report in The Himalayan Times, June 6, 2023A group of hackers have hacked into the ticket sales system of Nepali travel and tour operators, inflicting losses to the tune of more than Rs 20 million. According to Ramesh Thapa, president of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents, a group of hackers gained access to the ticket sales system through phishing e-mails sent under the logo and names of global distribution system (GDS) companies that…
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Report in The Kathmandu Post, June 6, 2023After the annual budget included the controversial Local Infrastructure Development Partnership Programme, popularly known as the Constituency Development Fund, the Rastriya Swatantra Party has vocally opposed the government’s move. Last Thursday, the party registered a resolution motion at the Parliament Secretariat demanding that the disputed fund be scrapped. Since the economy is in a poor shape, the state coffers will suffer further from such a disputed programme, which…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, June 6, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the opposition party leader KP Sharma Oli on Monday had a face off in Parliament on Dahal’s recently concluded India state visit, its achievements, issues related to the boundary dispute with India, the idea of a land swap, besides the Citizenship Bill that was authenticated by President Ramchandra Paudel last week. Before Dahal and Oli sparred, the opposition lawmakers from the CPN-UML…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, June 05, 2023As the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of the House of Representatives starts the process of finalising the bill to amend the transitional justice Act, conflict victims are demanding clear assurances against amnesty in serious human rights violations. The bill to amend the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act registered in the lower house in March is under consideration in Parliament. On May…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post,June 4, 2023 The provincial politics in Koshi is experiencing twin troubles—one relates to the flaring up of ethnic sentiments after the recent naming of the province and the other to the tricky numerical strength of the parties in the assembly. The alliance that runs the federal administration has found it difficult to form a provincial government and the new nomenclature of the province has led to violent protests…
Post Report in The Kathmandu Post, June 4, 2023 Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has claimed that his India visit has restored trust with Indian leadership at the political level. He said his India visit was largely successful, citing the signing of several agreements and understandings reached between the two sides. Prime Minister Dahal and Nepali delegation returned home on Saturday after completing the four-day official visit to the southern neighbour. “There have been some…
By Umesh Chauhan & Rajesh Mishra in The Kathmandu Post, June 02, 2023Even until Wednesday night, Nepal and India each seemed intent on making the other blink first in ice-cold negotiations. But by early (and rather hot) Delhi morning on Thursday, the atmosphere had warmed up a bit and the two sides sat down to sign a few vital agreements. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s India visit failed to make the expected ‘breakthrough’ on the…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, June 03, 2023The writer is a reporter covering national politics for The Kathmandu Post.A President, the custodian of the constitution, becoming embroiled in controversies, and the general public, legal fraternity, and intelligentsia reiterating the proverb “jun jogi aaye pani kanai chireko” (effectively, ‘they are all the same’) to voice their displeasure has become the norm in Nepal, a republic. “We have seen three presidents so far. All of…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, June 03, 2023While he was still new to mainstream politics after abandoning armed conflict, Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal often repeated one term—“discontinuation of continuity”. Dahal claimed that his party would bring about changes in the way the country was run, in a departure from the traditional parties’ styles of work. While taking oath as prime minister for the first time in 2008,…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, June 03, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said on Friday that discussions have begun on alternatives for resolving the boundary issue with India, mainly the Kalapani dispute. After a meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Thursday, Dahal indicated that Nepal can consider swapping the Kalapani area with India in order to gain land access to Bangladesh through the Indian ‘chicken’s neck’. The ‘chicken’s neck’ or Siliguri…
By Sangam Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, June 02, 2023India has agreed to allow inbound flights to use the L626 route that enters Nepal from the west over Mahendranagar, but only for aircraft flying at an altitude of 15,000 to 24,000 ft, which experts say is too low for jets. According to officials, the southern neighbour had already approved this air entry route in 2018 for low-level flights, and further examinations were slated to be…