Commentaries
COVID-19 impacting Nepal’s tourist based economy
Tourism is one of the largest industries in Nepal. Last year, Nepal’s tourism industry generated Rs 240 billion and supported 1 million jobs. Novel Coronavirus (hereafter referred as ‘COVID-19’) has hard hit this industry...
Sunup of Federal Republican Constitution, Sundown of Unitary Charters in Nepal
Although Nepal has already experimented with four formal Constitutions and two Interim Constitutions since 1948, the 2015 Constitution is idiosyncratic as it establishes the Himalayan state as a ‘Federal Democratic Republic’ for...
Sanctity of judiciary must for maintaining Rule of Law, Constitutionalism
The rule of law doesn’t exist unless there is an independent judiciary to help protect it. Independent and impartial judiciary is indisputably believed as one of the hallmarks of a vibrant democracy. However, the elected govern...
The progressive and regressive issues of Nepali Constitution: A study in the light of Constitution of India
A painful decade of bloody Maoist insurgency and then years of failed attempts later, Nepal on September 20, 2015 got a new Constitutional document, a development that led to celebrations in Hills but 135 days long protests in southern plai...
Maldives crisis: India’s foreign policy is not delivering in South Asia
Ever since the Maldives witnessed a serious political crisis, the political and media establishments of India have found themselves at a receiving end. Opinions are divided over how New Delhi should tackle the situation...
Importance of Political Freedom and Economic Freedom: Is There Any Correlation Between Political Freedom and Economic Freedom?
What is Freedom?? Freedom, under capitalism, states: freedom from the initiation of force by others. In a political context, freedom is to live in a social system based on individual rights, or in practical terms, freedom has only...
Nepal-Bangladesh-India initiative has major potential
The South Asian region is gaining momentum in economic progress. India is a fast growing economy while Bangladesh too has been achieving remarkable feat in its economic growth. As the closest neighbour of both India and Bangladesh, Nepal ca...
Party manifestos: Almost mirror images of one another
The manifesto of a political party is a guidebook for voters to know ‘where a particular party stands' while also helping voters make a rational decision on who to vote for. The gist of the provincial and parliamentary elect...
India-Nepal-Bangladesh trilateral cooperation: A key initiative to counter China in South Asia
Nepal is at a very significant juncture. The provincial and parliamentary elections in the Himalayan democracy on November 26 and December 7 will decide the future journey of the country which has seen very little political stability since...
ASEAN needs to take humane view of the Rohingya's crisis
Rohingya refugees is one of the critical issues, being faced by not only the neighboring countries, instead ASEAN as well. To find the solution of this problem, the Kofi Annan Foundation and the Office of the State Counsellor constituted an...