by Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, June 29, 2023Bangladesh National Party will organise rallies, marches and road marches throughout July as part of a final preparation of the one-point demand to oust the government, party insiders have said. The party will hold six rallies and six marches outside Dhaka. More programmes will be announced for Dhaka after Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated on 29 June. Gonotantra Mancha will also organise separate rallies and road marches. BNP…
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By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 01, 2023Lawyers have started protests from Sunday demanding that the government appoint a new chief justice without further delay. The Nepal Bar Association, the umbrella organisation of lawyers in the country, announced a week-long protest with eight demands including the filling of vacant judge positions and appointment of the chief justice. The ongoing tussle between the ruling coalition and the main opposition CPN-UML has delayed the…
by Charindra Chandrasena in The Morning, Jan 9, 2023The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has not made an immediate reduction in the defence expenditure of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) a precondition for the provision of the eagerly awaited Board-level approval for the $ 2.9 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF), according to President Ranil Wickremesinghe. “The IMF is looking for the reduction of military expenditure, but only in stages. The bulk of the military expenditure…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 18, 2022President Bidya Devi Bhandari is considering calling the political parties to put forward their claims to form the next government forthwith. According to officials at the President’s office, Sheetal Niwas, President Bhandari is not in favour of any delay in calling the parties to submit their claims for government leadership by showing that they have the support of a majority of parliamentarians in accordance with Article…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 9, 2022After the publication of the results of the November 20 elections, political parties are not only engaged in the formation of a new government, but are also considering possible candidates for the post of President. The ruling alliance is two seats shy of a majority (138) in the federal parliament and expected to form the new government with the support of fringe parties. The Constitution of…
Report in The Kathmandu Post,30 Nov 2022CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal has said he does not see any possibility of the leftist parties coming together and forming a government. Nepal said this while talking to journalists at the end of this party’s Secretariat meeting on Tuesday. The stance of the party, a member of the current ruling coalition which also contested the parliamentary and provincial elections as an alliance, means it would be…