Nepal’s corruption carousel
Public pressure to curb graft is making heads roll, but is it all just political drama?
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THE OLIGARCHY
There is an old Hungarian proverb: ‘If you are among thieves, and you keep quiet, that makes you a thief as well.’The...
Mahara acquitted
Former Speaker of the Nepal Parliament Krishna Bahadur Mahara was acquitted by the Kathmandu District Court of case in which he was accused...
THE TWO - YEAR ITCH
The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) government completes two years in power next month. Despite its strong majority, the party’s performance has been...
14 years after conflict, no closure in Nepal
Fourteen years after the end of the conflict, a slew of controversial decisions and pronouncements by leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist...
No Speaker, no Parliament in Nepal
An ongoing impasse over the Speaker at the House of Representatives has once more brought to the fore the power struggle within...
Which way Nepali politics in 2020?
Reverberations of 2019 are going to have far-reaching impact on Nepali politics in the coming year as a tug-o-war, broadly between ex-UML and...
The rise and fall of Comrade Mahara
Wearing a plain white polo shirt and a hint of a smile, former House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara walked out of Norvic...
Mahara arrested
Police on Sunday evening arrested Krishna Bahadur Mahara who resigned as Speaker of Nepal’s Parliament last week for allegedly raping a female...
Court orders Mahara arrest
The Kathmandu District Court on Sunday ordered the arrest of former Speaker of the Nepal Parliament, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who resigned from...
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