by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, February 9, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli have agreed to hold a meeting of the High-Level Political Mechanism, a body comprising the chiefs of the seven parties in the ruling coalition, soon. The two top leaders, who held a one-on-one at Oli’s residence in Balkot on Wednesday morning, also agreed to discuss the presidential election at the upcoming meeting of the mechanism,…
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by Ali Asif Shawon in Dhaka Tribune, Feb 3, 2023Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina is likely to finalize the choice of the ruling party’s presidential candidate at the parliamentary party meeting of February 8. It is almost a given that the country’s 22nd president will be elected from within the ruling party, and s/he will be someone the premier can trust. Yet speculations centering on the nomination have been rife for the…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 10, 2023The ruling alliance has promised to play an effective role to bring back territories encroached by India. According to the ruling coalition’s common minimum programme document unveiled on Monday, the government will try to bring back the territories of Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipulek that are currently occupied by India. The government will strengthen territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence, according to the common minimum programme of the…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 5, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is preparing to expand his Cabinet only after securing a vote of confidence in Parliament on January 10. But he is struggling to distribute ministerial posts given the composition of the ruling coalition. While the coalition partners have yet to reach a clear understanding on power-sharing, the Janata Samajbadi Party, one of the partners, is still undecided on whether to…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press online, Dec 21, 2022After taking power last August, the Taliban promised to crack down on narcotics and explicitly ban the production, processing and sale of illicit drugs. The decree issued by the authorities of the interim regime to ban the production and sale of illicit drugs was not inadequately enforced, and Afghanistan’s drug trade started flourishing under the Taliban regime. Following the regime change in August 2021, the economy…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 6, 2022With the count of first-past-the-post votes completed and that of the Proportional Representation ballots nearing end, the ruling coalition partners held their first meeting at Baluwatar and decided to continue with the existing five-party alliance led by the Nepali Congress. The coalition’s leaders have issued a joint statement, pledging to give continuity to the coalition, thereby ending the possibility of all other options of forming…