by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 1, 2023Despite pressure from the ruling coalition partner Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) to reinstate its chair Rabi Lamichhane as home minister, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal appears reluctant to do so. Krishna Bahadur Mahara, vice-chairman of the CPN (Maoist Centre) and the party spokesperson, said Prime Minister Dahal will keep the home portfolio with himself until the Supreme Court issues the full text of its verdict in…
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by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 1, 2023The Election Commission on Monday announced March 9 as the date for the election of new President and March 17 for electing Vice President. With the commission’s announcement, competition among political parties for the coveted posts is likely to further heat up. While the two largest parties in the legislature, the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML, each seek the help of the third-largest party, the CPN…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, January 24, 2023The Nepali Congress, the largest party in Parliament that has been lobbying for amending the contradictory provisions in the law relating to presidential election, has demanded that the election be held on time. After giving a confidence vote to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on January 10, the Nepali Congress is attempting to break the ruling UML-Maoist alliance and expecting Dahal’s support for Congress’ bid for presidency. “We…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, January 24, 2023Police on Monday arrested several rights activists including Ruby Khan, who has been staging a sit-in demanding action against the culprits involved in the suspicious disappearance and death of Banke’s Nirmala Kurmi of Banke. Police arrested seven rights activists including Khan while protesting in front of the Kathmandu District Court in Babar Mahal. The arrested individuals are being held at the police office in Singha Durbar. A group…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 11, 2023The Department of Customs collected just Rs24.71 billion in revenue until January 9 in the month of Paush (mid-December 2022 to mid-January 2023) against the month’s target of Rs58 billion, suggesting a clear struggle of the government in meeting its revenue target. The situation of revenue collection appears to be worsening as the government feels the pressure to arrange resources to finance the growing administrative…
by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 10, 2023On Monday, a six-year-old boy from Ward-7 of Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City was taken to a nearby health facility for immunisation. When health workers inquired about his vaccination status, his parents said that their son has never had any vaccine in his life. “We were not surprised,” Rajan Shahi, a public health inspector, who has been deployed in wards of the Sub-metropolis to study the status of…