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Media matters

Dec 26, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

Elected leaders’ attack on the press highlights increasing threats to media freedoms in Nepal27 December 20242024 was marked by Nepal’s politicians attempting to silence journalists and institutions that were critical of them. Despite being elected, they seem to be learning the tricks about gagging the media from authoritarians in the neighbourhood. But the lesson there is that such suppression is counterproductive.
China syndrome

Dec 5, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

Prime Minister K P Oli’s visit to China this week was proof that Nepal suffers self-inflicted geopolitical harm. Let’s call it the ‘China syndrome’. Weeks before the visit, opposition politicians, coalition partners, op-ed influencers all started ringing alarm bells about backlash from India about Oli not going to Delhi first. Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal even internationalised a domestic issue by telling an Indian newspaper what it wanted to hear about Oli using ‘the China card’.
Oli’s oscillations

Nov 14, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

Prime Minister K P Oli appears to have decided that since an invitation to visit India is not forthcoming, he will go to China instead. This breaks the tradition of Nepal’s prime ministers flying off to New Delhi first after assuming office. The Indian media has labelled Oli as ‘pro-China’ so often that most of India seems to believe it. Having a pro-China public persona suits Oli fine since it bolsters his nationalist credentials at home, while privately he keeps his trust with Indian leaders.
Common minimum performance

Sep 20, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

Oblivious to rising public discontent, Nepal’s ruling coalition offers band aid response20 September 2024A task force of the UML-NC coalition presented its Common Minimum Program (CMP) to Prime Minister K P Oli on Wednesday, reaffirming the deal Nepal’s two largest parties made in July to amend the Constitution.
Medicine on the move

Sep 16, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

The Asia-Pacific Travel Health Conference in Kathmandu to discuss disease dynamics in an interconnected world16 September 2024The 14th Asia-Pacific Travel Health Conference is set to take place in Kathmandu from 18-21 September, bringing together 200 delegates from 27 countries to explore advances in travel medicine which have relevance for Nepal’s own tourism industry.
The geopolitics of Nepal’s politics…

Aug 15, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

…as the Subcontinent becomes a political, economic, and socio-cultural battleground for Asia’s emerging powers16 August 2024Earlier in August, after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India following her violent suppression of a people’s movement, in Nepal pundits asked: ‘Is Nepal Next?” The national narrative here focused on similar public discontent with leaders who have overstayed, disregarding public welfare while being neck-deep in corruption.
100, 101, 102

Jul 26, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

Nepal’s emergency services must be adequately staffed, equipped and integrated to save lives27 July 2024When a deadly debris flow on the night of 12 July swept two intercity buses into the Trisuli River along the Mugling highway, it took more than an hour for rescue to arrive as shocked survivors groped in the darkness. One bus had left Kathmandu for Gaur with 36 passengers the previous evening. The other was heading to the capital from Birganj, carrying 26 passengers.
Democracy’s sidekicks

Jul 25, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

Nepal’s two biggest parties uniting gives both added reason to be accountable to voters25 July 2024K P Oli and his coalition partner Sher Bahadur Deuba have been prime ministers of Nepal a total of nine times between them. This gives them the joint responsibility of allaying widespread public perception that it is time to pass on the baton.
Rapid fire governments in Nepal

Jul 4, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

Nepali politics is in limbo again with a lame duck prime minister from a minority party04 July 2024In math, if only two out of three variables can be together, its permutation can have only three values. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) have teamed up three times since 2017, the last time just four months ago. The Maoists and the Nepali Congress (NC) also got hitched three times.
Retrofitting SAARC

Jun 20, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

There is cautious optimism after the Indian election results that the semi-comatose South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) can be revived. The Kathmandu-headquartered bloc has been in limbo since November 2016, when Pakistan was set to host its 19th Summit, but India pulled out after an attack on its military in Kashmir which it blamed on Pakistan.