by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, July 18, 2023On Tuesday, the Nepali Congress is holding its first Central Working Committee meeting after the general elections held in November 2022. According to leaders, the meeting will discuss policy conventions and assess the polls besides other contemporary political developments. The meeting will be crucial with party president Sher Bahadur Deuba expected to face many questions and a hail of criticism from the central working committee…
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report in Nepalnews.com, July 18, 2023Nepal Police held a man for making fake Indian Aadhaar cards and income tax cards by misusing a photograph of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police arrested 49-year-old Sher Bahadur Rana of Debdaha Municipality in Rupandehi district, who was residing in Butwal City, for posting photoshopped images of the PM on social networking sites. Superintendent of Police and Spokesperson of the Bureau, Pashupati Kumar Raya,…
report in Nepalnews.com online, July 16, 2023Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the party has been adopting proportional and inclusive measures. Inaugurating the Bagmati Province gathering of Tamu (Gurung) Association Nepal yesterday, President Deuba mentioned that cooperation and coordination of all castes and communities was necessary to make the NC united and strong. “All communities and castes have equal participation and contribution in different movements including political change in the country. Inclusiveness…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, July 17, 2023India is subjecting the approval process for importing Nepali electricity to more bureaucratic hurdles despite its earlier announcement to buy 10,000MW from Nepal over the next 10 years. The southern neighbour, which has been refusing to grant export approval to hydropower projects involving China, has long been investigating whether there has been Chinese investment or any other involvement of the northern neighbour in the projects…
report in Nepalnews.com July 15, 2023 at 13:33 hrsNepali Congress (NC) General-Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa said he would continuously put an effort towards changing the party’s parliamentary leader. Talking to media persons at Biratnagar Airport in Morang today, General-Secretary Thapa argued that the effort to change the party’s parliamentary would be meaningful provided there was support of friends in the party. If their number would meet the criteria to change the leader, it would be…
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel in The Kathmandu Post, July 16, 2023At 10 am on Saturday, 10 trucks were queued at a road near Hakim Chowk in Bharatpur. Senior government officials, including Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Beduram Bhusal, and Secretary of Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply Madhu Marasini had reached the Chitwan district to bid farewell to the trucks. Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, July 15, 2023Since the ordinance that criminalised the practice of loan sharking lost its validity on July 5, the District Administration Office, Dhanusa is struggling to bring alleged loan sharks to compromise and settle disputes with their victims. Last week, the government was unable to table a bill in the lower house to replace the ordinance, which was introduced in early May, owing to parliamentary obstruction by…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, July 15, 2023With an objective to attract the new generation to the major pro-monarch force of the country, Rastriya Prajatantra Party has started a ‘Nabin [New] RPP’ campaign. However, political analysts say attracting youths to the rightist force could be challenging. The RPP led by Rajendra Lingden, who defeated party veteran Kamal Thapa to become its president from the general convention in December 2021, has won 14…
by Tika R Pradhan in the Kathmandu Post, JUly 14, 2023On Monday, a day after the agreement between the three top leaders to resume the House meeting following an apology from the prime minister for his controversial statement insinuating that India had a role in appointing him the country’s executive head, the UML leaders easily agreed to lift their obstruction of the House proceedings. The UML is not the party that easily drops its stance…
report in The Himalayan Times, July 14, 2023KATHMANDU, JULY 13: The government has said that discussions are on regarding implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project. Nepal and China had signed an agreement on the BRI project in 2017. Delivering a statement in the National Assembly meeting today, Minister for Foreign Affairs, NP Saud said, “Discussions are being held between the two countries regarding implementation of BRI.” Though the agreement on BRI was…