हिमाल खबरपत्रिका ( ८ मंसिर, २०८०) बाट टिकटकमा प्रतिबन्धले कुनै अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय कीर्तिमान हासिल गरेको नभई ‘भुइँमान्छे’ को जीविका, मनोरञ्जन, कल्पनाशीलता र स्वाभिमानसँग खेलबाड गरेको छ, लोकतन्त्रलाई एक खुट्किला तल झारेको छ। कात्तिक २७ गते पुष्पकमल दाहाल नेतृत्वको मन्त्रिपरिषद्ले ‘टिकटक’ एप्लिकेशनमा प्रतिबन्ध लगायो। यो निर्णय हरेक पाटोबाट गलत र अनुचित देखिन्छ- राजकाज, समाज, अर्थतन्त्र, राजनीति, भूराजनीति …
हिमाल खबरपत्रिका ( २१ कात्तिक, २०८०) बाट प्रधानमन्त्री दाहालको फरक ध्येयले राष्ट्रसंघका महासचिवलाई निम्त्याए पनि गुटेरेस त्यो स्वार्थको पासोमा बाँधिएनन्, पीडितलाई केन्द्रमा राखेर संक्रमणकालीन न्याय टुंग्याउनुपर्नेमा जोड दिए। मध्यपूर्वको मुलुक प्यालेस्टाइनको गाजामा इजरायलले बम बर्साइरहँदा संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघका महासचिव एन्टोनियो गुटेरेसले तीन दिन नेपालमा बिताएको सन्दर्भलाई धेरैले आश्चर्यभावले हेरे। एक जना नेपाली टिप्पणीकर्ताले त सामाजिक सञ्जाल …
From The Wire (November 3, 2023) The UN secretary-general clearly understands that, worldwide, the fraught arena of transitional justice has had too few successes. Herein lies the importance of Nepal, where the process is stuck but the victims and rights defenders have not let go. Kathmandu: Many observers found it intriguing that UN secretary-general António Guterres …
From IPS (Nov 2 2023)KATHMANDU, Nepal – Many observers found it intriguing that UN Secretary-General António Guterres would want to spend three full days in Nepal even as Israel was carpet-bombing Gaza. He did speak out from the Security Council floor, for which he was rewarded with a demand for resignation by the Israeli ambassador, …
Kathmandu, 31 October 2023 Dear Secretary-General António Guterres: We undersigned citizens of Nepal have greatly appreciated your presence in our country, a trip which you have utilised to highlight the importance of a humanitarian truce in Gaza, the dangers of the accelerating climate crisis, the message of peace of the Sakyamuni Siddhartha Gautam, as well …
From The Wire (October 28, 2023) It is important for Nepal that the relationship with the world body is normalised at an accelerated pace, because Nepal needs a friendly arm amidst the escalating great-power rivalries of Asia and globally. The United Nations has been vital to Nepal’s modern era, marking the vulnerable country’s international standing …
From Republica (Oct 27, 2023) The United Nations has been vital to Nepal’s modern era, marking the vulnerable country’s international standing through membership in the organisation in December 1955, providing development advisory and assistance over the decades outside the prism of geopolitical considerations. Nepal, too, has assisted the United Nations, most notably as the country …
From Scroll.in (Oct 27, 2023) When Islamabad and New Delhi come to their senses and make peace, the landmark immigration point will be full of bazaar cacophony so natural to Southasia. It does not require courage to make it over from Attari to Wagah on the India-Pakistan frontier but it does help to have the …
From The Wire (October 15, 2023) We cannot simply build hotel rooms and hope the tourists will come. In the case of both Pokhara and Bhairawa, the lethargy of the government is complemented by the lack of marketing imagination of the private sector. Chinese President Xi Jinping, ahead of his visit to Kathmandu in 2019, …
From Nepali Times (14 October 2023) How Pokhara and Bhairawa airports can be made to succeed as international portals Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of his visit to Kathmandu in 2019 said that the Chinese people especially want to visit Nepal. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi extolled Nepal’s beauty, speaking before Parliament in 2014. The incapacity …