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Articles tagged with #citizenship
The rise and fall of Rabi Lamichhane
Nepal’s Home Minister resigns after the Supreme Court rules he is not a Nepali citizen
Are women not Nepali enough?
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASI / NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESLast Friday, The House of Representatives, through a majority vote, endorsed the amendment to the…
Literally, out of service
An exhausting hour-long wait in line at the Kathmandu District Administration Office finally ends with a rude and unhelpful civil servant at the…
Everyday as if it is Women’s Day
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIWhen the Immigration Department last month proposed travel restrictions for women under 40, Nepalis took to the streets…
Nepal's unequal Citizenship Law
Just as Nepal came out of its first phase of lockdown on 21 June, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) tabled a revised Citizenship Bill in…
Nepal's unequal Citizenship Law
Just as Nepal came out of its first phase of lockdown on 21 June, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) tabled a revised Citizenship Bill in…
Indian Nepalis alarmed by Citizenship Amendment Bill
Photos: DARJEELINGTIMES.COMAfter India recently amended its laws regarding citizenship, Nepalis living in Northeast India are terrified. Both of…
Patriarchy in an oligarchy
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRINepal’s 2016 Constitution may be seen as the preeminent in the world by its framers, but there are still some…
Nepal’s suffragette moment
Seven years after the Supreme Court issued a landmark verdict in the Sabina Damai vs Government of Nepal case, allowing children to obtain…
Nepal's constitution, 3 years later
Bikram RaiThree years after Nepal’s constitution was promulgated, experts from the region are gathering in Kathmandu for a three-day conference…
The letter and spirit
Bhanu BhattaraiThe Constitution of Nepal was passed in 2015 after two Constituent Assemblies, as a part of the peace process and through a…