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Deuba-led govt. to hold next general election: NC leader Nidhi

report in Nepalnews.com, Aug 18, 2023Former Vice President of Nepali Congress, Bimalendra Nidhi, has announced that the next general election would be held by the government led by Sher Bahadur Deuba in 2084BS. Also the former Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, leader Nidhi reminded that there was a political agreement during the formation of the present government to hold the 2084BS general election under the leadership of Deuba-led government. Deuba is now the President…

Militants set up den 2 months ago, physician’s wife among 10 arrestees

report in Prothom Alo, 13 Aug 2023Sohel Tanjim, a physician of a private medical college hospital in Sirajganj, had been missing along with his wife Mayesha Islam since 26 July. Their family lodged a general diary with the local police station, seeking assistance to trace them. The police arrested Mayesha from a militant den in a deserted area of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar on Saturday, but her husband Sohel managed to escape. The counter terrorism…

AL worried as ministers-MPs at loggerheads with grassroots

by Anowar Hossain in Prothom Alo, 08 Aug 2023Awami League lawmakers and people’s representatives are at loggerheads with the grassroots activists. The policymakers think that uniting the party by bridging this gap ahead of the next general election is a tough challenge. If this internal conflict cannot be minimised, the situation might exacerbate further after selection of candidates in the election.. The internal conflict in the party has become more evident to the top leadership…

Hackers feast on government sites

by Zyma Islam/Shahriar Rahman/Zarif Faiaz in The Daily Star, Jul 9, 2023With the general election around the corner, data leaks and cyberattacks have intensified alarmingly, with the latest being a suspected leak of five crore citizens’ data from the Office of the Registrar General, Birth & Death Registration (BDRIS). The exposed data was first found out on June 27 by Viktor Markopoulos, a researcher from Bitcrack Cyber Security, a computer security solutions firm based in…

Minorities fear pre-polls violence

report in The Daily Star, June 25, 2023The number of minority population has not reduced by half under the Awami League-led government, but the policies leading towards a decline in minority population continues under this government, said Rana Dasgupta, general secretary of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad, yesterday. He made the remark refuting the claim made by six Congressmembers in a letter to the US president that the Hindu population has been halved since…

Attorney General gives Rabi Lamichhane a clean chit:

Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 21, 2023The Office of the Attorney General has given a clean chit to Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chief Rabi Lamichhane in the case of possession of dual passports. “As per the report submitted to the Nepal Police, the Office of the Attorney General has decided that there is no need to file a case against Lamichhane for holding dual passports of Nepal and the United States of America,” Joint…

Polls-time govt a possibility but without BNP: PM

report in The Daily Star, May 16, 2023Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said an election-time government can be formed with the parties having representation in parliament, although the next general election will be held following the Westminster-style of democracy in Britain. “We will hold the election like it is conducted in Britain … . We can show our generosity if any MP from the political parties having representation in parliament expresses the desire to join…

General Elections Provide Solution to the Current Afghan Crisis: NRC

report in Khaama Press, April 30, 2023The National Resistance Council for the Salvation of Afghanistan has welcomed the UN Security Council’s resolution condemning the ban on women’s employment and has called for a solution to the current crisis in Afghanistan through national elections. The grand council comprises renowned former Afghan politicians currently in exile, including former vice president Yunus Qanouni, former Balkh governor Ata Mohammad Noor, and Mohammad Mohaqeq and others, who formed the union…

Inspector General Says U.S. Aid May Be Flowing to the Taliban

By Karoun Demirjian in The NY Times, Apr 20, 2023WASHINGTON — The top inspector general for Afghanistan accused the Biden administration on Wednesday of stonewalling his efforts to procure records about assistance to the country since the U.S. military evacuation, warning that American taxpayer dollars were probably ending up in the hands of the Taliban. “I cannot assure this committee or the American taxpayer we are not currently funding the Taliban,” John Sopko, the special…

Over Rs25 billion foreign aid spent in unproductive sectors: Auditor general

Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 17, 2023The government spent a substantial amount of foreign aid in administrative activities in the fiscal year 2021-22, the Office of the Auditor General said. In its 60th annual report released last week, the constitutional body revealed that the government spent as much as Rs25.56 billion on recurrent programmes though foreign aid is supposed to be spent in areas that help in capital formation. The government spent the amount…

Russian Consulate General Open in Mazar-e-Sharif: Kabulov

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews Online, April 04, 2023 at 6:50 PMThe Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said on Monday that the general consulate of Russia based in Mazar-e-Sharif is operating. According to the TASS report, Alexey Pereverzev was previously appointed as Russian consul general in Mazar-e-Sharif. The Islamic Emirate Foreign Ministry said that several months ago Russian consular technical groups came to Afghanistan to provide consular services. “According to our information,…