Eligible citizens urge parties to address citizenship issue Eligible citizens who have been deprived of their citizenship due to non-enactment of a new federal citizenship law have urged political parties to end the dirty game of politics over citizenship issue and immediately address their concerns. Nepal 17 Oct, 2022
Dahal fears prez won't sign citizenship bill Chair of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal expressed his fear that President Bidhya Devi Bhandari might refuse assent to the citizenship bill again. Nepal 10 Sep, 2022
Upper House also passes citizenship bill as it is The National Assembly today passed the citizenship bill returned by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari for reconsideration without any changes, paving the way for enactment of the bill desperately awaited by children of citizens by birth and single mothers who had not been able to obtain citizenship in the absence of new federal citizenship law. Nepal 03 Sep, 2022
NC leaders meet President Bhandari to discuss citizenship bill Nepali Congress leaders on Monday met President Bidhya Devi Bhandari to express their concern about the president’s decision to return the citizenship bill to the Parliament. Kathmandu 30 Aug, 2022
Beware of rumours on citizenship bill: Khand Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has urged the public not to be misled by rumours on the citizenship bill. Nepal 26 Aug, 2022
Youths facing hard time due to delay in citizenship bill becoming law Engineer Indrajit Saphi, who has not been able to obtain his citizenship, said that people like him were enduring unspeakable difficulties for lack of citizenship but the government is oblivious to their miseries. Saphi’s mother and father are both Nepali citizens yet the youth has not been able to obtain citizenship in the absence of a new federal citizenship law. Nepal 06 Aug, 2022
Newly passed citizenship bill resolves myriad problems The new citizenship bill passed by the House of Representatives will enable children of citizens by birth, children born to Nepali mothers whose fathers cannot be traced, children born to Nepali mothers from marriage with foreign citizens but domiciled in Nepal, and non-resident Nepalis, to obtain Nepali citizenship. Nepal 24 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
New citizenship bill does away with 7 years wait The government registered a new citizenship bill last night proposing to continue the provision that allows foreign women married to Nepali men to obtain matrimonial naturalisation immediately after they take steps to renounce the citizenship of their mother country. Nepal 10 Jul, 2022
Government withdraws controversial citizenship bill The government today withdrew the Nepal Citizenship Act (Amendment) Bill from the House of Representatives, where it was under consideration for almost four years. Nepal 09 Jul, 2022
Parliament to endorse citizenship bill: Speaker Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota said the Parliament was preparing to pass the citizenship bill in the current budget session. Nepal 27 Jun, 2022
Dahal challenges Oli to become PM CPN-Maoist Centre Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal challenged CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli to become prime minister on the strength of his own party. Nepal 29 May, 2022
