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China lobbying against MCC
A $500 million American grant to upgrade Nepal’s infrastructure appears at first glance to be delayed because of domestic politics. But the real…
Deuba.5
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIAt 75, Sher Bahadur Deuba is Nepal’s prime minister for the fifth time in 26 years -- joining the ranks of other…
Power politics delays MCC in Nepal
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRINepal's prolonged political deadlock has not just affected the country’s response to Covid-19, it has also delayed…
Power politics delays MCC in Nepal
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRINepal's prolonged political deadlock has not just affected the country’s response to Covid-19, it has also delayed…
The Politics of Province 2
Residents of the Musahar settlement in Baluwa Tol of Siraha's Dhangadhimai Municipality.The fervour of the local elections three years ago had…
Untangling the knots
There are just so many layers of party and factional interests, alliances and dalliances, marriages of convenience and messy divorces, egos,…
In a state of disillusionment
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAA new nationwide opinion poll quantifies widespread public disillusionment with the political leadership in Kathmandu, but…
No winners in latest Nepal political twist
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 takes 1 step forward, 2 steps back
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASINepal’s political drama took another unexpected turn on Sunday as the Supreme Court ruled that the name Nepal Communist…
Women leaders seen, but not heard
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASIAs the struggle for supremacy in Nepal’s politics enters a new and uncertain phase with a session of the restored…
Parliamentary arithmetics
Photo: BIKRAM RAIThere are 10 days to go for Nepal’s Parliament to reconvene as per the Supreme Court verdict on Tuesday.A lot needs to happen…
Splitting and spitting
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIPrime Minister K P Oli landed himself in fresh controversy after he punctuated his speech at the National Assembly…
Zero-sum game for Nepal’s ruling Communists
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRI Prime Minister K P Oli was half way through his one hour delivery to the Upper House on Sunday, defending his move…
Over the edge, again
Illustration: SUBHAS RAI / NEPALI TIMES #22, 22-28 DECEMBER 2000Nepal has been on a knife-edge in 2020 because of the pandemic, but the…
Over the edge, again
Illustration: SUBHAS RAI / NEPALI TIMES #22, 22-28 DECEMBER 2000Nepal has been on a knife-edge in 2020 because of the pandemic, but the…
Nepal PM Oli goes it alone
Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana, Prime Minister Oli and Upper House Chair Ganesh Timilsina at a meeting of the Constitutional Council on…
Nepal PM Oli goes it alone
Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana, Prime Minister Oli and Upper House Chair Ganesh Timilsina at a meeting of the Constitutional Council on…
Nepali Congress takes to the streets
All photos: Bikram Rai/Nepali TimesAfter widespread criticism that the Nepali Congress (NC) was not playing the role of a loyal opposition at a…
Nepali Congress takes to the streets
All photos: Bikram Rai/Nepali TimesAfter widespread criticism that the Nepali Congress (NC) was not playing the role of a loyal opposition at a…
Civic appeal for stability and governance
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…
No binary foreign policy
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIKathmandu’s cognoscenti suffer from low esteem about Nepal’s geostrategic importance. However, the international…
Man Power
The two alpha males of Nepali politics finally sorted out their differences, ending months of deadlock that had brought governance to a…
The seat of power
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIYou have to give it to K P Oli, he seems to have wriggled out of the biggest crisis in his current tenure as prime…
Nepal ruling party pulls back from split (again)
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIAfter teetering at the brink of a split several times, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) appears to have…