Constitutional Council recommends Raut for Chief Justice The tenure of the current Chief Justice, Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, is set to end on October 15. Kathmandu 16 Sep, 2024
RSP, RPP lobbying to end House deadlock While the country is grappling with floods, dengue and conjunctivitis, it has been more than three weeks that regular activities of Parliament have been disrupted. Nepal 19 Aug, 2023
EDITORIAL: NCC meeting Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Saturday chaired the first meeting of the National Coordination Council (NCC), formed to build coordination and hold dialogue among the three tiers of government, eight years after the federal structure came into operation through the implementation of the new constitution in 2015. Opinion 03 Jul, 2023
EDITORIALS: Deals on key issues Three major political parties – the Nepali Congress, main opposition the CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist Centre – have buried their differences over the Truth and Reconciliation Bill (TRC), Constitutional Council (CC) Bill and leadership in the parliamentary committees. Opinion 16 May, 2023
EDITORIAL: Reach consensus Speaker Devraj Ghimire held a meeting with the top leaders of the major political partie to discuss the major bills tabled by the government in the House of Representatives. Opinion 10 Apr, 2023
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi loses Parliament seat Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi loses Parliament seat World 24 Mar, 2023
Rahul Gandhi gets 2 years for Modi defamation in India After the verdict, Gandhi wrote on Twitter: “My religion is based on truth and non-violence. World 23 Mar, 2023
Editorial: Impeachment probe Learning lessons from the months of suspension that former Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana went last year, following an impeachment motion registered against him in the Parliament, the House of Representatives Regulations Drafting Committee has proposed shortening the period of the impeachment probe in the future. Opinion 10 Feb, 2023
SC rejects writ petition against NC President Deuba Registrar Narayan Panthi rejected the registration of writ petition, arguing that the issues of parliamentary jurisdiction could not be registered at the court. Kathmandu 01 Feb, 2023
EDITORIAL - Say no to SPP Nepal’s major political parties have resorted to the blame game against one another over the U.S. State Partnership Programme (SPP), which has stirred a diplomatic controversy after then Nepali Army Chief Rajendra Chhetri wrote a letter to the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu for Nepal’s willingness to participate in the SPP. Opinion 20 Jun, 2022
Oli takes govt to task from rostrum of Lower House CPN-UML Chair and main opposition leader KP Sharma Oli today spoke for three hours from the rostrum of the House of Representatives to denounce government’s policies and programmes and its handling of foreign affairs. Nepal 27 May, 2022
EDITORIAL: House session The eighth session of the House of Representatives (HoR) began on Sunday following the mandamus order of the Supreme Court on July 12. Opinion 19 Jul, 2021