Local Governance (Amendment) Bill, 2071
Dr Bipin Adhikari Local governance is a set of institutions, mechanisms and processes through which citizens can express their interests and needs, mediate differences, and exercise their rights …
Writings
Articles, interviews and notes in English and Nepali.
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Witchcraft (Criminalization and Punishment) Bill
Dr Bipin Adhikari Witchcraft is defined on the basis of the act of witches by Evans-Pritchard (1937) as “A witch performs no rite, utters no spell, and possesses no medicines. An act of witchcraf…
On British Resident Brian H. Hodgson
W. W. Hunter, Life of Brian Houghton Hodgson (London: John Murray, 1896) Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of state in the interest of one's own…
Ordinance on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 2069
Dr Bipin Adhikari After 11 years of armed movement a consensus was reached between the parties to initiate peace process in the year 2006. During the course of peace process determining the statu…
Sexual Harassment Bill 2070
Dr Bipin Adhikari As per the General Recommendation No. 19 of the CEDAW Committee: " Sexual harassment includes such unwelcome sexually determined behaviour as physical contact and advance sexual…
Comments on Contempt of Court Bill, 2071
Dr Bipin Adhikari The hotly debated Contempt of Court Bill has been recently sent to the parliament for referral. It has generated a lot of opinions with politicians, rights activists and others …
Nepal’s Constitutional Problem: A Recap
Like 2008, 2014 has been a culmination of some years of frustration. In 2008, the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) won majority seats in the first Constituent Aseembly, relying on the suc…
सभासद्लाई पाँच करोड असंवैधानिक र असंसदीय
नेपाल राष्ट्रिय साप्ताहिक, अंक: ६०५ | २०७१ श्रावण ४ | Jul 20, 2014 (संवैधानिक कानुनका जानकार विपिन अधिकारीलाई भने सभासद्हरूले बजेट दुरुपयोग गर्लान्, उचित प्रतिफल नआउला भन्ने चिन्ता छैन। "अहिले वि…
Civil Service Act 2049, 4th Amendment
Dr Bipin Adhikari There is an initiative of a massive upheaval in Nepalese bureaucracy through attempts at administrative reform amidst radical political changes and instability. In light of this…
नेपाल किन बन्न सकेन ?
२०७१ असार ३२ वरिष्ठ पत्रकार सुशील शर्माले सुरु गरेको 'नेपाल किन बन्न सकेन ?' वा के गर्दा नेपाल बन्ला त ? भन्ने बहसको एउटा पाटोलाई यो लेखमा छुने प्रयास गरिँदैछ । मूलतः कुनै पनि देश आफैं बन्दैन । द…
The Kashmiri References on Khas People
Jogesh Chunder Dutt, Kings of Kashmira: Being a translation of the Sanskrita work Rajataranggini (London: Trubner & Co, 1879) The Rajataranggini, a twelfth century book, which explains the histor…
Economic Thoughts of BP Koirala
This is the presentation of Constitutional Expert Dr Bipin Adhikari on economic thoughts of Late BP Koirala, organized by Nepal Constitution Foundation on the 1st of January, 2014 as part of Koir…