A $500 million American grant to upgrade Nepal’s infrastructure appears at first glance to be delayed because of domestic politics. But the real…
At 75, Sher Bahadur Deuba is Nepal’s prime minister for the fifth time in 26 years -- joining the ranks of other serial prime ministers Surya…
Nepal's prolonged political deadlock has not just affected the country’s response to Covid-19, it has also delayed the implementation of an…
The fervour of the local elections three years ago had taken sway over the eight districts of Province 2. Sangihya Samajbadi Party and Rastriya…
There are just so many layers of party and factional interests, alliances and dalliances, marriages of convenience and messy divorces, egos,…
A new nationwide opinion poll quantifies widespread public disillusionment with the political leadership in Kathmandu, but shows that people…
The decision on Sunday by the Supreme Court that effectively makes the unification of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) null and void, just…
Nepal’s political drama took another unexpected turn on Sunday as the Supreme Court ruled that the name Nepal Communist Party (NCP) belonged to…
As the struggle for supremacy in Nepal’s politics enters a new and uncertain phase with a session of the restored Lower House on Sunday,…
There are 10 days to go for Nepal’s Parliament to reconvene as per the Supreme Court verdict on Tuesday.A lot needs to happen in that time, and…
Prime Minister K P Oli landed himself in fresh controversy after he punctuated his speech at the National Assembly on Sunday by spitting from…
Prime Minister K P Oli was half way through his one hour delivery to the Upper House on Sunday, defending his move to dissolve the lower chamber…
Nepal has been on a knife-edge in 2020 because of the pandemic, but the country’s leaders are too involved in their internal power struggles to…
Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana, Prime Minister Oli and Upper House Chair Ganesh Timilsina at a meeting of the Constitutional Council on…
After widespread criticism that the Nepali Congress (NC) was not playing the role of a loyal opposition at a time when the country is facing…
A group of 13 civil society members have called for Nepal’s political parties to set aside their rivalries and work to address the health and…
Kathmandu’s cognoscenti suffer from low esteem about Nepal’s geostrategic importance. However, the international community also does not give…
The two alpha males of Nepali politics finally sorted out their differences, ending months of deadlock that had brought governance to a…
You have to give it to K P Oli, he seems to have wriggled out of the biggest crisis in his current tenure as prime minister. No, not the…
After teetering at the brink of a split several times, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) appears to have stepped back from the edge once…
Last week, it looked like the rift in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) between Prime Minister K P Oli and co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal was…
No one knows for sure how many Nepali workers are in India at any given time, but an estimated 600,000 came back because of the COVID-19 crisis.…
Why Prime Minister K P Oli decided to use the birth anniversary of Nepali poet Bhanubhakta Acharya on Monday to get embroiled in what he should…
This reality show is as real as it gets, and we better get new systems in place
