Tag: #Provincial and parliamentary elections
Articles tagged with #Provincial and parliamentary elections
The past is foretold in Nepal poll results
Ten days after Nepal held parliamentary and provincial polls, the last of the election results are trickling in. With ballots in 161 out of 165…
Relocating Kathmandu
There is no question that Kathmandu has now become unliveable, and we need to think about moving. There is a proposal to relocate the capital so…
Vox Populi
For elections to reflect the national mood, they need to be free and fair. Candidates should not win based on caste, ethnic or religious vote…
Depending on independents
KP Oli of the opposition UML was on the campaign trail in Syangja last week where he directly urged security officials to monitor what he…
Battle of ballots
Photo: GOPEN RAI“For too long we have been taken for a ride by politicians. It is time we took politicians for a ride.”Campaigners on speakers…
House of cards
Photo: GOPEN RAIRight after Tihar, Nepalis will be preparing for yet another festival – federal and provincial elections. Five years after the…
Nepal's parties forge new pre-poll alliances
Aspirants file their candidacy under the first-past-the-post system for the 20 November parliamentary and provincial elections at the Election…
Swing votes
HAPPY HOLIDAYS: Recently done with her exams, Aashika Khadka,16, enjoys a Dasain swing in Kathmandu this week. She is not eligible to vote for…
President’s precedent
Photo: SUMAN NEPALIPresident Bidya Devi Bhandari failed to authenticate an amendment bill to Nepal’s Citizenship Act by deadline on Tuesday 20…
The power to have a say in her-story
Photo: SUMAN NEPALINepal’s provincial and federal elections are due on 20 November, but the political parties seem reluctant to allow their…
Election calculation
In January Nepal’s Election Commission recommended a date for the local elections for April, but the top political leadership of the governing…