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Nepal's political drama deserves its own Netflix series. The latest balancing act by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has not only left those within the seven-party governing alliance discontented, but also outraged media commentators around the conflict of interest of the new appointees.
Nepal now has a Minister of Urban Development who is also the Chairman and Managing Director at a construction company with ongoing government infrastructure contracts. And the Labour Minister is the International Marketing Director of a recruitment agency. More on this on our Page 1 story. Also read our editorial.
Other highlights from this week's issue:
Un-centralising the Federal Structure
Eight years after the Constitution was promulgated, and after the second elections under the federal system, we are still trying to make federalism work. It is a work-in-progress. Borderlines column by Chandra Kishore.
2015 was just a warning, a mega-quake is overdue in western Nepal. 15 million people will be directly affected. Experts estimate more than mass casualties.
How to Make Nepal’s Skies Safer
Analysis of accident data of the last six decades of Nepal’s aviation history shows a pattern. But the tragic crash of the Yeti Airlines ATR72 in Pokhara on 15 January did not fit this template.
In this edition of Diaspora Diaries, the story of Krishna Timalsina who went overseas to save up enough capital to start his own clothing business in Nepal.
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