Political turbulence in Nepal: Solution through dialogue, not defiance The current political events appear to be heading for their customary decadal turbulent trajectory. Opinion 19 Mar, 2025
Political leaders take jibe on pro-monarchists In the wake of former king Gyanendra Shah's recent participation in numerous public events, as well as the increasing public political activity of monarchy supporters, top leaders from both parties have taken jibe at it. Nepal 09 Mar, 2025
CPN (Maoist Centre) to contest upcoming general election independently CPN (Maoist Centre) chair and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has stated that his party is not concerned with toppling the government. Kathmandu 24 Feb, 2025
Proportional representation: And the issue of threshold The concept of proportional representation (PR) was crystallised when the mixed parallel electoral system with 60 per cent seats for PR and 40 per cent seats for First Past-the Post (FPtP) segments was enshrined in the Interim Constitution for holding the Constitutional Assembly (CA) election, as there had been no provision of thresholds in our experiments with the FPtP in the 1959, 1991, 1994 and 1996 general elections. Opinion 27 Jan, 2025
Unity among Maoist parties soon: CPN (MC) Chair Dahal Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' said the process to unite scattered Maoist parties would be concluded soon. Nepal 19 Oct, 2024
People's attraction to Maoist Centre increases: MC Chair Dahal claims Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' said his party has witnessed people's attraction throughout the country. Nepal 11 Sep, 2024
Maoists' People's War: Armed struggle or violent action?An unwarranted argument The lawmakers of both the government and opposition, otherwise caught napping on several occasions in the Parliament, were up on their toes when the Secretary of the Unified Marxist-Leninist, Yogesh Bhattarai, labelled the Peoples War waged by the Maoist Centre as unfortunate violence. Opinion 04 Sep, 2024
NC President Deuba releases 'A Decade of Conflict Journalism' by journalist Dirgha Raj Upadhyaya Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba officially released the book A Decade of Conflict Journalism, authored by journalist Dirgha Raj Upadhyaya amidst a ceremony held on Friday in Kathmandu. Lifestyle 01 Sep, 2024
Dabbling in diplomacy in Asia: The focal point of the world S.D. Muni’s book ‘Dabbling in Diplomacy’, otherwise a very specialised book but written lucidly with his life intertwined with teaching, research and diplomacy combined with brushings with politicians and revolution, is interesting to read. Opinion 27 Aug, 2024
Ace historian Naya Raj Panta: A scholar extraordinary A nation without history is said to be a person without memory. Opinion 14 Aug, 2024
Krishna Mahara's political career mired in scandals The home ministry today instructed strict and immediate action against Krishna Bahadur Mahara after the recommendation of the high-level probe commission report, but it is the most recent scandal involving Mahara. Kathmandu 18 Mar, 2024
New power equation to change the speed of government: PM Dahal Prime Minister and Chairperson of CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that a new power equation had to be formed to bring about change in the speed of the government and for collaboration between the communist forces. Nepal 17 Mar, 2024
