Understanding federal grants in fiscal federalism
To help reduce inequalities among the provinces and fund public services, the federal government disburses intergovernmental fiscal transfers, commonly known as grants.
Kathmandu’s decay: From glorious past to ominous future
From potential to become an exemplary megalopolis, imbibing knowledge from its past, to becoming a hideous and hazardous valley, here’s Kathmandu’s story. What was Kathmandu …
Kathmandu - A crumbling valley!
Kathmandu Valley has lost its fertile land to sprawls while hills and forests are felled without rethinking. The air has become toxic, rivers are polluted …
Understanding federal grants in fiscal federalism
To help reduce inequalities among the provinces and fund public services, the federal government disburses intergovernmental fiscal transfers, commonly known as grants.
The majestic Upper Mustang and its water troubles
From the trans-Himalayan highlands to villages nestled amid green terraces downstream, water troubles seem to have escalated in the region.
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Visit visa probe committee faces crisis of credibility
Opposition lawmakers raise questions about neutrality in the visit visa probe
With monsoon widespread all over the country, cloudy skies prevail for today and the upcoming two days, along with rainfall in different provinces.
A week into Israel-Iran conflict
As the escalation enters its eighth day, Iran exercises diplomatic channels to put pressure on Israel while the latter seeks US military intervention, about which …
In Nepal, air pollution is reducing life by 3.4 years
The country’s rising pollution represents an enormous health and economic crisis, with air pollution levels in the Kathmandu valley and Terai too dangerously above safe …
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To look North or South? Rethinking non-alignment and neutrality
Nepal’s long-held foreign policy goals of neutrality and non-alignment must be reexamined
Inside Nepal’s visit visa scandal and tainted home ministry
Bureaucratic redundancy in overseas travel, which is often tough to navigate for aspiring migrant workers on their own, has created routes for exploitation
Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear and military sites, Iran retaliates with drones
The attack on nuclear and military sites, and killings of Iran’s military commanders, raise fears of an all-out war between the two military powerhouses, who …
Fine arts: Colours of a nation
The Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (Nepal Lalitkala)’s exhibition, which brings together over 650 different genres of artworks by 605 local artists from across the …
Remittance surges 13.2% in 10 months | Reaches record NRs 1.36 trillion
In mid-May 2025, the country’s inflation eased to 2.77%, led by lower food prices, while remittance inflows hit a record NRs 1.36 trillion, boosting foreign …
‘A run that grows forests’: Doko Recyclers’s eco-run links environment, fitness and corporate action
Doko Recyclers, in collaboration with Meltdown Nepal, organised an eco-run on the occasion of Environment Day 2025. The event continues throughout June.
Israel’s blockade in Gaza risks famine, malnutrition and more. How the world order responds
The entire Gaza population is at severe risk of famine by September 30, and nearly 71,000 children and 17,000 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers risk acute …
Environment conservation in the new fiscal plan
Forest and Environment Ministry gets NRs 18.61 billion, while budgetary allocation under environmental conservation is NRs 12.9 billion
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