In a state of confrontation
Nepal is in a state of confrontation. Amid concerns over a political showdown between two factions of the Nepal Communist Party, key state agencies that define the separation of powers have been …
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Hearing on House dissolution to take at least one more week to conclude
Amid a growing concern over the delay in the hearing of the petitions against the dissolution of House Representatives, Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana on Sunday said it was necessary to co…
प्रधानमन्त्री ओलीको कदम राजनैतिक अस्थिरताः डा. अधिकारी
विराटनगर । संविधानविद् डा. विपिन अधिकारीले प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओलीको कदम संवैधानिक संकट नभएको बताएका छन् । विराटनगरमा आज आयोजित वर्तमान राजनैतिक अवस्था संकट र यसको निकास र आजको आवश्यता विषयक…
What if polls fail to happen even if the way for it were cleared
It has been exactly a month since the Supreme Court started hearing on writ petitions against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s December 20 decision to dissolve the House of Representatives. After l…
Speaker moves court bringing key institutions of state in confrontation
In what appears to be an unprecedented incident in Nepal’s democratic practices, the head of the legislature has approached the Supreme Court to file a case against the heads of all key state age…
The recent appointments to constitutional bodies, explained
Lost in the turmoil over Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s dissolution of the House of Representatives on December 20 has been the prime minister’s more insidious challenge to the country’s democrat…
Attorney general flounders as he defends Oli’s House dissolution move
After advocates pleading on behalf of the petitioners who have challenged Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s House dissolution move were done, starting Monday lawyers defending the government started…
Royalist supporters intensify monarchy restoration movement in Nepal
Kathmandu – On December 5, 2020, around 10,000 motorcyclists of the Bir Gorkhali movement, mostly wearing t-shirts with the imprint of the last king and queen, defied lockdown and stormed into th…
Nepal: PM Oli on spree to inaugurate and award projects despite leading caretaker Cabinet
If there has been any direct act of defiance by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli against his ally-turned-foe Pushpa Kamal Dahal, it was on Saturday when he addressed a mass meeting in Chitwan, Dahal’…
Oli, despite leading caretaker Cabinet, on spree to inaugurate and award projects
If there has been any direct act of defiance by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli against his ally-turned-foe Pushpa Kamal Dahal, it was on Saturday when he addressed a mass meeting in Chitwan, Dahal’…
House dissolution: A step towards the constitution’s failure in Nepal?
KP Sharma Oli’s political star rose in 2015 with his co-leadership of constitution-promulgation (along with Sushil Koirala of Nepali Congress). His standing up to India during the 2015-16 border …
अदालतको अवहेलना : प्रधानमन्त्री र पूर्वप्रधानन्यायाधीश को कति पानीमा ?
१६ माघ, काठमाडौं । सर्वोच्च अदालतले प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओली, पूर्वसभामुख दमननाथ ढुंगाना, पूर्वप्रधानन्यायाधीशहरू मीनबहादुर रायमाझी, कल्याण श्रेष्ठ, अनुपराज शर्मा र सुशीला कार्कीलाई अदालतको अ…