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The magic 138
Five possible scenarios for election outcome, and what they could mean for new government and Nepal’s future
OLD vs NEW vs NEW
This election has come down to a personality clash between personality cults
Nepal’s AI-generated election
Forget the candidate’s manifesto, just post their memes
New vs New in Nepal
This is an election for a chief executive as personality cult takes over politics
Stages of denial
After all that has happened, it is obscene for obsolete politicians to still hanker for power
Election countdown: 4 more months
PM says Nepalis do not have the luxury of thinking what will happen if elections do not happen
Those were the days
Decades-old archival images by photojournalist Bikas Rauniar of ministers in the new government
What just happened in Nepali politics?
Everything you need to know about Nepal’s new left-led government
An unceremonious President
The election of president should not involve such wheeling-dealing, in the spirit of inclusion it is the turn of a respected Janjati or Dalit candidate.
Nepal's political economy
The new government's biggest challenge is to save Nepal's economy (and itself) from collapse.
Oli-Dahal political déjà vu
Maoist chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN (UML) chair K P Oli are back in a coalition government, ousting Sher Bahadur Deuba and his Nepali…
The business of politics
Illustration: BHANU ACHARYA/NEPALI TIMESDuring the 2017 elections, Baburam Bhattarai’s Naya Shakti Party propped up the Nepali Congress (NC)…
Post-convention, UML eyes set on elections
K P Oli’s re-election as leader of his CPN-UML party has been portrayed by critics even within his own party as just the latest example of his…
Oli sweeps UML party polls
The main opposition UML’s leader K P Oli has been sworn in again as party chair after elections on Tuesday, and he in turn has sworn in 14…
Swapping ambassadors midway
In the days of the absolute monarchy, every government appointment, promotion in the civil service, and ambassadorship had to be approved by the…
Government in installments
WHO IS WHO? President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepal Army Chief Prabhu Ram Sharma, Chief Justice Cholendra SJB…
MCC row rocks Nepal’s ruling coalition
Vice president of US Mellennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Fatema Z Sumar arrives in Kathmandu on Thursday.Fatema Z Sumar, vice president of…
Who gets what?
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took office nearly two months ago, but aside from five ministers he has not been able to set up a full…
China reacts to Nepal regime change
Chinese Ambassador Hou promptly called on Deuba after he took office, and announced a further 1.6 million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm…
Deuba's denouement
Nepali Times issues #53 (27 July-2 August 2001) and #67 (9-15 November 2001).Sher Bahadur Deuba became Nepal’s prime minister last week, and won…
Nepal’s ‘accidental prime minister’
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASINepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba won a trust vote in the House of Representatives on Sunday, putting an end…
Nepal Court orders Deuba to succeed Oli
Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba will become prime minister for the fifth time on Tuesday. Photo: RSSFor many, the Supreme Court’s…
Parliamentary whiplash
Illustration: SUBHAS RAIWe will finally know in 12 July the fate of the dissolved House, whether or not K P Oli stays on as prime minister, if…
Making up is hard to do
Former prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Prime Minister K P Oli enjoying a view of Kathmandu from the 11th floor of the Marriott Hotel on 21…