- Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Flexible, Growth-oriented Monetary Policy
The monetary policy for the fiscal year 2025/26, which was unveiled by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on July 11, 2025, aims to boost the sluggish economy by improving various sectors such as the financial sector and the share market. Althoug
Detrimental Impacts Of Consumerism
The Industrial Revolution (18th-20th century) was a pivotal era in human history, as it replaced the labour-intensive production process with a machine-driven process, reshaping production and distribution. The invention of the water frame
Reform Universities
Universities, centres for academic excellence and higher-level learning, play a constructive role in creating skilled human resources and disseminating knowledge. In developed countries, higher education is placed at the top priority with efficie
Superpower Trade War Of Attrition
Share prices plunged and despair enveloped American trade and industries after China stayed put, to the United States’ President Donald Trump announced a steep hike on imports of Chinese goods. The American president boasted that ma
Global Conflicts Reshaping Aviation Industry
Conflicts around the world are increasingly disrupting not only borders on land but also the routes we travel in the sky. As of mid-2025, nearly half a million commercial flights have been diverted or delayed due to geopolitical instabil
Loud Music In Buses
Public buses in Nepal are characterised by loud music from old speakers and the honking of two and four-wheelers. Whether it’s folk, local pop, Bollywood, or even English music, hits are played in these buses, no matter whether the commuters
Bidya's Entry Creates Ripples In UML
Former president Bidya Devi Bhandari’s re-entry into the CPN-UML has dropped a bombshell in the party, giving sleepless nights to its establishment which is not ready to welcome her. Two weeks ago, Bhandari, the spouse of late Mada
Eating Wild Mushrooms Can Be Deadly
For centuries, mushrooms have been a staple of traditional diets and medicines in many communities around the world. Many of the wild varieties have a well-established nutritional and therapeutic benefit. Several species are commende
Something To Unlearn
In fiction — be it books, films, web series, or even animated shows - women are often portrayed through a very specific lens. They're expected to be flawless with a full face of makeup, an hourglass figure, glowing skin, perfect posture, and a
Subset Of Conflicts Linked To Global Powers
The Russia-Ukraine, India-Pakistan and Israel-Iran conflicts are subsets of larger geopolitical struggles shaping the dynamics of world politics. Geopolitical thinkers believe that China has emerged as a security, economic and technologica
Climate Change: Secret Driver Of Inflation
When it comes to the topic of climate change, extreme weather events, which have increased in frequency, intensity, and duration in recent years, come to mind. These events often dominate the discussions, overshadowing other subtl
Science Of Intuition
When was the last time you just knew something—without being able to explain why? Have you ever had a gut feeling that something wasn’t right, only to discover later that your instincts were spot-on? We’re often taught to distrust these feeli
Europe On Churchill's Footstep
It is said that Winston Churchill had proposed a surprise allied attack on the Soviet Union weeks after the Nazi surrender in 1945 but his Military Adviser Field Marshal Alan Brooke rejected his idea saying that i
