Report in The Kathmandu Post, May 19, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has made it clear there will be no compromise on national interests—Nepal’s unity, integrity and sovereignty—during his upcoming state visit to India. Responding to questions by CPN-UML lawmaker Raghuji Pant and Nepali Congress lawmaker Dilendra Badu during the question-answer session in the House of Representatives, Dahal said he wanted to reassure Parliament that there would be no compromise on issues related to the…
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By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, May 01, 2023The suspense over the Rastriya Swatantra Party’s next move endures. As matters stand, the RSP leadership is keeping its cards too close to its chest—whether it will join the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government or withdraw its support, remains to be seen. The party registered impressive victories in two of the three constituencies in the by-elections. “The prime minister had called to congratulate me. He also inquired…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 24, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who held over an hour-long meeting with CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli at Singha Durbar on Friday, said efforts were on to revive the Nepal Communist Party. Dahal, who was one of the two chairs of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) which was dissolved by a March 2021 Supreme Court decision, said although the NCP was “caught in an accident…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, April 14, 2023The writer is a reporter covering national politics for The Kathmandu Post.The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and its leaders, including its chair and parliamentarians, have been courting controversies, one after another, in under a year of the party’s formation. Most recently, the RSP expelled its lawmaker Dhaka Kumar Shrestha from the party on Wednesday over a leaked audio in which a voice, allegedly Shrestha’s, demands Rs20…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, April 11, 2023The leakage of an audio recording where the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmaker Dhaka Kumar Shrestha is purportedly asking for a bribe has caused a stir. The party has suspended Shrestha and its central discipline committee has been entrusted with completing an “in-depth investigation” into the matter within three days. In the audio conversation from January 15 which was leaked on Sunday, the person believed to…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, April 07, 2023Three months since its first meeting, the House of Representatives is yet to constitute thematic committees due to differences among the political parties over the number of their representatives in each committee. The first meeting of the lower house elected through the November 20 elections commenced on January 9. The parties blamed the lack of regulations for the delay in the formation of the committees. It…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, April 07, 2023The Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government on Thursday brought a new Common Minimum Programme (CMP), its second in three months, copying most points from earlier programmes including the most recent one and the one before that brought by the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government. The 13-page document entitled “Policy Priorities and Common Minimum Programme of Government of Nepal” contains mostly populist promises. “As I led the CMP…
By Manoj Paudel in The Kathmandu Post, April 06, 2023The writer is the Kapilvastu correspondent for Kantipur Publications.The Kapilvastu District Court has issued an arrest warrant against Judge Bhuwan Giri, who is now working at the Judicial Council in Kathmandu. A month ago, Giri’s wife had registered a complaint at the Kapilvastu District Police Office against the judge, accusing the latter of marital rape, following which the district court on Monday issued the arrest warrant.…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 4, 2023With several prominent politicians and noted personalities registering their nominations, the by-elections scheduled for April 23 in three constituencies in three districts have garnered considerable public interest. Candidates registered their nominations on Monday for the by-elections to be held at Bara-2, Chitwan-2 and Tanahun-1, as asked by the Election Commission. Of the three constituencies, the race in Bara-2 is perhaps the most intriguing. Three regional…
by Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 1, 2023Three years after arresting 122 Chinese nationals from different parts of Kathmandu for their suspicious activities, police on Tuesday nabbed nine Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in online fraud. Police also arrested 10 Nepalis who were allegedly helping them in the business. Police say this time they have ‘strong evidence’ to file an online fraud case. “Earlier, the police would be short of evidence as…