Rabi Lamichhane suspended as lawmaker The Parliament Secretariat has issued a notice suspending Rabi Lamichhane, the elected legislator for Chitwan-2 and President of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). Nepal 24 Dec, 2024
CDF and its latest iteration: A mockery of the SC's decision Following the approach of the FY 2081/82 federal budget, the new government of Madhesh decided in its first cabinet meeting to transform the Parliamentary Development Fund into schemes to provide funds to the MPs in the province assembly. Opinion 24 Jun, 2024
Murky laws spark dispute between the federal and local government Lack of clarity in the laws has sparked tensions between Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) and the road department over road construction and pavement expansion in the New Road area. Kathmandu 04 Jun, 2024
SC annuls Oli Cabinet's decision to allow swapping of Giri Bandhu Tea Estate land The Supreme Court annulled then-KP Sharma-led government's decision to allow Giri Bandhu Tea Estate to relocate its 343-19-12 bigha land to a different location. Nepal 08 Feb, 2024
SC invalidates land swap of Giribandhu Tea Estate The Supreme Court has invalidated the exchange of land belonging to Giribandhu Tea Estate. Nepal 07 Feb, 2024
India's Supreme Court upholds government's decision to remove disputed Kashmir's special status India’s top court on Monday upheld a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status as a semi-autonomous region with a separate constitution and inherited protections on land and jobs. World 11 Dec, 2023
Bagmati province sues federal govt for 'encroaching upon' provincial powers ​​​​​​​Bagmati province government has sued the federal government accusing it of violating its exclusive power over transport management. Kathmandu 31 Oct, 2023
'If the judiciary goes wrong, nothing goes right' Advocate Raju Prasad Chapagai is a Kathmandu-based public interest lawyer and researcher. Nepal 07 Oct, 2023
NBA wants seven-year tenure for Supreme Court justices The General Assembly of Nepal Bar Association has passed a resolution calling on the stakeholders to amend the constitution to fix the tenure of Supreme Court Justices to seven years, not more. Kathmandu 01 Oct, 2023
SC order on pork barrel fund irks NC, UML The Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML have taken exception to the interim order issued by the five-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Bishwombhar Prasad Shrestha on Wednesday against the federal and provincial governments for allocating money under the constituency infrastructure development programme, also known as pork-barrel fund. Nepal 26 Aug, 2023
EDITORIAL: A bold decision Far from the gaze of the capital city, Kathmandu, a rural municipality in Khotang in east Nepal is experimenting to see if it can bring quality to the teaching learning process in the schools by making the principal more accountable. Opinion 26 Jul, 2023
Writ against Koshi govt now under full bench ​​​​​​​The writ petition challenging the legitimacy of Koshi Province government will now be heard by the full bench of the Supreme Court. Nepal 25 Jul, 2023
