'Lawmakers have not realized their obligations' Lawmaker Lekhnath Dahal (Rajan) said the House has not been conducted as anticipated despite adequate business on part of the government. Kathmandu 18 Dec, 2023
NC PP mum on demand for panel to probe gold smuggling racket ​​​​​​​The Parliamentary Party of Nepali Congress that discussed contemporary political issues for the last three days did not demand a high-level probe committee to investigate the recent gold smuggling case. Nepal 15 Aug, 2023
An alliance of Indian opposition parties - called INDIA - joins forces to take on Modi The opposition alliance is playing on its acronym, saying it will be Modi versus the country in 2024 polls. World 26 Jul, 2023
An alliance of Indian opposition parties - called INDIA - joins forces to take on Modi An alliance of Indian opposition parties — called INDIA — joins forces to take on Modi World 26 Jul, 2023
Speaker discusses TRC Bill with top brass of three parties Speaker Devraj Ghimire today held a meeting with the top leadership of the three major parties — the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist Centre — to discuss some crucial bills, including the Truth and Reconciliation Act (Amendment) bill that the government wants the Parliament to pass soon. Nepal 09 Apr, 2023
Conspiracy to scuttle TRC Bill: PM Dahal Prime Minister and Chair of CPN-Maoist Centre Pushpa Kamal Dahal today briefed his party office bearers’ meeting that some forces were trying to scuttle the Truth and Reconciliation bill under consideration of the House of Representatives to keep the transitional justice issue as the sword of Damocles dangling over the CPN-MC. Nepal 26 Mar, 2023
Ruling alliance members start discussing power sharing A meeting of the 10-party ruling alliance held at Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s official residence to discuss allocation of Cabinet portfolios among alliance partners failed to reach a deal. Nepal 23 Mar, 2023
Govt mulls changes to statute of limitation Minister of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Govinda Bandi has asked the Nepal Law Commission to submit a report about what the government could do about extending the statute of limitation in rape cases. Nepal 24 May, 2022
Parliament prorogued President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, on recommendation of the government, prorogued the current session of the Paraliament from midnight today. Nepal 16 Mar, 2022
EDITORIAL: Let the system function When leaders of the coalition partners of the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government met last week following the passage of the controversial MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation) compact, they discussed the possibility of dissolving the House of Representatives (HoR) before its five-year tenure expires in November, citing the main opposition, CPN- UML’s continued House obstruction. Opinion 07 Mar, 2022
'House obstruction causing system to fail' Political analysts say the main opposition CPN- UML’s continued obstruction of parliamentary proceedings has resulted in failure of the political system. Nepal 06 Mar, 2022
All-party meet a damp squib The all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba ended inconclusively as the main opposition party, the CPN-UML, boycotted the meeting, while other partners of the ruling coalition opposed the Millennium Challenge Corporation agreement that Nepal has signed with the United States of America. Nepal 20 Dec, 2021
