Attorney General appointed, despite SC order to avoid long-term impact decisions While the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Gandaki Province should not come up with any long-term decisions but focus on day-to-day affairs, the Gandaki government has appointed an Attorney General. Nepal 12 Apr, 2024
Parliament sans opposition: It happen only in Nepal The second meeting of the recently constituted House of Representatives (HoR), held on January 10, delivered a unique scene. Prime Minister (PM) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, whose party holds 32 seats in the 275-member HoR, had sought the vote of confidence. Opinion 20 Jan, 2023
All-party meeting fails to reach consensus on key posts The all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ahead of the speaker’s elections failed to forge consensus among parties on which party should get which constitutional posts — president, vice-president, speaker, and deputy speaker. Nepal 18 Jan, 2023
Impeachment of CJ: Generating more smoke than fire The impeachment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Cholendra Shumsher Rana is again back in the national limelight after having been totally eclipsed by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for almost a month. The proposal for impeachment was tabled in the Parliament Secretariat on February 13 this year after having being signed by more than 25 per cent of the members of the Parliament as per clause 101 of the constitution. Opinion 24 Mar, 2022
Uncertainty looms over all appointments to Constitutional bodies made after House dissolution Uncertainty looms over all appointments to Constitutional bodies made after House dissolution Kathmandu 23 Feb, 2021
Constitutional Council meeting commences sans attendance of opposition leader, speaker KATHMANDU: The meeting of constitutional council has begun in Baluwatar in attendance of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana and Chair of the National Assembly Ganesh Timilsina. However, leader of main opposition Nepali... Horoscopes 15 Dec, 2020
Ruling NCP pressures PM Oli to fill constitutional posts KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 22 The nine-member Secretariat of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) today urged the prime minister to take the initiative to convene Constitutional Council meeting and expedite the process of filling posts in constitutional... Travel 23 Sep, 2020
Nepal's rulling party for seven-year waiting period Kathmandu, June 20 The Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) today decided to make foreign women married to Nepali men eligible for naturalised citizenship on the basis of matrimonial relations only after seven years. The... Travel 21 Jun, 2020
Oli, Dahal tussle over candidate for speaker affects HoR meeting Kathmandu, January 4 Differences continue to persist between the two co-chairs of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) — KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal — over who should be the party’s candidate for House of Representatives speaker... Travel 05 Jan, 2020
�Federalism incorporated sans comprehensive discussion� Some recent initiatives of the federal government have incurred the wrath of provincial governments, which accused it of trying to usurp their powers. The federal government’s handling of foreign affairs has also split the intelligentsia with some... Travel 03 Jun, 2019
CEC nomination draws flak from civil society Kathmandu, April 6 The Constitutional Council’s recent decision to nominate former secretary Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya as the new chief election commissioner has drawn flak from civil society members. They fear that if the government’s favourites... Travel 07 Apr, 2019
CC recommends Thapaliya for CEC Kathmandu, March 25 The Constitutional Council today recommended Secretary of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya for the post of chief election commissioner. The CC made the nomination a day after... Horoscopes 26 Mar, 2019
