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131 global observers willing to watch polls:

Report in The Daily Star, Dec 08, 2023A total of 131 international observers and 46 foreign journalists have expressed interest in monitoring and covering the January 7 national election until yesterday, said Election Commission Secretary Jahangir Alam. Yesterday was the last date for international observers and foreign journalists to apply to monitor the election. EC sources said they invited 114 members and chiefs of election commissions from 34 countries and heads of four associations —…

‘Only a political settlement can solve the Koshi crisis’:

By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, June 12, 2023The writer is a reporter covering national politics for The Kathmandu Post.Ajambar Rai Kangmang is among the CPN-UML leaders who quit the party en masse to form the Federal Socialist Party in 2012. The new party’s goal was to champion the cause of identity-based federalism. In 2015, it merged with other forces. Kangmang then joined the CPN (Maoist Centre) and is now the party’s central committee…

Stunned by the RSP, can Nepal’s old parties reinvent themselves?

By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, April 26, 2023The writer is a senior political correspondent for the Post, covering politics, parliament, judiciary and social affairs. sAfter candidates of the new Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won two of the three parliamentary seats for which by-elections were held on Sunday, leaders of big parties and political observers have started speculating what lies ahead for the major parties. As of late evening on Tuesday, Janata Samajbadi…