Deuba as PM
South Asia must now fervently hope that a scintilla of normalcy will return to Nepal. Hopefully once more, the putrid parties and politics of the Kathmandu court are over.
South Asia must now fervently hope that a scintilla of normalcy will return to Nepal. Hopefully once more, the putrid parties and politics of the Kathmandu court are over.
The justices, in their unanimous decision, said that it would be appropriate to start the process from where the mistake was made. While Mr Deuba has been sworn in, the challenges he faces are formidable.
The Supreme Court's order has reduced the cabinet to five members including himself, and the Ministers for Finance, Education, Physical Infrastructure and Transport and Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.
The political kerfuffle escalates as Nepal is battling a deadly second wave of the pandemic and is reporting 8,207 new infections on an average each day.
A total of 192 small, medium-sized and large factories are expected to be set up inside the Nepal-China Friendship Industrial Park in the first phase.
Timilsina said that it is an honour of all the Nepali people to receive the Chinese president while extending its warm welcome to Xi Jinping on behalf of the National Assembly.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari greeted Xi on arrival at the airport ringed by hills. Thousands of people stood along the flower festooned route to welcome the Chinese leader as he drove from the airport to the hotel.
The two governments had inked an agreement to execute the project in August 2015 but the construction was delayed following the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.
According to reports, PM Modi is likely to make a short visit to Colombo on his way to or back from the Maldives in early June, during his first visit overseas in his second term.
Some observers are worried that Modi’s resounding victory could lead India to push for the restoration of Nepal as a Hindu state, while also emboldening right-wing Hindu outfits in Nepal.
