Proposed amendment to visit visa law is deeply flawed

Published On: January 3, 2021 08:30 AM NPT By: Karan Kunwar and Indu Dhungana

Making English language proficiency mandatory smacks of colonial mindset. Academic qualification must not be made the essential requirement to obtain visit visa.

The brutal governance lessons of 2020

Published On: January 3, 2021 08:00 AM NPT By: Ngaire Woods

The pandemic has revealed the urgent need to build connective tissue across governments and between national and sub-national institutions in the US and the UK.

Is PM Oli taking the country back to dictatorship?

Published On: January 3, 2021 07:11 AM NPT By: Chiranjibi Paudyal

Dissolution of the parliament itself is not a dictatorial move if there is a reasonable reason.

Human rights matter

Published On: January 2, 2021 08:00 AM NPT By: Simone Galimberti

Recent events show how important it is for the countries in the world to uphold human rights.

How to save your children from bullying

Published On: January 2, 2021 07:00 AM NPT By: Usha Pokharel

Look for physical marks such as unexplained bruises, scratches, broken bones, and healing wounds. Be alert when your child fears going to school or joining school events.

Who had it "bad" and who had it "good" in Asia in 2020?

Published On: January 1, 2021 07:30 AM NPT By: Curtis S Chin and Jose B Collazo

The Asian Development Bank projects that the coronavirus could push 160 million more into poverty across Asia. The region’s poverty rate will increase for the first time in 20 years, according to the World Bank.

Nepal can decide its own political fate

Published On: December 31, 2020 03:17 PM NPT By: Dr Mahesh K Maskey

If India, China and the US desire to have some show in Nepal, it is high time they learnt to be on the sideshows amicably.

Living and dying in America in 2021

Published On: December 31, 2020 07:00 AM NPT By: Anne Case and Angus Deaton

Even if vaccines are widely distributed by mid-2021, there could be several hundred thousand more pandemic-related deaths in the US.

Europe’s misconceived cohesion

Published On: December 30, 2020 09:00 AM NPT By: Bálint Magyar/Bálint Madlovics

The EU was built on a vision of regime homogeneity. But the bloc has become heterogeneous, with some members breaching liberal-democratic principles.

Righting research

Published On: December 30, 2020 08:40 AM NPT By: Shya

Drawing from writing support programs for scholars in South Asia, this essay offers some practical strategies for making a shift from teaching to training, knowing to doing, when it comes to support for research and publication.