The current political events appear to be heading for their customary decadal turbulent trajectory. This is the impression the capital seems to have obtained after it witnessed the presence of ...

Former King Gyanendra Shah, backed by the royalist Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), has launched a bold campaign to reclaim ...

Nepal's recent political history tells us that the route to a return of monarchy cannot go through India despite friends in ...

Since 1951, democracy has been both a tool for positive change and a system manipulated for vested interests. This essay ...

"Cake eka genna" (Bring the cake) intoned President Mahinda Rajapaksa when last Monday's cabinet meeting ended. "Today is a special day," he told his ministers gathered at 'Temple Trees' for an even ...

While the Narayanhiti Palace is famous for its stunning architecture, it is also remembered for one of Nepal’s darkest events — the Nepalese Royal Massacre.

Mao and the monarch: King Mahendra with Mao Zedong in Beijing during the king's state visit to China in 1967. Till about 200 years ago China and India were the world’s largest economies, and that ...

Shakuntala Pradhan is a pioneering classical musician and professor from Dharan, Nepal, One of the first-generation women to sing on Radio Nepal, Pradhan studied classical music in Baroda, India.