by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, December 20th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: A powerful United Nations panel, which approves the accreditation of diplomats to its system, has refused to assign the Afghan Taliban a seat at the world body. This was the third time a nine-member UN credential committee rejected a request by the interim Afghan Taliban to assign a seat to its representative at the UN. After the takeover in Aug 2021, the interim Taliban government…
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By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 23, 2023The Election Commission is preparing to hold the National Assembly polls for one third of its lawmakers on January 25 next year. A team led by Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Thapaliya is meeting Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal with the proposal on Friday to recommend the election date. The term of 19 members of the upper house including its Chairperson Ganesh Timilsina expires on March 3.…
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in The News, October 30, 2023ISLAMABAD: The election in the country could be held in the third week of January, a week earlier than indicated by the Election Commission of Pakistan more than a month ago. The schedule for polls will be announced in the first week of December and elections may be held in January. Sources in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) told The News here Sunday that no…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 6, 2023United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is arriving in Kathmandu on October 13 on a four-day official visit, will be flying to Beijing on October 16 to participate in the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF). China has also invited the Nepal government to the BRF event, but Kathmandu has yet to decide who will participate in the event. China is hosting…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 25, 2023The government on May 9 registered a bill to amend some Nepal Acts in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to revise 80 Acts—around a third of the country’s total. With the single bill, the government is preparing to amend the Acts related to criminal office, forest use, environment protection, university education—and what not. In case of minor revisions, there is a practice of amending…
report in Prothom Alo, 22 June 2023The ruling Awami League mayoral candidate, AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, was elected as the mayor of the Rajshahi City Corporation for the third term. Khairuzzaman Liton beat Murshid Alam of Islami Andolon securing 160,290 votes in 155 centres. The returning officer of the Rajshahi city corporation election Delwar Hossain announced the unofficial election results on Wednesday at 9:00 pm. According to the result, AHM Khairuzzaman bagged 160,290 votes while his…