by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 26, 2023The “campaign to protect nation, nationalism, religion, culture and citizens’, led by controversial businessman Durga Prasai, made headlines over the week as his supporters hit the streets of the Capital and faced off against the security personnel deployed to contain the pro-monarchy marches. Prasai continued his protest on Saturday, albeit on a smaller scale. Thursday’s protest, centred on Balkhu, was supported by right-wingers, royalists, pro-Hindu activists,…
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by Sahan Tennekoon in Daily Morning, Oct 19, 2023The date of tabling the revised Anti-Terrorism Bill (ATB) to the Parliament remains uncertain since it has been removed from the Parliamentary Order Book as it has not been tabled in the Parliament on 3 October as planned. Making a special announcement yesterday (18), Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana told the Parliament that the revised ATB has been removed from the Parliamentary Order Book since it…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Sep 25, 2023Questions were raised from various quarters after the date for the MCC Compact’s entry-into-force was fixed for August-end even as land acquisition has yet to begin for the transmission line project to be implemented under the US programme. Acquiring land has been a persistent challenge for infrastructure projects, particularly transmission line projects. The compact entering into force on August 30 means the projects should be…