Tag: #Prachanda
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Everything you need to know about Nepal’s new left-led government
Armed Conflict and Conflict of Interest
Rabi Lamichhane’s rant was Trumpian populism, an anti-media ‘drain the swamp’ whataboutery
Geopolitical tug-o-war over Nepal
Pushpa Kamal Dahal with Jagat Prakash Nadda, national president of BJP. Photo: JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA/TWITTERBarely days after Pushpa Kamal Dahal…
Statue of The Ass
Thanks to our elected leaders, we finally have a solution to the problem of the unspent development budget: build statues.Great Leader Comrade…
What the Chinese think about Nepal’s Maoists
After 2006, Beijing muted criticism of Prachanda because his party is 'Maoist'
Pushpa Kamal Dahal is still Prachanda
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRINepal’s political headlines these days are mainly about the rift between K P Oli and Madhav Kumar Nepal that split…
What is delaying Nepal cabinet expansion?
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took office over a month ago, but aside from six ministers he has not been able to set up a full Cabinet yet…
One party, two countries?
The then chief of the NCP’s Foreign Affairs Department Madhav Kumar Nepal signed an MoU with the Chief of International Liaison Department of…
A crucible of fragile coalitions
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRINepalis are wondering who won and who lost after the Supreme Court on 7 March effectively ruled that the Nepal…
It’s broke, fix it
Illustration: SUBHAS RAI/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESThere has been a lot of speculative analysis this week about the winners and losers in Nepal’s…
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…
Open spaces and open society
Nepal Communist Party faction loyal to PM Oli organised rally at Darbar Marg on 5 February. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Nepal’s politicians…
A Kathmandu Spring
The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has by now squandered the overwhelming mandate it got in the 2017 elections to govern for five years, and its…
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…
Concerts, rallies and crowded malls
Thousands of people took to the streets this week to protest prime minister Oli's decision to dissolve the Lower House. Photos: BIKRAM RAIEven…
Concerts, rallies and crowded malls
Thousands of people took to the streets this week to protest prime minister Oli's decision to dissolve the Lower House. Photos: BIKRAM RAIEven…
PM Oli to India?
After reports appeared in a section of the India media (pictured above) that Prime Minister K P Oli may be making a visit to New Delhi on 4…
PM Oli to India?
After reports appeared in a section of the India media (pictured above) that Prime Minister K P Oli may be making a visit to New Delhi on 4…
“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…
Let them eat cake
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRI The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Secretariat meeting on 1 December coincided with Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel’s…
Let them eat cake
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRI The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Secretariat meeting on 1 December coincided with Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel’s…
Outside, looking in
For a government with a hefty majority that loftily promised voters prosperity and stability, the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has been able to…