Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has received the vote of confidence for the third time in the House of Representatives. This confidence vote comes after the Nepali Congress (NC) withdrew its support to the Dahal-led government on March 5. During today’s session in the House of Representatives, Prime Minister Dahal garnered 157 votes in favor […]
PM Dahal received vote of confidence for the third time Read Post »
Members of the ruling CPN (Maoist Center) Central Committee have called for an inquiry into the assets of party leaders. This demand was made during the fourth extended meeting of the party’s Central Committee, held on Wednesday. The leaders argued that such an investigation is crucial to demonstrate the party’s commitment to combat corruption in
CPN (Maoist Center) members call for corruption purification within party Read Post »
Nepal will hold national and provincial elections on Nov. 20, in a contest that the country’s ruling coalition, led by the centrist Nepali Congress party, hopes to win against a loose alliance of communist opposition. About 18 million people are eligible to vote for the 275-member parliament, as well as the 330 members of seven
Key issues and influencing factors for national elections amid faltering economy Read Post »
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli held an all-party meeting at his official residence in Baluwatar, Kathmandu on Saturday and called on leaders to support the smooth passage of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) agreement from the House of Representatives. Stating that Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota was deliberately putting the agreement on hold, the PM asked
By Pankaj Thapa After writing about the 101-year long Rana regime in Nepal from the lens of democracy, and currently researching about the Panchayat System in Nepal – a pattern within Nepal’s political spectrum becomes evident. During both times, upon realization of democracy, a certain sense of political disruption was bound to prevail in Nepal
Are we setting the right political culture? Read Post »
I would like to start the article with an early-teen experience of mine. Growing up, I used to visit my maternal parents’ home often – once during such visit, a story about a particular family was rife. The family comprised of four members, husband, wife, and two children. Coming from a well to do family,
Power, Patriarchy, and Nepal: What are we, if not a construct of society? Read Post »
The lockdown has left hundreds of thousands of migrant laborers to languish across the country and along its borders. Hunger and children’s cries are Nepal’s sore spots that have come out as stark realities of the nation’s financially weak population. “Nepal as a country might be poor but its citizens are rich,” is something we
Nepalis struggling for food while politicians are busy struggling for power Read Post »
Janata Samajwadi Party today registered itself as a new party at the Election Commission (EC). During late hours yesterday, Samajwadi Party Nepal and Rastriya Janata Party (RJP-N) announced a merger to form a new party. The registration number of the new party at the election body is 1388. Leaders of the two parties, Rajendra Mahato
Janata Samajwadi Party registers at Election Commission (with photos) Read Post »
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe has resigned from her post. Tumbahangphe handed over her resignation to the Parliament Secretariat today afternoon. A secretariat meeting of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), held at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar yesterday, decided to request Tumbahangphe to step down from her post
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