EDITORIAL: Nembang passes away Former speaker and Vice-Chair of the CPN-UML Subas Chandra Nembang is no more, and the nation mourns this loss. He had suffered a heart attack Tuesday morning and was assumed dead on being brought to the TU Teaching Hospital at Maharajgunj. Opinion 14 Sep, 2023
Oli defends HoR dissolution as new session begins CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli defended his move to dissolve the House of Representatives dismissing those who had condemned his move as ‘regressive step.’ Nepal 10 Jan, 2023
Recipe of Nepali politics: Betrayal, immorality and power bargain After the reinstatement of multiparty democracy in 1990, the interim government led by KP Bhattarai had successfully drafted the constitution of Nepal. Opinion 09 Jan, 2023
SC order sought for removal of speaker, deputy speaker SC order sought for removal of speaker, deputy speaker Nepal 23 Sep, 2022
Uncertainty over fate of impeachment motion Political leaders and lawyers may be divided on the date when the tenure of the House of Representatives will end, but if the argument of the Election Commission is accepted and the HoR tenure ends on September 17, a day before the filing of candidacies for November 20 parliamentary election Nepal 13 Sep, 2022
Call for amending the Local Election Act: Do we need a constitution at all? Sher Bahadur Deuba is prime minister because he is a Member of Parliament who has the support of the majority in the House of Representatives (HoR) as per Article 26(5) of the constitution, and not because he is the leader of the Nepali Congress parliamentary party. This is really a unique provision incorporated in the constitution, which cannot be found in any democratic constitution. Opinion 02 Feb, 2022
EDITORIAL: Poor economic health It has become commonplace to come up with a “white paper” on the economic health of the country every time a new government is formed, only to blame the erstwhile administration for what went wrong on the economic front. Opinion 12 Aug, 2021
Upper House member decries use of 'insensitive' language National Assembly member Prakash Pantha has complained about misuse of words related to persons with disabilities in the Parliament by high-ranking officials in their speeches and even in media. Nepal 12 Aug, 2021
Deuba wins trust vote, moots national govt Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba won the vote of confidence on Sunday, with 165 of the 249 lawmakers present in the 275-member House of Representatives voting in his favour, including 23 UML lawmakers. Nepal 19 Jul, 2021
No HoR member bound by party whip: Former AG Karki Former Attorney General Badri Bahadur Karki has said that by virtue of the provisions of Article 76 (5) no-whip or free-voting right is available to all members of the House of Representatives and not just 149 MPs who supported Deuba’s bid for prime ministership. Nepal 18 Jul, 2021
President Bhandari calls Parliament session on July 18 President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has called the new session of the Parliament – the House of Representatives and the National Assembly — at 4:00pm on July 18 on the government’s recommendation. Nepal 16 Jul, 2021
EDITORIAL: Uncertainties galore President Bidhya Devi Bhandari appointed Nepali Congress head Sher Bahadur Deuba as the new Prime Minister of Nepal on Tuesday as ordered by the Supreme Court, a day after its verdict to reinstate the dissolved House of Representatives (HoR) Opinion 14 Jul, 2021
