By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 09, 2023Management of the provincial police and civil service falls under the explicit authority that the Constitution of Nepal grants to provincial governments. As per Schedule 6 of the statute, the provinces can have their own police force and civil servants. The first five years of the provincial governments passed by without the police and civil services being set up. As the federal government continues to be…
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report in The Himalayan Times, Nov 9, 2023KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 8Ramita Thapa, a resident of Nalgad Municipality-3, hastily fled her home with her two children when the earthquake struck on the night of November 3. While escaping, she injured her leg. Her house collapsed due to the tremor, leaving her homeless. She now resides under a tarpaulin tent along the road in Nayabasti, Khalanga, the district headquarters. Thapa’s trauma has taken a toll on her mental…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 08, 2023In his first meeting with journalists after being appointed the chief justice in the last week of August, Bishwombhar Prasad Shrestha had claimed that the vacant positions of judges in the Supreme Court and other courts would soon be filled. He had said it was painful to see around half of the Supreme Court benches empty despite a huge workload at the court. However, close to…
By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 08, 2023Nepali officials are seeking negotiations with China to put into force the proposed plan to electrify some of the remote bordering villages of Nepal with the Chinese grid. Officials said they want assistance from the northern neighbour as it will be costly to connect the villages to the domestic grid due to difficult geography. Nepal had asked the Chinese side to supply electricity from the…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post,Nov 7, 2023Nepal continues to remain among the lowest-ranked countries in South Asia in terms of human development even though the country has made rapid progress in the last few decades, a United Nations report says. Nepal’s human development index (HDI) value in 2021 stood at 0.602 which is third worst after the war-torn Afghanistan and Pakistan, which is also facing an economic crisis lately, according to the…
report in Nepalnews.com, Nov 6, 2023 at13.44hrs: Almost half of those killed in the earthquake on Friday were children, it has been found. According to data from the police, 78 of the 157 people killed in the quake on the night of November 3 were children. Of the deceased children, 50 died in Jajarkot and 28 in Rukum West due to the quake, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Santosh Roka. Twenty-eight of 52 people who…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post,Nov 6, 2023At least 157 people died and hundreds were injured in Friday’s earthquake that hit Jajarkot and West Rukum districts in western Nepal. As per preliminary assessment 3,900 houses either have been completely destroyed or damaged. As the search and rescue operation continues, it is certain that there will be an increase in the tally of both human and property losses. Entire Nepal including the western belt is…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 03, 2023With the Supreme Court’s mandamus order to revoke the presidential pardon granted to convicted murderer Yograj Dhakal, aka Regal, a moral and political question has arisen for the Office of the President and the government. On the recommendation of the Cabinet, President Ramchandra Paudel on the eve of the 8th Constitution Day on September 19 had pardoned the remaining jail terms of 670 convicts, including Dhakal.…
by Basant Pratap Singh in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 5, 2023When Bhojraj Pathak reached Triveni Patan in the last week of August to attend the Badimalika fair his heart sank. He saw the stream that flows through the grassland area at an altitude of 3,840 metres above sea level had been dammed. A concrete and cement building was under construction near the stream. A concrete helipad was also being constructed in the lush grassland. Construction…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 2, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that an understanding has been reached between the major parties on the transitional justice process. The development comes on the day United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres also strongly pitched for an early conclusion of the peace process during his four-day Nepal visit. Speaking to media persons at a tea reception organised by the CPN-UML on Wednesday, Dahal said that the…