Five years after the constitution, where do we stand?

Published On: September 15, 2020 10:00 AM NPT By: Jivesh Jha

Five years after the constitution, where do we stand?

The federal democratic republican constitution of Nepal is turning five this Asoj 3 (September 19). The document, in principle, addresses the needs and aspirations of the citizens who are united together for the purpose of resisting external intervention, upholding rule of law and preservation of sovereignty and integrity.

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My address to the UNGA

Published On: September 14, 2020 03:40 PM NPT By: Jaya Raj Acharya

My address to the UNGA

My ancestors regarded this planet earth as a nest (yatra visvanm bhavatyekaneeda) and all of us as chicks living in it. If this nest falls apart or is infected by some viruses as COVID-19, can any one of us remain unaffected?

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Beirut must be saved

Published On: September 14, 2020 03:30 PM NPT By: Marwan Abboud

Beirut must be saved

BEIRUT – For millennia, Lebanon has been a meeting point for different cultures and peoples, and also a victim of regional power struggles that have stood in the way of lasting peace. Yet even through the country’s long civil war (1975-90), Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, managed to preserve its open culture. As a bastion of free media, creative literary forums, and renowned academic institutions, it is the pearl of the Middle East.

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India’s Chinese red herring in Nepal

Published On: September 14, 2020 12:45 PM NPT By: Babu Krishna Karki

India’s Chinese red herring in Nepal

In principle and official pronouncements, India-Nepal relations have always an exemplary brotherly bond. The reality, however, is markedly different. It has remained acrimonious at the core but was always enveloped in a veneer of unparalleled amity. After the current territorial row that plunged bilateral relations to rock bottom, that long-held façade of a special bond has crumbled like a house of cards.

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NCP should stop assault on the Constitution

Published On: September 13, 2020 08:00 AM NPT By: Abhishek Pratap Shah

NCP should stop assault on the Constitution

The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) secretariat has decided to nominate the party’s vice-chairperson Bamdev Gautam as a member of the National Assembly. Narayan Kaji Shrestha and few other NCP leaders who had lost the election have already been nominated to the National Assembly. People have voiced strong objections to such nominations, jeopardizing the legitimacy of the Assembly itself. People are talking of the Assembly as a place to settle the rejected political leaders.

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COVID-19 offers businesses in Nepal and elsewhere an opportunity to shine

Published On: September 13, 2020 08:00 AM NPT By: Curtis S. Chin and Abhinav Seetharaman

COVID-19 offers businesses in Nepal and elsewhere an opportunity to shine

Attention to employees and supply chains will help define the “S” in ESG leadership

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The digital delight

Published On: September 12, 2020 02:18 PM NPT By: Shristi Kafle

The digital delight

How Covid-19 lockdown triggered a positive change in Nepal’s e-governance system and digital economy

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The UN’s unhappy birthday

Published On: September 12, 2020 01:00 PM NPT By: Richard N Haass

The UN’s unhappy birthday

The United Nations has fallen far short of its goals to “maintain international peace and security,” “develop friendly relations among nations’’ and “achieve international cooperation in solving international problems.”

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19 years of 9/11

Published On: September 11, 2020 12:00 PM NPT By: Narayan Adhikari

19 years of 9/11

September 11, 2001. That was the black day of terror for the world. Today, 19 years later, we still feel its reverberations. The 9/11 attack was the deadliest attack on the US soil since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.

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Building back better on food and agriculture

Published On: September 11, 2020 11:45 AM NPT By: QU Dongyu

Building back better on food and agriculture

As the impacts of COVID-19 take their toll on human health and well-being around the world, the imperative of producing and ensuring access to healthy food for each and every one of us must not be overlooked. The food systems that must give daily sustenance to all humans on this planet are under threat by the pandemic. If we want to avoid what could be the worst food crisis in modern history, we need robust and strategic international cooperation at an extraordinary scale.

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