Tag: #Maoist
Articles tagged with #Maoist
Kosi now, Kathmandu next?
Will Pushpa Kamal Dahal keep his promise to hand over prime ministership to Sher Bahadur Deuba, or will he do an Oli?
Uproar over Maoist war anniversary holiday
Widespread outrage over Prime Minister Dahal declaring 13 February a national holiday
Turning a new leaf in 2079
Photo: NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESSome members of the ruling coalition are still trying to postpone local elections slated for 13 May citing the…
'She would have been 33 this year'
Devi Sunar and her adopted daughter Maina in front of the picture of Devi’s late daughter Maina who was only 14 when she was tortured and killed…
What the Chinese think about Nepal’s Maoists
After 2006, Beijing muted criticism of Prachanda because his party is 'Maoist'
Still looking for Dad missing in Nepal
Nagma Mali holding a picture of her father Nandagopal Mali. Photo: BIKKIL STHAPIT/ VOICES OF WOMEN MEDIAOn 22 June 2004, Nandagopal Mali left…
Forbidden to remember the Kotbada massacre
Gyan, Buddhisara B.K., parents of two laboureres killed in Kotbada airport, Kalikot.It was 8 December 2002, and my documentary जोगीमाराका…
Ground reality of landlessness in Nepal
The first popularly elected government led by B P Koirala enacted the Birta Abolition Act in 1959, that required zamindars formerly granted land…
Clean up elections to clean up politics
Illustration: SWORUP NHASIJUOn 26 January, Nepal will elect 20 members to the National Assembly to replace those retiring from the Upper House…
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…
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…
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…
Oli's gambit
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRINepal’s Supreme Court has been overturning Prime Minister K P Oli’s moves to remain in office one by one, even as…
Step back from the brink
Locals across Nepal continue to stage protests against the dissolution of the Lower House. Photo: BIKRAM RAIAs feared, Prime Minister KP Oli’s…
Only memories remain
14 years and 11 prime ministers later Text and photographs by Bikkil SthapitMany of the over 1,300 people still listed as missing after the…
Disappearance of justice
All photos: SABRINA DANGOLBimala Dhakal’s husband Rajendra was a human rights lawyer in Gorkha, and had to go underground because the…
Alpha males
Illustration : DIWAKAR CHHETRIThere are signs that the power struggle between Prime Minister K P Oli and co-Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal is now…
Two takes on the Nepal-India nexus
Nepal Nexus, the English translation and updated version of the 2013 bestseller Prayogshala by editor Sudheer Sharma, offers readers a vivid…
THE TWO - YEAR ITCH
Illustration : DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe Nepal Communist Party (NCP) government completes two years in power next month. Despite its strong majority,…
Nepal's fantastic female runner
Mira Rai is already well known in Nepal and in the international athletic community as a trail runner, and a new book spreads her fame beyond…
Which way Nepali politics in 2020?
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIReverberations of 2019 are going to have far-reaching impact on Nepali politics in the coming year as a tug-o-war,…