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1,000 wasted days
Published On: July 7, 2016 01:00 AM NPT By: Republica
It’s an ingenious concept; sounds good, too. In the words of the World Bank, “nutrition experts worldwide have determined that the window of opportunity for improving nutrition is small, i.e., the first 1,000 days from the first day of pregnancy through the first two years of life”.
Photo-shopped fame
Published On: July 6, 2016 01:00 AM NPT By: Republica
Climbing Mount Everest is expensive. For a good reason. It is the highest peak in the world. Those who want to have the rare privilege of scaling it must, goes the justification, be ready to pay a price that is as steep as the arduous climb.
Rotten system
Published On: July 5, 2016 12:45 AM NPT By: Republica
Every day, one Nepali migrant worker dies in Malaysia. A Nepali worker dies every alternate day in Qatar while they die at the rate of five a month in the UAE. And they die young. The average age of Nepali migrants who die abroad is just 30 years.
Time has come
Published On: July 4, 2016 12:35 AM NPT By: Republica
But even after the unveiling of the budget, Oli refused to step down. This is why Dahal has of late once again tried to woo Congress leadership.
Early warning
Published On: July 2, 2016 12:25 AM NPT By: Republica
The tragedy that unfolded at the Pushpanjali Boarding School located at Lalitpur’s Toukhel on Friday, leading to the deaths of two young students and injuries to 20 others, perfectly epitomizes the great risk school-going students face in the 14 districts affected by last year’s earthquakes.
Comedy of errors
Published On: June 30, 2016 12:25 AM NPT By: Republica
Help for earthquake victims
Don’t rush them
Published On: June 29, 2016 12:20 AM NPT By: Republica
Local-level elections
Where to now?
Published On: June 27, 2016 12:15 AM NPT By: Republica
It is strange that the country should still hew to the Cold War-era principle of “non-alignment”.
No cure-all
Published On: June 25, 2016 02:00 AM NPT By: Republica
British Prime Minister David Cameron was effectively leading a double-life. In 2005, he assumed the leadership of the traditionally Euro-skeptic Conservative Party. The Conservatives have always been uncomfortable with unelected bosses in Brussels making important decisions on behalf of Britain. The European Union and its jumble of regulations, in their reckoning, were putting fetters on the high ambitions of a business-oriented Britain.
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