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Joint movement of indigenous nationalities essential to safeguard achievements, say activists

by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 9, 2023The Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) has announced the celebration of this year’s World Indigenous Day with a week-long series of programmes, starting with the main function on Wednesday. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is scheduled to kick off the celebrations of the 29th International Day for World’s Indigenous People and address the main function to be held at Nepal Academy, Kathmandu. In the…

Off-the-cuff remarks of top leaders court trouble. Dahal’s is latest case

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…

Expectations low as the socialist front comes into being:

By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, June 20, 2023The CPN (Maoist Centre), the CPN (Unified Socialist), the Janata Samajbadi Party and the Communist Party of Nepal led by Netra Bikram Chand Biplav announced the formation of the front amid a function at Rastriya Sabha Griha in Kathmandu. Maoist Centre chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Unified Socialist chair Madhav Kumar Nepal, Janata Samajbadi Party chair Upendra Yadav and Communist Party Nepal General Secretary Netra Bikram Chand…

Gota hampered Covid control efforts – Dr. Amal Harsha de Silva

By Dilanthi jayammanne in Ceylon Today, April 5, 2023The former Head of State’s involvement in Covid control made it difficult for those engaged in it to function to their fullest capacity, Secretary to the State Ministry of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and Covid Disease Control Dr. Amal Harsha de Silva said. Addressing a workshop on ‘The response of Sri Lanka’s health system to the Covid-19 pandemic,’ Dr. de Silva said yesterday (4) that the advice…

What led to Unified Socialist’s debacle?

by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 9, 2022On July 23, 2022, Madhav Kumar Nepal, while speaking at a function in Kathmandu, claimed that the CPN (Unified Socialist) would secure 20-25 lower house seats under the proportional representation category. “Despite fielding only 28 percent candidates in the last local polls, we garnered 927,000 votes. Had we contested in every part of the nation, we would have received 2 to 2.5 million votes. So, no…