Committee formed to study citizenship issues The Ministry of Home Affairs has formed a five-member study committee to address the citizenship issue. It was formed under the coordination of Tokraj Pandey, the head of the policy, planning, monitoring, and evaluation division of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Nepal 17 Sep, 2024
Dahal predicts big comeback for CPN-MC Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has assured his party’s supporters that his party would again emerge as a powerful force in the country. Nepal 27 Oct, 2023
Marginalised communities struggling to obtain citizenship cards Despite being a signatory state to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the constitutional guarantee of the right to equality and non-discrimination, various discriminatory legal provisions against Madhesi, sexual and minority communities, and orphans have deprived these groups of their citizenship rights. Nepal 15 Aug, 2023
Apex court order justifies decision to vacate short-term stay order A division bench of Supreme Court Justices Ananda Mohan Bhattarai and Kumar Regmi said that it decided to vacate the interim order passed by the single bench of Justice Manjoj Kumar Sharma as prima facie case did not support the argument that the citizenship bill was illegal. Nepal 24 Jun, 2023
EDITORIAL: Prez's role on the bill Coalition partners in the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government have decided to request President Ramchandra Paudel to authenticate the citizenship bill, twice rejected by then President Bidhya Devi Bhandari. Opinion 08 May, 2023
EDITORIAL: Citizenship bill Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha the other day said that no eligible citizen would be deprived of citizenship and that the government would take initiatives to forge a national consensus on citizenship issues. Opinion 20 Apr, 2023
'No eligible Nepali will be without citizenship' KATHMANDU, APRIL 18Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha today said the government would ensure that no eligible citizen was deprived of citizenship on any pretext.Speaking at a press conference here today, DPM Shrestha said the... Nepal 19 Apr, 2023
Revised CMP getting final shape The ruling parties have reached the final stage of their most awaited Common Minimum Programme. Nepal 31 Mar, 2023
Janamat, JSP-N parties' show of force ​​​​​​​On the final day of election campaign, Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal and Janamat Party separately staged their show of force in Saptari on Thursday, the last day of the election campaign for the parliamentary and provincial elections due on Sunday. Nepal 18 Nov, 2022
Upper House debates citizenship bill National Assembly members on Monday debated the citizenship bill, with most of the lawmakers defending the bill. However, there were some who found fault with some of the provisions of the bill. Kathmandu 26 Jul, 2022
Parliament approves proposal seeking consideration on Citizenship Bill The House of Representatives meeting today approved with the majority the proposal seeking consideration on the ‘Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill-2022’. Nepal 16 Jul, 2022
'Eligible people deprived of Nepali citizenship' The House of Representatives today held a debate on the Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill. Lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties said that eligible citizens had been deprived of citizenship for long due to non-enactment of new federal citizenship law. Kathmandu 15 Jul, 2022
