by Sarahna Khadka in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 17, 2023.On Tuesday, Saroj Dahal, a 28-year-old follically challenged man, was waiting outside the dermatologist’s room at a clinic in Shantinagar, Kathmandu for his follow-up appointment. It would be his second treatment for his receding hairline. Dahal said he was frustrated with his baldness. “It made me a laughing stock everywhere I went,” Dahal told the Post. “Now there is some hair growth and that has improved…
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By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 28, 2023Nepal has seen a series of demonstrations lately—by pro-Hindu groups in Dharan and Nepalgunj, by the monarchist Rastriya Prajatantra Party in Jhapa, and by supporters of controversial medical entrepreneur Durga Prasai in Kathmandu. These protests have alarmed the country’s top political brass. Thousands of people demanding the restoration of Hindu state and constitutional monarchy staged demonstrations in Dharan in August-end, and in Nepalgunj and a few…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 11, 2023Leaders of major parties have advised Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to maintain a fine balance in the country’s relations with the two neighbours as he prepares for a China visit this month. Dahal is preparing for two back-to-back visits—first to the 78th United National General Assembly in New York and then to China. Dahal is scheduled to address the UNGA on September 21 and…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 1, 2023A cloud of uncertainty continues to hang over Koshi government formation. With just a day left for the deadline set by the province head, parties have failed to seal a deal and find a way to muster a majority. Key provincial leaders of the Nepali Congress-led alliance are in Kathmandu to discuss the matter with the central leadership and find a way out. Though they claim…
By Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, June 22, 2023A dispute between the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) over a piece of land has escalated to a new level. The dispute started after CAAN barred the KMC from developing a park for children and elderly on a piece of land at Sinamangal. Later, the municipal police led by its chief Raju Nath Pandey reached the area and removed…
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…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, June 09, 2023The government has ignored the National Human Rights Commission’s recommendation to investigate Janata Samajbadi Party chair Upendra Yadav among 129 others in connection with the 2007 Gaur massacre. The constitutional human rights watchdog on January 7 had asked government agencies through the Prime Minister’s Office to probe the heinous crime and take action against Yadav and others, if found guilty. The commission also demanded the progress…
report in The Kathmandu Post, May 31, 2023At the invitation of the ruling CPN (Maoist Centre), Wang Xiaohui, Communist Party of China (CPC) Secretary of the Sichuan Province, arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday evening. Wang is among senior CPC leaders to visit Kathmandu after the formation of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal government in December last year. The former deputy head of the publicity division of the CPC is currently a central committee member of the…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, May 28, 2023Leading a delegation of four dozen ministers, government officials and journalists, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will visit India from May 31 to June 3. Kathmandu and New Delhi on Saturday officially announced the visit, which is Dahal’s first official outing since assuming office in December last year. In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal said Dahal would be leaving for…
By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, May 24, 2023The District Attorney Office, Kathmandu said on Tuesday that it could prosecute the accused in Bhutanese refugees scam with more charges, although the police have recommended charging them with three crimes—fraud, organised crime and treason. The police, on Monday, submitted its investigation report on the Bhutanese refugee scam to the attorney office with a recommendation to prosecute 33 individuals including senior political leaders of different…