By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, July 8, 2023Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, and Annalena Baerbock, the foreign minister of Germany, discussed the importance of intra-Afghan dialogue as “a suitable approach for long-term peace and instability in Afghanistan.” Meanwhile, during a video chat, they emphasized the need to lift restrictions on girls’ education in Afghanistan. Karzai appreciated the German Foreign Minister’s “unwavering support to the noble cause” of education for girls and…
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report in The Himalayan Times, July 7, 2023KATHMANDU, JULY 6The ruling parties threw their weight behind Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who had become the target of opposition parties, especially the CPN- UML, over the PM’s alleged remarks that Indian national Pritam Singh had gone to New Delhi several times seeking to make him the prime minister at least once. Top leaders of the ruling alliance held a meeting and decided that the PM would…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, July 07, 2023The politics of Koshi Province is in a quagmire. As Province Head Parshuram Khapung on Thursday appointed Nepali Congress parliamentary party leader Uddhav Thapa as the new chief minister, based on claims of majority with the Speaker’s backing, constitutional experts have denounced the move as unconstitutional. Thapa was appointed in accordance with Article 168(2) of the constitution after he laid claim to lead a majority-based government…
Post in The Kathmandu Post, July 07, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is going to give a clarification regarding a controversial statement he made a few days ago, during the meeting of the House of Representatives. A meeting of the ruling parties held in Baluwatar on Thursday concluded that the Prime Minister need not resign and should present his views in the Parliament. CPN (Maoist Centre) Chief Whip Hitraj Pandey said that the leaders at…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, July 04, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been preparing to welcome Janamat Party in his government through a reshuffle of the current Council of Ministers. On Sunday, the prime minister met with Janamat chair CK Raut and urged him to join the government, sources said. Dahal is ready to allocate one ministry to the Janamat Party, said Janamat Party General Secretary Chandan Singh. “But we have some…
Report in The Kathmandu Post,July 04, 2023Leaders of the ruling coalition in Kathmandu have decided to form a new government in Koshi Province under the leadership of Nepali Congress. A meeting of coalition leaders held at the prime minister’s residence in Baluwatar on Monday also decided that the Congress’ Uddab Thapa would be a candidate to lead the provincial government. Rajendra Pandey, acting chair of CPN (Unified Socialist), who attended the meeting said the top…
by Prakash Baral in The Kathmandu Post, July 6, 2023 Poaching of birds as well as animals and smuggling of wood and precious medicinal herbs have been going on unchecked in Dhorpatan, the only hunting reserve in Nepal, due to poor security presence. Spread over a total area of 1,325 square kilometres, the hunting reserve is in the Dhaulagiri mountain range and touches Baglung, Myagdi, and East Rukum districts. Sixty percent of the reserve lies…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, July 6, 2023Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday called the party’s central working committee meeting for July 12. The meeting had been pending for a year and is expected to see heated debates over several issues that the party has been confronting. A meeting of Deuba, vice-presidents Purna Bahadur Khadka and Dhanraj Gurung, and general secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma took a decision to that effect.…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, July 6, 2023On Monday, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, while addressing a function to launch the book ‘Roads to the Valley: The Legacy of Sardar Pritam Singh in Nepal’, had said that Sardar Pritam Singh, referred to as the pioneer trucking entrepreneur in Nepal, has played a special and historic role in enhancing Nepal-India relations. “He [Singh] had once made efforts to make me the prime minister,” Dahal…
By Bal Krishna Sah in The Himalayan Times, July 5, 2023Amidst Aastha Dahal’s struggle to acquire equivalence certificate fromthe oldest University of Nepal, Tribhuvan University, students whohave obtained their degree abroad are terrified to apply for equivalencecertificate after Dahal’s case came to the limelight. More than 230 netizens have shared Aastha’s story on social mediapouring out their frustration and bad experience with the CDC of TU.Many of them have shown support and solidarity with Dahal.…
report in The Himalayan Times, Jun 29, 2023KATHMANDU, JUNE 28: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the government’s investigation into fake Bhutanese refugee scam proved that nobody was above the law. Responding to lawmakers’ queries on the budgetary allocation, the PM said from the rostrum of the House of Representatives that there was an impression in society that VIPs were above the law, but the government proved that wrong in the fake Bhutanese refugee…