Report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 6, 2023Over a month and a half since government formation, Chief Minister Kedar Karki of Koshi Province is still struggling to give a full shape to his Cabinet. Karki rebelled against the party leadership to become the chief minister with the CPN-UML’s backing on October 14 while the Congress had officially stood in favour of CPN (Maoist Centre)’s Indra Bahadur Angbo. The UML quit the Koshi government on November…
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report in Daily Mirror, June 28, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe asked a Tamil activist in France to pose a question in Tamil when it seemed he was struggling to raise a question in English. The activist, during an event in France, urged the President to address humanitarian issues in Sri Lanka before focusing on other issues. The activist also opined that he does not believe the Government in Sri Lanka was democratic. The President responded saying…
By Sangam Prasain & Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, May 30, 2023Nepal’s economy has run into money problems for the first time in nearly six decades, and the coalition government is struggling to fix them. The country was officially in a recession until the second quarter of the current fiscal year, with the annual economic growth rate projected to slow down to 1.86 percent as a result. This adds to the existing pressure…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, April 13, 2023Amid a financial crisis so serious that the government is struggling to pay its employees, the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government is pushing ahead with its decision to dole out Rs200,000 each to the former Maoist combatants disqualified for integration into the Nepal Army for being underage or late recruits during the UN verification in 2007. Home Secretary Binod Singh confirmed to the Post that a working…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, April 06, 2023The writer is a reporter covering national politics for The Kathmandu Post.Three parties—the Rastriya Swatantra Party, the Janamat Party and the Nagarik Unmukti Party—made it to Parliament last November in their first try at parliamentary politics, winning 20, six, and four seats, respectively. But they have failed to deliver effectively either as ruling parties or as strong opposition raising public voices, say observers. Jhalak Subedi, a…
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…