Parties gear up for fresh elections, finally
(Constitutional lawyer Bipin Adhikari said the major political parties and the election government have created constitutional as well as legal grounds for holding polls. He, however, said he was…
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तमसुकी सरकारका विडम्बनाहरू
२०६९ चैत १७ नेपालको प्रजातान्त्रिक अभ्यासले अन्ततः प्रधानन्यायाधीश खिलराज रेग्मीलाई तमसुकी शासनको प्रमुख बनाएरै छाडेको छ । करिब डेढ महिनाको वादविवाद र बुद्धिविलासपछि प्रधानन्यायाधीश नै नभई निर्वा…
Appointment of new judges in apex court 'very soon'
(KATHMANDU: Legal experts have taken exception to the way political forces have recommended names for appointments at the Supreme Court, saying such move threatens independence of judiciary. “Thi…
Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill,
There is a need to strengthening the position of Judicial Council as an independent body entrusted with nomination of judges to the various courts. It is my opinion that Judicial Council must be …
Athanasius Kircher, China Monumentis [Amsterdam: Jaco Meurs, 1667]
Nepal in 1661 Athanasius Kircher, China Monumentis [Amsterdam: Jaco Meurs, 1667] The Year 1667 is not a politically remarkable year in the history of Nepal. But it is in this year that King Prata…
Friendship Forgotten - 1887
William Digby, A Friend in Need-1857: Friendship Forgotten -1887' [London: Indian Political Agency, 1890] The Rana rule has often been the focus of many writers who wrote the history of Nepal fol…
Captain Thomas Smith's Nepal Years
Thomas Smith, Narrative of a Five Year's Residence at Nepal [London: Colburn and Co, 1852] Thomas Smith's Narrative of a Five Year's Residence at Nepal [London: Colburn and Co, 1852] brings all t…
प्रधानन्यायाधीशको सरकार !
२०६९ फागुन १ प्रधानन्यायाधीश खिलराज रेग्मीको नेतृत्वमा चुनावी सरकारको गठनसम्बन्धी एनेकपा ९माओवादी० का अध्यक्ष प्रचण्डको प्रस्तावले एकपटक फेरि मुलुकमा विद्यमान संवैधानिक संकटको एकमुष्ठ समाधान एवं …
Vansittart's Notes on Nepal
The book of Eden Vansittart, Notes on Nepal [Calcutta: 1896] was published about 110 years after the publication of Giuseppe de Rovato's account of the conquest of Nepal Valley by Gorkha King Pri…
Regional Perspective on Water?
A watercourse describes any flowing body of water. This includes rivers, streams, anabranches, and so on. Nepal is a rich country in terms of its water resources. It has a functioning system of w…
दण्डहिनताको चपेटामा द्वन्द्व पीडित सम्बन्धी एकदिने विशेष अन्तक्र्रिया कार्यक्रममा द्वन्द्व पीडित राष्ट्रिय समाजद्वारा प्रस्तावित अवधारणापत्र उपरको टिप्पणी
"न्यायिक उपचारलाई प्रतिक्रान्तिकारीहरुको हतियारको रुपमा लिनु हुँदैन । मान्छेको आत्मसम्मान हरेक हालतमा सुनिश्चित हुनुपर्दछ । वैध कानुन र उचित प्रक्रिया विना कसैको पनि नागरिक हक वा स्वतन्त्रता अपहर…