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Government in installments

More than two months after Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took office to lead a five-party coalition, he has not even been able to...

Who gets what?

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took office nearly two months ago, but aside from five ministers he has not been able to set...

Nepal’s post-breakup politics

Nepal’s Election Commission on Wednesday evening officially recognised and certified Madhav Kumar Nepal’s UML (Socialist) and Mahanta Thakur’s Loktantrik Samajwadi (LSP) parties....

Deuba.5

At 75, Sher Bahadur Deuba is Nepal’s prime minister for the fifth time in 26 years -- joining the ranks of other...

Shristi Karki

Reinstate, remove, repeat

On Monday, Nepal's Supreme Court restored the House of Representatives that Prime Minister KP Oli had dissolved for the second time on...

Shristi Karki

Oli's gambit

Nepal’s Supreme Court has been overturning Prime Minister K P Oli’s moves to remain in office one by one, even as it...

Political ball now in Nepal’s Supreme Court

An alliance of five political parties and factions opposed to Prime Minister K P Oli’s dissolution of the House and call for early...

Political ball now in Nepal’s Supreme Court

An alliance of five political parties and factions opposed to Prime Minister K P Oli’s dissolution of the House and call for early...

The Politics of Province 2

The fervour of the local elections three years ago had taken sway over the eight districts of Province 2. Sangihya Samajbadi Party...

Untangling the knots

There are just so many layers of party and factional interests, alliances and dalliances, marriages of convenience and messy divorces, egos, ambitions,...