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Kathmandu: It is not hard to see the malafide intent behind the impeachment motion the two major constituent parties of the ruling coalition – Nepali Congress and Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Center) – have brought against Nepal’s chief justice,…

२०४६ सालयता २८ वर्ष संसदीय व्यवस्था सत्तारुढ छ । यो समय पूरै पञ्चायती व्यवस्था बराबरकै हो । तीन दशकमा रुसले अमेरिका र चीनले बेलायतलाई आर्थिक दृष्टिले उछिनेका थिए । देशलाई विश्व रंगमञ्चमा एक शक्तिशाली देश बनाएका थिए । तर नेपालमा…

 KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s faltering democratic transition has been thrown into turmoil by a clash between the Himalayan nation’s Maoist-led government and the head of the Supreme Court that could derail this month’s local elections. The poor, mountainous state of…

In a surprising move, two major ruling parties on Sunday registered an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Sushila Karki in the Legislature-Parliament, accusing her of interfering in the executive’s decision-making and working against the principle of separation of powers. Constitutional…

As the date for local elections approaches, the Nepalese political parties are bracing for a constitutional battle. The government has decided to put the fresh constitution amendment proposal to a vote today (Sunday) amidst a strong protest of the opposition.…

पूर्वप्रमुख निर्वाचन आयुक्त नीलकण्ठ उप्रेती, सूर्यप्रसाद श्रेष्ठ, संविधानविद् डा. विपिन अधिकारी, निलाम्बर आचार्य, स्थानीय शासनविद् मुक्ति रिजाल, डा. श्याम भुर्तेल, हिक्मत बिष्ट, कृष्ण सापकोटालगायतले बिहीबार प्रमुख निर्वाचन आयुक्तसहित आयोगका पदाधिकारीलाई भेटेर एकै चरणमा वैशाख ३१ मै निर्वाचन गराउन माग गरेका…

During the meeting, former chief elections commissioners, Nilkantha Uprety, Surya Prasad Shrestha, constitutional experts Nilamber Acharya and Bipin Adhikari, local development experts Shyam Bhurtel, Hikmat Bista, Mukti Rijal and Krishna Prasad Sapkota drew the attention of the EC officials towards…

Former CEC Neel Kantha Uprety and Surya Prasad Shrestha, legal experts Bipin Adhikari, Nilamber Acharya and local governance experts Krishna Prasad Sapkota, Mukti Rijal, Shyam Bhurtel and Hikmat Bista had reached the EC headquarters demanding that the elections should be…

Along with Upreti, former CEC Surya Prasad Shrestha, former chief of the Constitutional Committee of the first Constituent Assembly Nilamber Acharya, constitutional expert Bipin Adhikari, local self-governance experts — Hikmat Bista, Shyam Bhurtel, Mukti Rijal — and former chairman of…