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Ncell sale row: Too many panels may complicate probe:

By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 08, 2023There are now a handful of entities probing the Ncell sale case. The government on Thursday formed a five-member high-level committee to investigate the buyout of Ncell, a mobile service provider. A Cabinet meeting constituted the panel under former auditor general Tanka Mani Sharma. It has been given 30 days to study the matter and submit its report. The government appointed the panel a day after…

Could Nepal’s communists reunite to fend off emerging political forces?

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…

Can Paudel restore credibility of President’s Office?

by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 10, 2023 Ram Chandra Paudel is stepping into Sheetal Niwas hot on the heels of Bidya Devi Bhandari, who got into a number of controversies for being overly supportive of prime minister KP Sharma Oli while blocking some crucial laws forwarded during the premiership of Sher Bahadur Deuba. Political leaders and analysts say Bhandari did not heed public concern, for instance when she was criticised for blocking…