Opinion

Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity

There could be no better time to deliberate on the theme ‘Rebuilding Trust and Reigniting Global Solidarity’, particularly when trust and cooperation are in short supply and crisis of confidence reign the world. Today, due to the resu…

The Abraham Accords: Celebrating three years of regional cooperation

This week marks a very important milestone for the Middle East and North Africa: three years since the signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, under the auspices of the US government. Three month…

Nepal enmeshed in cartographic war between China and India***

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Are women really equal citizens in Nepal?

A citizenship certificate, in Nepal, is the one and only significant document to acquire other primary legal identity documents such as passports, driving licenses, voter ID cards, and birth registration certificates. In the absence of a citizenship…

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The Four Diplomats

Dr Madan Kumar Bhattarai, former Foreign Secretary and ambassador to Germany and Japan, needs no introduction. He is already a name as a diplomat. Now he has been equally active in writing biographies of people who have made contributions in on…

Safeguarding Nepal's national interest

National interests are the raison d’etre for foreign policy. Advancing national interests is the main objective of our foreign policy. We should tailor our foreign policy to suit our national interests and pursue an interest-based foreign…

Modi's upcoming US visit and its impact on Nepal

Speculations are being made that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to the US will directly affect Asia and indirectly world politics. The growing relationship between America and India --which are suffering from China -- can b…

Liberalizing conservatism in new avatar

The preamble of the Constitution of Nepal states that Nepal is committed to socialism based on democratic norms and values including the people’s competitive multiparty democratic system of governance. The Constitution has laid down provisi…

Restore political ethics

Nepal is going to hold by-election on April 23 for the vacant seats in the federal parliament. These seats had become vacant when Ram Chandra Paudel, the elected candidate from Tanahun-1, and Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav from Bara-2 had resigne…

Rewiring your brain for positivity

Positive thinking makes you feel happy and energized. Positive thoughts fill in your mind with goodness. It helps you envision a brighter future. It is a state of hopeful optimism that always sees the bright side of life, rather than dwell…