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Politics

The Nepali Congress president is a man without a plan

Gagan Thapa says he will make good decision if he becomes prime minister. What kind of plan is that?

Business & Economics
Not just jobs, but micro-worlds of community and memory.
Governance & Politics
Nepal's new government has had a dramatic week in front of parliament.
Activism
The acting chief justice called her career a fight. A courtroom is no place for one.
Governance & Politics
The left, now, has nowhere left to stand.
Markets
NEPSE2,041.3▲ 0.8%
USD/NPR132.54▼ 0.12
Gold/Tola1,46,200▲ 800
EUR/NPR144.20▲ 0.34
Brent$82.14▼ 0.45%
Inflation6.4%▼ 0.2pp
Governance & Politics
What failed under municipal power now becomes a test of national authority in Balen Shah’s hands.
Governance & Politics
For the first time, a member of Nepal's most marginalised community sits in its cabinet. Sita Badi intends to make…
Economics
Nepal's communists built a welfare architecture the country cannot afford. Swarnim Wagle must have the courage to dismantle it.
Latest Stories
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Opinion
The Nepali
Nepal's GenZ protest movement was heroic, leaderless, and paid for in blood. It took its self-appointed leaders approximately three months to find…
The Nepali
The nation’s oldest democratic force cannot fix its problem, if it does not know what the problem is.
Nepal at a Glance
GDP Growth3.8%
Inflation6.4%
RemittancesNPR 321bn
Forex Reserves$13.2bn
Policy Rate5.5%
Unemployment11.4%