago, city...
Centuries-old relic stolen from Nepalese temple at centre of diplomatic dilemma with Australia
An 800-year-old carved goddess that was stolen from one of Nepal’s sacred temples and has been a prized exhibit in Australia for more than 20 years is at the centre of a diplomatic dilemma...
MT View: Nancy’s decision to visit Taiwan isn’t wise
At a time when the war between Russia and Ukraine has sparked global outrage and attention, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's 19-hour visit to Taiwan Wednesday prompted large-scale military exercises from China that broached...
MT View: It’s time to legalize marijuana in Nepal
Recently ruling party lawmakers have proposed legalizing marijuana in Nepal, where the hippie contingent liked to congregate for use of marijuana in the 1960s when hippie’s zeitgeist was zippy in Nepal. If this push to legalize pot succeeds...
Problem of modern art criticism
The issue of 'Nepali art criticism' struck me once again when I went to present a discourse on this subject at the invitation of the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts on May 5, 2022.
I...
‘Narendra Modi confirming Lumbini as Buddha’s birthplace has not changed some of India’s perceptions...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Nepal for a long-day visit to Lumbini on the occasion of Buddha Purnima. He returned home this afternoon on a special helicopter of the Indian Air...
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Save the elephants
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Why is Multilateralism in disarray?
In his seminal paper entitled "Multilateralism: the Anatomy of an Institution," John Gerard Ruggie defines multilateralism as an institutional arrangement that facilitates coordination among...
Nicola Bulley and the psychology of when people go missing –...
In the UK, on 27th January, Nicola Bulley, disappeared while walking her dog by a river in Lancashire, England. The story was widely covered in...
The Psychology of Surviving an Earthquake
The BBC News website is now reporting that the death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquake, at the time of writing, has passed 33,000, exceeding...