What goes on in Nepal’s elections
Nepal’s Election Commission is tasked with conducting free and fair elections and oversees every aspect of it from voter registration, and campaign...
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A month after local polls, the Election Commission has proposed provincial and federal elections be held in the third week of November.This...
Rise of the independents
Harka Sampung was a migrant worker in the arid mountains of Afghanistan. He dreamt of returning to Dharan’s lush forests to uplift...
Nepal's alt-right falls off the map
How Nepal's alternative political party candidates turned reactionary and lost in local elections
Kathmandu’s ‘Balen Phenomenon’
A rapper who is an independent mayoral candidate represents a Nepal-wide disenchantment with traditional politicians
Woman leader vies for top job in local polls
Srijana Lama was elected deputy chair of Naukunda Rural Municipality of Rasuwa district five years ago when she was just 22. She...
Our notes count, but our votes don’t
During the 2017 election, overseas workers like myself consoled ourselves that in the next one, we would be eligible to vote. After...
Coalition collision
A loudspeaker cut through the early morning silence in Chandragiri Municipality on Wednesday as a pickup bounced along an alley, blaring election...
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