Empowering women to enter politics and preparing candidates for elections two years away
Mainstream parties feel threatened by the handover of power from the past to the future
Balendra Shah, popularly known as ‘Balen’, is a rapper and structural engineer who was elected Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The…
Senior citizens cast their ballot in Kathmandu's Hanuman Dhoka on Friday morning. Photos: RSS and AMIT MACHAMASINepalis all around the country…
A political party mobiliser in Kathmandu's Koteswor intersection collecting names of voters in Triyuja Municipality in Udaypur. All photos:…
In an informal survey, Nepalis in the United States were asked about elections back home this year to three levels of government.Most replied…
The use of the social web has found a dominant role in campaigning for local elections, especially as the countdown to the 13 May local…
Some members of the ruling coalition are still trying to postpone local elections slated for 13 May citing the country’s economic crisis, but…
“We are always proud about the fact that Nepal has a female President and Speaker, but do you think Bidya Devi Bhandari, Onsari Gharti Magar or…
Nepal is getting into full campaign mode for local elections only a little more than a month away, and political parties have started to provide…
Deputy chair of Chaurpati Rural Municipality in Achham district Maya Kunwar has been working to reduce domestic violence, alcoholism and to…
In the five years since transitioning into the federal system, Nepal’s local governments have garnered much more trust among voters than the…
Takam village (above) in Dhaulagiri Municipality is a model for how federalism should function. Photos: JOY STEPHENSBal Bir Biswakarma from the…
When the only ambulance in Diprung Chuichumma could not attend to all the emergencies, Chair Bhupendra Rai himself drove the infected to health…
When the second wave hit Nepal in May 2021, city hospitals ran out of ICU beds and oxygen, and politicians in Kathmandu appeared helpless, local…
After hemming and hawing about holding local elections, top leaders of the five-party alliance that met on Tuesday finally made some headway.…
The Election Commission has set local elections for May, with federal elections following early next year. Given the heated debate about…
Alternative politics (वैकल्पिक राजनीति) in Nepal so far has just been limited to creating new political parties. Each time this happens, a party…
Nepal is recognised as the only low-income country to have made rapid progress cutting poverty and boosting public health and education in…
Local activists goad local governments to deliver services
Swiss Ambassador Elisabeth von Capeller Oswald is on her second diplomatic stint in Nepal after also serving as assistant director of the Swiss…
Of all the parts of Kathmandu Valley worst hit in the April 2015 earthquake was the historic town of Sankhu. But this is also where elected…
The first step in reducing air pollution is to let the public and governments know how bad it is 999: that was the reading in air pollution…
