Op ed

The Government of Nepal must take urgent diplomatic leadership in resolving the long-standing Bhutanese refugee crisis and securing the release and dignified reintegration of Bhutanese political prisoners through a rights-based, humanitarian approach.  

AI is accelerating efficiency across sectors, but without strategic allocation, it risks deepening inequality, distorting priorities, and diverting resources away from long-term societal needs.

Nepal’s declining manufacturing sector, driven by structural weaknesses, policy bottlenecks, and investment challenges, raises urgent questions about whether recent reforms can revive industrial growth and reverse deindustrialization.

A newly formed asset probe commission aims to tackle unexplained wealth, but its credibility will depend on impartial investigations, transparency, and the government’s willingness to act on its findings.

GDP-driven growth alone is insufficient to ensure human well-being. Nepal needs to adopt a more balanced development model that prioritises happiness, social cohesion and quality of life alongside economic progress.

Ministers in the Balen cabinet must substantiate their declared assets with verifiable proof. Failure to ensure transparency risks eroding public trust and fueling political disillusionment.

A well-intentioned ban on bridge courses and entrance prep risks backfiring by targeting symptoms rather than the deeper structural flaws of Nepal’s education system.

Missed anti-corruption deadlines and opaque asset disclosures are eroding public trust in governance and exposing deep structural limits to accountability in Nepal.

Migration is not only transforming Nepal’s economy through remittances but also quietly reshaping citizens’ expectations, weakening state dependency, and redefining the foundations of political authority.

India-Nepal electricity trade is transforming traditional geopolitics by replacing territorial boundaries with energy interdependence, reshaping regional cooperation and strategic relations in South Asia.