by Parbat Portel in The Kathmandu Post,Dec 16, 2023Two months ago, Ranju Bishwakarma’s daily routine was abruptly interrupted when Sita Dahal, a milkmaid, informed her that she would no longer sell milk to Ranju. It had been only two days since Ranju had started buying cow milk from Sita. Sita told Ranju that ever since she started selling milk to her, her cow fell ill and so did her family members. Ranju, a Dalit woman…
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Report in Dawn, Sept 21st, 2023LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti on Wednesday told Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Anwar that he had started losing his patience with the failure of the police to recover alleged missing anchorperson Imran Riaz. “Five months have passed and you have now begun to try my patience,” the chief justice said to the IGP during the hearing of a petition seeking recovery of the alleged…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 18, 2023The Election Commission and Awami League seem to have started taking preparations for the coming national election. The Jatiya Party, the main opposition in parliament, is also making preparations to participate on its own, not part of the AL-led alliance. The AL and the JP are currently finalising their election manifestos and the lists of lawmaker nominees. AL chief Sheikh Hasina started campaigning on August 2 in Rangpur…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 6, 2023Leaders of ruling parties who ratified the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact last year have started disputing over the US aid a week after it entered the implementation phase. One of the ruling parties, the CPN (Unified Socialist), has even formed a separate panel led by its vice-chair to study if the compact “undermines Nepal’s sovereignty” in the course of project implementation. Also, a political…
by Rupa Gahatraj in The Kathmandu Post, updated July 28, 2023 Dhanakali Sunar has been discriminated against all her life for being born into a Dalit family. When Sunar was elected a ward member of Baijanath Rural Municipality-1 in the last local elections, she thought her perseverance had won over discrimination and that she could now lead a respectable life alongside her neighbours. But she was proven wrong on the evening of July 2 when…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 01, 2023Lawyers have started protests from Sunday demanding that the government appoint a new chief justice without further delay. The Nepal Bar Association, the umbrella organisation of lawyers in the country, announced a week-long protest with eight demands including the filling of vacant judge positions and appointment of the chief justice. The ongoing tussle between the ruling coalition and the main opposition CPN-UML has delayed the…