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

Eyewash

Published On: June 28, 2016 12:15 AM NPT By: Republica

Punishing extortionist schools

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.

Well done

Published On: June 23, 2016 12:25 AM NPT By: Republica

Farewell to 12 killed workers

Tinderbox

Published On: June 22, 2016 12:00 AM NPT By: Republica

Potentially hundreds of thousands of cylinders that we are using in our homes could be sub-standard.

Please don’t go

Published On: June 21, 2016 01:05 AM NPT By: Republica

There is a limit to what Nepali nation-state, with its limited means, can do to ensure the safety of all its workers.

Indefensible

Published On: June 20, 2016 12:50 AM NPT By: Republica

If Nepal is a functioning state, it must be able to crack a whip on these criminal elements.