When disaster travels through screens: Coping with post-traumatic stress

When disaster travels through screens: Coping with post-traumatic stress

A 55-year-old homemaker living in Kathmandu has found herself scrolling through her mobile phone every few minutes for news about the Rasuwa flood.

A 55-year-old homemaker living in Kathmandu has found herself scrolling through her mobile phone every few minutes for news about the Rasuwa flood.

Opinion 19 h ago

Balen Builder Mandate: Marching orders for the rebuilding of Nepal

Balen Builder Mandate: Marching orders for the rebuilding of Nepal

On 8 September 2025, the Republic of Nepal turned its guns on its own children. Young Nepalis marched into the streets of Kathmandu armed with nothing heavier than their phones and their hope. They demanded only to be heard. Before nightfall, the state they had been taught to love answered them with live rounds.

On 8 September 2025, the Republic of Nepal turned its guns on its own children. Young Nepalis marched into the streets of Kathmandu armed with nothing heavier than their phones and their hope. They demanded only to be heard. Before nightfall, the state they had been taught to love answered them with live rounds.

Opinion 1d ago

Beyond generation: Why the new Butwal-India transmission link is a strategic lifeline

Beyond generation: Why the new Butwal-India transmission link is a strategic lifeline

The government has articulated a bold target of developing 40 GW of power generation capacity by 2040. While state agencies and private developers pour billions into hydro projects, generation tells only half the story.

The government has articulated a bold target of developing 40 GW of power generation capacity by 2040. While state agencies and private developers pour billions into hydro projects, generation tells only half the story.

Opinion 1d ago

The gap nobody is talking about: Why Nepal's stagnant child mortality rate is a warning sign

The gap nobody is talking about: Why Nepal's stagnant child mortality rate is a...

Every year in Nepal, a family celebrates a pregnancy with hope, follows the antenatal visits they are told to attend, and delivers their baby in a health facility — doing everything right, by the book.

Every year in Nepal, a family celebrates a pregnancy with hope, follows the antenatal visits they are told to attend, and delivers their baby in a health facility — doing everything right, by the book.

Opinion 02 Oct, 2026

Balen at six months: The test of institutional power

Balen at six months: The test of institutional power

Balendra “Balen” Shah’s first six months in office have been marked by a steady consolidation of authority, contraction of cabinet space, and a governing style that increasingly sidelines institutional norms. His rise was unconventional and his mandate emphatic, but his methods now raise structural concerns that extend beyond personality and touch the core of Nepal’s parliamentary functioning.

Balendra “Balen” Shah’s first six months in office have been marked by a steady consolidation of authority, contraction of cabinet space, and a governing style that increasingly sidelines institutional norms. His rise was unconventional and his mandate emphatic, but his methods now raise structural concerns that extend beyond personality and touch the core of Nepal’s parliamentary functioning.

Opinion 01 Oct, 2026

Nowhere safe, nowhere to go: Water-induced migration after Bhotekoshi

Nowhere safe, nowhere to go: Water-induced migration after Bhotekoshi

On the morning of August 26, an ice-rock avalanche in the upper Lhende Khola sent a surge of water and debris into the Bhotekoshi.

On the morning of August 26, an ice-rock avalanche in the upper Lhende Khola sent a surge of water and debris into the Bhotekoshi.

Opinion 01 Oct, 2026

When there is no body: Rethinking death registration after Nepal's disasters

When there is no body: Rethinking death registration after Nepal's disasters

For some families affected by the Bhotekoshi floods, the waiting has already changed into mourning.

For some families affected by the Bhotekoshi floods, the waiting has already changed into mourning.

Opinion 30 Sep, 2026

Light before liberty

Light before liberty

On a clear winter night in 2014, astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed the Korean peninsula from above.

On a clear winter night in 2014, astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed the Korean peninsula from above.

Opinion 30 Sep, 2026

Premier Balen's address to the UNGA: Successful in persuading the global world

Premier Balen's address to the UNGA: Successful in persuading the global world

The address by Premier Balen Shah to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has been under the scrutiny of people both inside and outside Nepal. Several people in Nepal heaved a huge sigh of relief after hearing his speech, which was non-controversial compared with a few speeches delivered in the past. Several foreign newspapers commented on his speech, including The New York Times, which referred to the sunglasses he wore while delivering the address.

The address by Premier Balen Shah to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has been under the scrutiny of people both inside and outside Nepal. Several people in Nepal heaved a huge sigh of relief after hearing his speech, which was non-controversial compared with a few speeches delivered in the past. Several foreign newspapers commented on his speech, including The New York Times, which referred to the sunglasses he wore while delivering the address.

Opinion 30 Sep, 2026

Growing with nature

Growing with nature

Every summer, we hear the same complaint: "kasto garmi badheko”. We often blame climate change, and global warming. But have we ever stopped to ask whether our own cities are making the heat even worse?

Every summer, we hear the same complaint: "kasto garmi badheko”. We often blame climate change, and global warming. But have we ever stopped to ask whether our own cities are making the heat even worse?

Opinion 30 Sep, 2026

The dual-engine pushback: How BRICS and SCO Summits challenged U.S. dominance

The dual-engine pushback: How BRICS and SCO Summits challenged U.S. dominance

The global geopolitical landscape is undergoing a profound structural shift, marked by a coordinated pushback against the post-Cold War international order.

The global geopolitical landscape is undergoing a profound structural shift, marked by a coordinated pushback against the post-Cold War international order.

Opinion 28 Sep, 2026

Early warning to early action: Nepal's next step in disaster preparedness

Early warning to early action: Nepal's next step in disaster preparedness

When a potential cyclone brews in the Bay of Bengal, the primary source of over 80 percent annual rainfall in Nepal, the fragile landscape hit by “himalayan tsunami” less than a month ago awaits confirmation for the cyclone that got its name, “Arnab” before existence.

When a potential cyclone brews in the Bay of Bengal, the primary source of over 80 percent annual rainfall in Nepal, the fragile landscape hit by “himalayan tsunami” less than a month ago awaits confirmation for the cyclone that got its name, “Arnab” before existence.

Opinion 27 Sep, 2026

Bhotekoshi: From warning to accountability

Bhotekoshi: From warning to accountability

Just over a month after the August 26 Bhotekoshi–Trishuli flood, families are searching for missing loved ones while rebuilding shattered lives. Authorities received warning of a major flood moving downstream and alerts were issued, although the precise chronology requires reconstruction. Yet devastating losses followed.

Just over a month after the August 26 Bhotekoshi–Trishuli flood, families are searching for missing loved ones while rebuilding shattered lives. Authorities received warning of a major flood moving downstream and alerts were issued, although the precise chronology requires reconstruction. Yet devastating losses followed.

Opinion 27 Sep, 2026

Small-state realism: An alternative to inconsistent, individual-centric diplomacy

Small-state realism: An alternative to inconsistent, individual-centric diplomacy

Recently, influential lawmaker of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Amresh Kumar Singh, blatantly accused from the podium of the House of Representatives (HoR) that the chief advisor of Prime Minister (PM) Balendra Shah had secretly met Indian PM Narendra Modi’s chief security advisor in a New Delhi hotel.

Recently, influential lawmaker of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Amresh Kumar Singh, blatantly accused from the podium of the House of Representatives (HoR) that the chief advisor of Prime Minister (PM) Balendra Shah had secretly met Indian PM Narendra Modi’s chief security advisor in a New Delhi hotel.

Opinion 25 Sep, 2026

Pooled benefit: The importance of meta-analysis

Pooled benefit: The importance of meta-analysis

We all know that clinicians, physicians, researchers, and others are up against a huge challenge — the overwhelming wealth of information, even in taut, small areas of speciality interest. Reviews designed to summarise the outsized volumes of information are, as a result, frequently published.

We all know that clinicians, physicians, researchers, and others are up against a huge challenge — the overwhelming wealth of information, even in taut, small areas of speciality interest. Reviews designed to summarise the outsized volumes of information are, as a result, frequently published.

Opinion 24 Sep, 2026

A courteous question to the sky

A courteous question to the sky

Mr Musk, may I put to you, with the greatest respect, a question my country has long hesitated to ask: is Starlink a militarised vehicle? I raise it not as a challenge but as an invitation to clarity.

Mr Musk, may I put to you, with the greatest respect, a question my country has long hesitated to ask: is Starlink a militarised vehicle? I raise it not as a challenge but as an invitation to clarity.

Opinion 24 Sep, 2026

EDITORIAL: Protect public health in the aftermath of devastating flood

EDITORIAL: Protect public health in the aftermath of devastating flood

In the harrowing aftermath of the devastating Bhotekoshi floods, media coverage is filled with immediate visuals of the disaster, from shattered suspension bridges, inundated valleys to heroic search and rescue operations.

In the harrowing aftermath of the devastating Bhotekoshi floods, media coverage is filled with immediate visuals of the disaster, from shattered suspension bridges, inundated valleys to heroic search and rescue operations.

Opinion 02 Sep, 2026

EDITORIAL: Time running out for search and rescue

EDITORIAL: Time running out for search and rescue

The devastating flash floods along the Bhotekoshi River corridor across Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and downstream districts have laid bare the acute vulnerabilities of Nepal’s high-altitude Himalayan infrastructure.

The devastating flash floods along the Bhotekoshi River corridor across Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and downstream districts have laid bare the acute vulnerabilities of Nepal’s high-altitude Himalayan infrastructure.

Opinion 06 Sep, 2026

EDITORIAL: Lower blasting risk with proven hydrological engineering

EDITORIAL: Lower blasting risk with proven hydrological engineering

In an unequivocal statement on state-led disaster risk reduction, Nepal’s Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha announced that the government is undertaking technical preparations to lower water levels in extremely high-risk glacial lakes.

In an unequivocal statement on state-led disaster risk reduction, Nepal’s Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha announced that the government is undertaking technical preparations to lower water levels in extremely high-risk glacial lakes.

Opinion 10 Sep, 2026

EDITORIAL: Protecting tourism in the aftermath of Bhotekoshi flood

EDITORIAL: Protecting tourism in the aftermath of Bhotekoshi flood

Among the major sectors hit by the Bhotekoshi flood, tourism tops the list. On the surface, the flood appeared as an isolated hydrological event, but the reality is that it has rapidly escalated into a national crisis, threatening both economic stability and pegging back the growth of the tourism sector

Among the major sectors hit by the Bhotekoshi flood, tourism tops the list. On the surface, the flood appeared as an isolated hydrological event, but the reality is that it has rapidly escalated into a national crisis, threatening both economic stability and pegging back the growth of the tourism sector

Opinion 16 Sep, 2026