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Nepal’s Citizenship Amendment Bill explained
Why it was blocked by the Supreme Court after the government sent it to the president for approval
Nepal’s illiberal democracy
A government with unconditional backing perpetuates its kleptocracy and kakistocracy.
Nepal's opposition-less Parliament
Near-unanimous support for PM Dahal creates a legislature without opposition in Nepal
Affirmative inaction
Nepali Congress Joint General Secretary Mahalaxmi Upadhyay recalls how she missed a call from a journalist because she was attending an…
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…
The human cost of Nepal’s political deadlock
When the coalition government of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took office in July, many had hoped it would restore stability after a…
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…
Deuba’s long and winding road
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIOn Tuesday, Sher Bahadur Deuba was appointed Nepal’s Prime Minister for the fifth time in 26 years.The 75-year old veteran…
Reinstate, remove, repeat
UML's Madhav Kumar Nepal and Sher Bahadur Deuba during the unstable coalition politics of the mid-1990s, when both were rising in influence…
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…
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…
Nepal government reshuffle during pandemic
New ministers at Sital Nibas on Friday being sworn in by Bidya Devi Bhandari.Nepal’s Prime Minister K P Oli has replaced his Health Minister and…
Nepal is a hotbed of virus and politics
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe most glaring failure of the past year has been the state’s abdication of responsibility towards public welfare…
Nepal is a hotbed of virus and politics
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe most glaring failure of the past year has been the state’s abdication of responsibility towards public welfare…
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…
House of cards
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIIn the two months since Prime Minister K P Oli dissolved the Lower House of Parliament, massive rallies were held across…
“I had no other option,” PM Oli
Prime Minister K P Oli has lashed out at rivals within the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) for creating obstacles every step of the way in the past…
“I had no other option,” PM Oli
Prime Minister K P Oli has lashed out at rivals within the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) for creating obstacles every step of the way in the past…
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…
President endorses Nepal House dissolution
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has officially given her office’s formal stamp of approval to Prime Minsiter K P Oli’s reccomendation through the…
President endorses Nepal House dissolution
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has officially given her office’s formal stamp of approval to Prime Minsiter K P Oli’s reccomendation through the…
THE TWO - YEAR ITCH
Illustration : DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe Nepal Communist Party (NCP) government completes two years in power next month. Despite its strong majority,…
Spooking Nepalis by snooping on them
On 11 December, the Prime Minister and Cabinet's office tabled the 'bill to amend and integrate laws relating to the constitution and operation…