by Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, June 11, 2023The elderly couple were making just about enough to survive from a small eatery run from their Jorpati home on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Pem Tsering Sherpa, 71, and his wife Jambung, 55, were making enough to survive. A few years ago, one of their regular customers suggested they save their income so that they will have no hassles when they get too feeble to earn…
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Report in The Kathmandu Post, June 10, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that his government has no intention to curtail the Election Commission’s autonomy. He said the government did not want to scrap the district election offices, but was just managing them differently, to cut costs. The government, through its budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024, had announced that the district election offices would be scrapped and the election-related work would be conducted…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 31, 2023The largest party in federal parliament—Nepali Congress—is currently a mess with many of its leaders demanding President Sher Bahadur Deuba call crucial meetings so that they could air their discontent. The Nepali Congress in December 2021 concluded its national convention, which only elected the party’s leadership, but the party is yet to organise a policy convention. Following the convention that elected Deuba as chief, the…
By Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, May 26, 2023Police on Thursday said their investigation into the high-profile Bhutanese refugee scam continues even after the District Attorney Office Kathmandu prosecuted 30 persons including former ministers and top officials at the District Court, Kathmandu on Wednesday. The prosecutions were based on a police investigation report the attorney’s office received on Monday. “Our investigation is not over,” Kathmandu Police Range Chief Senior Superintendent of Police Dan Bahadur…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, May 24, 2023While the federal government is in the final leg of preparing the national budget for the next fiscal year, the government of Sudurpaschim Province is putting pressure on Kathmandu to increase the federal grant going to the province. A committee led by Sudurpaschim Chief Minister Kamal Shah met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat and the Vice-chairperson of the National Planning Commission…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 21, 2023The government has decided to give three more years to the Nepal Army to complete the Rs175 billion Kathmandu-Tarai expressway, the fourth extension in six years after the project failed to meet the completion deadline. The Cabinet meeting on Tuesday took the decision to this effect. The new deadline is April 2027. On May 4, 2017, the government formally handed over the much-touted project to the army, putting…
By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, April 20, 2023The Independent Power Producers Association of Nepal said that deals were initiated for selling 2,200 MW of electricity to India during the two-day power summit that concluded on Wednesday in Kathmandu. Although the private sector is yet to get trading licence to sell electricity in the domestic and foreign market because the current law does not allow it, India’s Manikaran Power Limited on Tuesday signed…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 17, 2023The government spent a substantial amount of foreign aid in administrative activities in the fiscal year 2021-22, the Office of the Auditor General said. In its 60th annual report released last week, the constitutional body revealed that the government spent as much as Rs25.56 billion on recurrent programmes though foreign aid is supposed to be spent in areas that help in capital formation. The government spent the amount…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, April 05,2023The writer covers parliamentary affairs and human rights for The Kathmandu Post.The first elected government after the restoration of democracy in 1990 started the practice of making public the property details of the prime minister and ministers. The practice started by then Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s cabinet continued until 2018. Except Khil Raj Regmi and his team, all prime ministers and ministers until the time of…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, March 30,2023After week-long talks, the ruling parties have worked out a division of ministerial portfolios. But they have yet to allot individual ministries to be led by the representatives of each coalition partner. A meeting of the alliance on Wednesday finalised the numbers of the ministries to be led by the nine parties, according to leaders involved in the negotiations. According to a Nepali Congress leader, Prime Minister…