New political equation High-sounding CMP contradicts Deuba’s TOR Ram S. Mahat A PM who was dismissed once for his inability to hold election on time has to prove that he can do the job. The country’s politics has taken a new turn after Deuba was appointed Prime Minister. This has led to realignment of the... 24 Jun, 2004
An unholy alliance in the making Jiba Raj PokharelIt is more than a year since the five-party alliance (now a four-party alliance) is agitating in the streets seeking the correction of the regression underway in the country, which has unfortunately come into being following the... 22 Jun, 2004
RPP headed for a split? Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, June 20:A group of central members of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party today met former prime minister Surya Bahadur Thapa and requested him to avert the launching of a new outfit as a retaliatory measure following... Travel 20 Jun, 2004
National scene : Everybody is winning, except the people Aditya Man ShresthaThe current situation in Nepal is so tricky that it can give a sense of victory to everyone in conflict. Start with King Gyanendra. He can feel elated by a sense of triumph in reasserting his personal power under Article 127 in... 17 Jun, 2004
Resigned Dy mayor to resume duties Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, June 11:The deputy mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Rajaram Shrestha, who had submitted his resignation along with the mayor and ward chairmen on May 23, is set to resume duties from Monday. Sources at the KMC said... Horoscopes 12 Jun, 2004
Derailing crisis Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, in his first address to the nation on Wednesday after taking office a week ago, has appealed to all the political parties represented in the dissolved parliament to join hands with him to form an all-party government.... 10 Jun, 2004
New government must embrace liberalism Bandana RanaAfter more than three weeks of intense uncertainty and speculations, the country got a new prime minister last Wednesday. The King appointed the leader of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Sher Bahadur Deuba as the prime minister after the... 09 Jun, 2004
Kirtipur mayor to stay on Himalayan News ServiceKirtipur, June 8:At the time when the local body officials nominated by the then government led by Surya Bahadur Thapa are resigning en masse most of them citing moral grounds or personal reasons though it is assumed that they... Horoscopes 09 Jun, 2004
Task at hand Even if the CPN-UML does not leave the five-party “anti-regression” alliance, the latter will not be the same again. Disenchanted with Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala, the CPN-UML has called for a review of the alliance, stressing that... 08 Jun, 2004
NC (D) to initiate talks with UML, RPP Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, June 6:The Nepali Congress (Democratic) today decided to initiate formal talks with the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) in a bid to give a shape to the... Travel 07 Jun, 2004
Birgunj city board members in soup over ‘embezzlement’ Himalayan News ServiceBirgunj, June 4:Birgunj sub-metropolitan city board is in the soup after its members were blamed of embezzlement while purchasing garbage collecting carts worth Rs 1.4 million without calling for tender applications. A source at... Travel 05 Jun, 2004
The only way The five agitating political parties have said that their struggle against “regression” continues on the streets as well as on the table. They are obviously referring to the royal audience granted to them collectively and to the CPN-UML and the... 25 May, 2004
