by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 1, 2023 .The CPN (Unified Socialist) is still undecided on whether to join the Puspha Kamal Dahal-led government. Speaking to the Post, party leaders refuted rumours that the party is joining the new administration soon. The party had called a standing committee meeting on Saturday to take a decision on joining the Dahal-led government. “The ruling coalition has not formally asked our party to join the government…
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by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 31, 2022On Friday, CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli visited Baluwatar early in the morning to discuss a power-sharing deal and the government’s way ahead with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The meeting took place a day after coalition leaders formed a high-level mechanism as an oversight body to advise the government. He, however, was the one who had rejected Dahal’s proposal to form such a mechanism…
report in The Himalayan Times, Dec 31, 2022KATHMANDU: The Ranjita Shrestha-led Nagarik Unmukti Party will join the government only after seven persons, including Resham Chaudhary, who have been convicted in Kailali carnage, are released from prison unconditionally. Resham’s father Lalbir Chaudhary, who is a member of the House of Representatives, told THT that his party had got assurance that his son Resham and other convicts would be released. Lawmaker Lalbir said he was confident that…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 30, 2022Somebody rightly said that justice delayed is justice denied. On August 8, 2021, the five-party coalition government led by Sher Bahadur Deuba unveiled its common minimum programme which included a pledge to conclude the peace process by expediting the transitional justice process. The Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party and Rastriya Janamorcha claimed that the long pending task of providing justice…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 30, 2022Three days after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal assumed office, a mechanism to support the government has been formed under the leadership of CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli. The mechanism is expected to support the Dahal-led government. As its first task, the panel will prepare the government’s common minimum programme within the next five days. A meeting of the coalition partners on Thursday agreed to…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Dec 29, 2022Health Minister Keheliya Rambulwella yesterday (28) said his Ministry was struggling to procure 153 medicines currently in short supply or out of stock in government hospitals despite the availability of a New Delhi credit line to buy the required medicines and surgical items from India. Addressing the media at the Health Ministry auditorium, Rambukwella said that of the 384 medicines, 153 medicines were in short supply. However,…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 25, 2022Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold country-wide mass processions on Saturday with 10 demands, which includes resignation of ruling Awami League and holding the next general elections under a neutral caretaker government. Ganatantra Mancha, 12-party alliance, LDP, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and other opposition parties have also declared their support to the movement. Sources said that with this programme the opposition parties are starting their simultaneous movement to oust the government.…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu PostThe five-party coalition failed to hammer out a power-sharing deal by Saturday night, with less than a day remaining of the deadline given by President Bidya Devi Bhandari to claim government leadership. Several bilateral and multilateral meetings between ruling party leaders and between the leaders of the governing alliance and the CPN-UML, which is likely to be the main opposition, failed to yield any decisive outcome, leaders privy to…
While it is a terifying thought that terror has returned to the country, this is now becoming an undeniable reality. From Bannu to Chaman, the past week has seen scenes of all-too-familiar violence play out, both inside the country and on the border. Delegations from Afghanistan and Pakistan have tried to chalk out strategies to avoid border skirmishes and to prevent cross-border terrorism but it is no more a question of resolving issues through engagement…
report in The Himalayan Times, Dec 20, 2022KATHMANDU: Chairperson of the Rastriya Prajantra Party (RPP), Rajendra Lingden, has said his party was not in a hurry to join government. He said it during a programme organized to welcome and congratulate the newly elected lawmakers from RPP. He however said RPP has not vowed to stay away from government either. Party’s agenda and values would be set gradually and it would take decision on time, Lingden…
Report in Dawn, December 18th, 2022ISLAMABAD: Pakistan should take lead in recognising the government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, said experts at a conference here. The roundtable ‘Transformation of Taliban from militia to military: prospects, challenges and implications for regional security’ was organised by Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS). The speakers were of the view that the building of the Afghan army by the Taliban may not pose a threat to…