Nepal's Numbers Don't Add Up

As toll hits 939, rescuers run out of tools, bags and choppers

Ink From The Margins

China’s worker-writers document gig economy pain. Wang Jiabang delivers food in Beijing. Between orders, he writes. His poems about long hours, low pa...

New Bangladesh, New Promise

BNP outlines vision after July Uprising. The July Uprising of 2024 was not a single event, says Shahadat Shadhin, Deputy Press Secretary to Bangladesh...

Kathmandu’s Price Crisis

In three months, the price of a bag of rice in Kathmandu jumped from Rs 2,100 to Rs 2,500. Leafy vegetables are unaffordable. Cooking gas is in artifi...

PAKISTAN: ATOMIC ABYSS

When the sun rises over the Pakistani landscape in the first quarter of 2026, its light reveals a bleak reality. There is no longer a path forward—onl...

BETWEEN TWO FIRES: PAKISTAN’S STRATEGIC QUAGMIRE

As the US-Israel-Iran conflict enters its third harrowing week, Pakistan finds itself suspended in a strategic void. Caught between its ironclad commi...

THE SILICON VOLCANO

The deceptive calm of the Taiwan Strait masks a bubbling geopolitical lava. While intelligence suggests a reprieve until 2027, Beijing’s 'Hunter-Alert...

THE DRAGON’S DESCENT

Mid-way through the 2020s, China finds itself trapped in a geopolitical 'sandbox' where its own creations have turned lethal. Xi Jinping’s ‘Chinese Dr...

Iran: A Soul Under Siege

On a cold January night, the air of Tehran was not merely icy—it was soaked in history. Chants echoing through the streets, severed internet lines, an...