Ballots after bullets
On 5 March, nearly 19 million citizens of Nepal will vote to choose a new House of Representatives.
On 5 March, nearly 19 million citizens of Nepal will vote to choose a new House of Representatives.
The main challenge remains: some parties want a new prime minister appointed without dissolving parliament, while the Gen Z-led protest movement favors dissolving it.
When different groups arrived with their own candidates, they refused to accept each other’s recommendations. The arguments quickly turned into physical clashes near Sundhara.
The turmoil in Kathmandu on Monday is more than a story of street protests. It is a reminder of how central digital freedoms have become to the fabric of modern society, and how easily governments misjudge the consequences of curbing them.
Amid the ongoing protest in Nepal, IndiGo has announced the resumption of its scheduled operations to Kathmandu, along with special relief flights aimed at assisting stranded passengers.
Agni Prasad Sapkota, Parliament speaker and Chairman of the Standing Committee of China's NPC, Li Zhanshu inked the agreement in Kathmandu at the federal parliament building on Monday.
Water will be the most contested resource in the decades to come, and Nepal’s water is connected to both its neighbours.
All the players in the economy should accept that there will be a shift in the nature of support to Nepal in the post-graduation days.
The idea of nationality as a marker of belonging emanating from one’s ancestral land is neither new nor unique.
The country is witnessing an alarming rise in the cases of the waterborne disease, since the start of monsoon. Adding to the woes, Covid-19 cases have started re surging too.
