by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 4, 2023With several prominent politicians and noted personalities registering their nominations, the by-elections scheduled for April 23 in three constituencies in three districts have garnered considerable public interest. Candidates registered their nominations on Monday for the by-elections to be held at Bara-2, Chitwan-2 and Tanahun-1, as asked by the Election Commission. Of the three constituencies, the race in Bara-2 is perhaps the most intriguing. Three regional…
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report in The Himalayan Times, Apr 4, 2023Nepal largely depends on technical human resources from foreign countries for the implementation of big projects. According to official data, skilled human resources required for various large projects here are hired from other countries. The Department of Labour and Occupational Safety said workforce from around 100 countries in the world are currently engaged in various projects in Nepal and the Chinese make up the highest portion. Likewise, workers…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 3, 2023The House of Representatives on Sunday endorsed its regulations through majority votes after the ruling parties agreed to withdraw some of the provisions aimed at curtailing the powers of the Speaker, a UML nominee. The ruling party lawmakers including those from the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre) had earlier registered proposals to amend the draft regulations to require the Speaker to seek consent of the parliamentary…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 3, 2023The Loktantrik Samajbadi Party has decided to support the candidate of Janata Samajbadi Party in the by-elections in Bara constituency-2. The Janata Samajbadi Party is preparing to field party chairman Upendra Yadav in the by-elections for the House of Representative seat from the constituency. Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Mahanta Thakur took the decision. Party senior leader Rajendra Mahato was an aspirant for the Bara-2 seat. Talking to the Post,…
by Tika R Pradhan in Kathmandu Post, April 3, 2023The CPN (Unified Socialist), which was formed less than two years ago by splitting the CPN-UML, the country’s largest communist party, is gradually weakening as its leaders and cadres are ditching it and drifting back to the mothership. The party has been further weakened with several senior leaders quitting it after the recent presidential elections. The resignations came after party chair Madhav Nepal declined the CPN-UML’s…
by Arjun Poudel in Kathmandu Post, April 3, 2023Amid a rise in new cases of the coronavirus, concerns have grown about hundreds of thousands of children above five years old who have not yet been vaccinated against Covid. Officials at the Ministry of Health and Population estimated that there could be around one million children above five years old who have not received even a single dose of the vaccine. “Hundreds of thousands of children…
By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, April 02,2023The writer is a political reporter for The Kathmandu Post, covering the governance-related issues including corruption and irregularities in the government machinery.Nepal wants to sign a long-term intergovernmental agreement with India on selling Nepal’s excess power to the southern neighbour during the upcoming India visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Nepali officials said that Prime Minister Dahal could visit India after the second week of…
by Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 1, 2023Three years after arresting 122 Chinese nationals from different parts of Kathmandu for their suspicious activities, police on Tuesday nabbed nine Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in online fraud. Police also arrested 10 Nepalis who were allegedly helping them in the business. Police say this time they have ‘strong evidence’ to file an online fraud case. “Earlier, the police would be short of evidence as…
By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, April 01, 2023As the country’s economy faces multiple challenges including low growth, slump in market demand, high inflation and troubled government finance, Nepal appointed an economic expert as finance minister on Friday. Nepali Congress spokesperson Prakash Sharan Mahat, who holds a PhD in Economics from the US-based Southern Illinois University, was given the role in the latest Cabinet expansion. He has the responsibility to fix the broken…