by Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, July 24, 2023The government’s decision to allow district courts to handle cyber crimes comes as a respite for service seekers but there are doubts if the lower-rung courts have the capacity to look into the cases and deliver justice. Prior to the decision, the Nepal Police cyber bureau at Bhotahity had the sole mandate to investigate internet-related cases. That meant people from all over the country had to…
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report on Nepalnews.com, July 24, 2023Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Yuan Jiajun paid a courtesy call on Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Purna Bahadur Khadka on Sunday. In the meeting held at the Ministry of Defence, Singha Durbar, Acting PM Khadka extended his best wishes to the visiting Chinese leader for assuming office some time ago and expressed his confidence that Nepal-China relations would…
report in The Kathmandu Post, July 22, 2023 The ongoing Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting of the Nepali Congress that is being live-streamed to the audience for the first time in the party’s history lacks a structured and focussed debate. A joint meeting of the party’s office bearers and former office bearers on Sunday had set the agenda for the meeting, which is taking place after a gap of almost a year. The party’s statute…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, July 21, 2023On Thursday, the third day of the Nepali Congress’s Central Working Committee meeting, leaders came down heavily on the leadership, accusing it of failing the party on various fronts. Leaders speaking at the meeting said that the party’s top brass has failed to instil in the Congress rank and file a sense that the party was in government. They accused that despite being the largest…
.by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, July 21, 2023A debate is going on in Parliament, mainstream media and social media as to whether the Nepal Army should be downsized, right-sized, the status quo maintained, or if the size should be increased. The debate was first triggered by two members of Parliament, Bimala Rai Poudyal of the CPN-UML in the National Assembly and Swarnim Wagle of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, in the House of Representatives,…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, July 20, 2023The Nepali Congress leadership has come under withering attack from its own leaders at the ongoing central working committee meeting, which started on Monday in Lalitpur. The meeting is taking place after almost a year, although the party’s statute requires that it be held every two months. Those speaking on Tuesday and Wednesday at the meeting, which was broadcast live on social media for the first…
by Tika R Pradhan in the Kathmandu Post, July 19, 2023The long-delayed central committee meeting of the Nepali Congress started in Lalitpur on Tuesday. The meeting, which continues for several days, is expected to see heated exchanges between rival factions—amid growing dissatisfaction over the way the party is being run and its participation in the government. Interestingly, for the first time in the party’s history, the meeting was live-streamed on social media showcasing an exercise…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post,July 19, 2023The Communist Party of China (CPC) last week launched the “Silk Roadster” platform under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Nepal in the presence of some political parties and social organisations in Bhaktapur. Chinese leaders said the platform is a new concept brought to Nepal to mark the tenth anniversary of the proposition of the BRI by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Nepal signed up to the…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, July 18, 2023The bill criminalising usurious lending endorsed by the House of Representatives on Sunday has sought to address the concerns of the lenders also. The last-minute tweak was made under pressure from the ruling Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), which had been opposing the bill. The bill, which replaced an ordinance, was earlier endorsed by the National Assembly on June 30. The ordinance brought by the government…