by Basant Pratap Singh in The Kathmandu Post,Sept 16th, 2023Kalu Dhami from Dhalain in ward 1 of Saipali Rural Municipality is a sheep farmer. Until four years ago, Dhami would go to Taligumpha village near Taklakot on the tri-junction of Nepal-China and India, to meet his friends. Dhami would routinely visit Taklakot, also known as Purang, the first city in Tibet that travellers encounter after leaving Nepal. Located at an altitude of 4,755 metres, Talklakot…
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report in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 15, 2023The Supreme Court has ordered the authorities to make extra arrangements for effective regulation of the open border between Nepal and India. The court said it has become necessary to stop illegal and criminal activities taking place in the bordering areas and effectively manage people’s movement across the international border. Issuing the full text of the mandamus order, which was issued two and a half years ago, the…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 14, 2023The Rastriya Swatantra Party has started investigating bribery charges against its central committee member Mohan Jung Thapa levelled by Dhaka Kumar Shrestha, a lawmaker who was sacked following a corruption case. The Swatantra Party had suspended Shrestha in April after a leaked audio recording revealed a voice, allegedly Shrestha’s, asking for a bribe. Two weeks later, he lost his position as a member of the House…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 14, 2023Police on Wednesday said the 60kg gold seized in July was linked to a large-scale smuggling racket orchestrated by a group of Chinese nationals whose connections extend from Hong Kong to Nepal and India. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Nepal Police on Wednesday submitted its investigation report to the District Attorney Office, Kathmandu asking the latter to prosecute 29 individuals—Nepali and foreigners—in connection…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 14, 2023On September 1, a meeting of various government agencies held at the prime minister’s residence in Baluwatar entrusted the National Planning Commission Vice Chairman Min Bahadur Shrestha with coordinating with various government entities and finalising a draft plan on implementing Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects. The Shrestha-led committee is quietly laying the ground for the execution of BRI projects. Based on the decision made by…
by Nawaz Farhin Antara in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 13, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has devised a three-tier candidate selection strategy ahead of the national parliamentary elections amidst concerns of legal battles and imprisonment faced by top leaders. The party is actively working to prepare candidates for the crucial elections while simultaneously pursuing its one-point movement for the resignation of the government. Under the strategy, the top tier of candidates will include established party leaders,…
by Mohan Shahi in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 12, 2023Sarita Dayali, has been buying milk from a restaurant nearby ever since the milkman refused to sell her milk a couple of years ago. Dayali is from the Dalit community and is the district chief of the Feminist Dalit Organisation in Silgadhi, the district headquarters of Doti. Dayali, a mother of two children, has been living in the district headquarters for almost a decade. Although she…
report in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 12, 2023The visiting delegation of the CPN-UML raised the map issue with the leaders of the Communist Party of China during a meeting in Beijing on Monday. A high-level UML delegation led by the party’s General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel met with several CPC leaders as part of the exchange programme between the two Communist parties. “China should support Nepal’s new map [unveiled in May 2020],” Rajesh Rai, who is…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 11, 2023At a time when the government is putting all its effort into expediting an amendment to the existing transitional justice law, victims of the insurgency from the side of the government security forces have sought the United Nations’ support for justice. Writing a letter to two human rights rapporteurs at the UN, they claim that Nepal’s transitional justice process excludes the security personnel victimised at the…