Penning this before yesterday’s scheduled opening of the Constituent Assembly (CA) when the ‘declaration of a republic’ was to be a done deed, the thought that arose in this commentator’s mind was whether in so doing we as a nation…
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP-Nepal) has become the only party that voted against the proposal of implementing the declaration of republic. When the proposal was put forth for voting, of the 564 members of CA present at the meeting, 560…
Kathmandu, May 28: Half an hour before the stroke of midnight today, Nepal became a Republic. The transition to “a secular, federal, democratic, republic nation” was formalised with a resolution moved by Home Minister K P Sitaula and right away…
Although the peace process is yet to complete, some political leaders have already started talking about ending the presence of UNMIN The tenure of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) will not be further extended,” said Maoist leader and…
“As the session of the Constituent Assembly has been summoned for May 28, the issue of the fate of monarchy appears as the crucial agenda for its first meeting. Although many individual Kings have faced trials in Nepal, this is…
“Wining majority from out of 240 seats allotted for first-past -post system, the CPN-Maoist, which is yet to receive global recognition as a mainstream party, has turned Nepal, a back water of world’s largest democratic country, into a red field.…
Governance and political economy analysis has a crucial part to play in enhancing the effectiveness of development. Across the World Bank, there is a widely shared perception that we need to gain a better understanding of the environments in which…
In recent years the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Embassies have made considerable progress in analysing the governance climate in partner countries. The Strategic Governance And Corruption Analysis (SGACA) is designed as a tool to build on and…
Minister Hridesh Tripathy of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandi) was in an understandably exultant mood the other day. Then, speaking at a public forum, he confidently predicted that the House of Representatives (HoR) would unanimously approve the draft bill on…
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