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Impeachment proposal against Cholendra Shumsher Rana, registered on February 13, is in Parliament. With no session now, it is in a state of limbo. The meeting of the House of Representatives sche…
In his political dossier presented in the eighth general convention of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) in December, the party’s chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal had said the Millennium…
Parliament has failed to function for the last six months due to the protests by opposition UML against the Speaker. The next meeting of the House of Representatives is scheduled for Sunday, and …
From now on, there are uncertainties whatever course Nepal’s politics takes Nepal’s Supreme Court on 23 February reinstated the House of Representatives and ordered Parliament to convene within 1…
Legal experts have divided opinions and interpretations of the constitutional provisions. The foundation of the current government under Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba was laid on M…
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is seeking the main opposition’s support to ratify the US grant as his key coalition partner, Maoist Centre, is playing spoilsport. Amid growing pressure on Nepa…
On Tuesday, the government agreed to the recommendation of the Election Commission to hold the local level polls on May 18, a day before the term of those elected through the first phase of the l…
संविधानविद् विपिन अधिकारीले नेपालका प्रधानमन्त्रीहरूलाई ‘विचरा’ भनेका छन्। प्रधानमन्त्री शेरबहादुर देउवालाई संसदबाट एमसीसी अनुमोदन गराउन सकस परिरहेका बेला संविधानविद् अधिकारीले बिहीबार राति सामाज…
२० माघ, काठमाडौं । अमेरिकी सहयोग सम्बन्धी सम्झौता मिलेनियम च्यालेन्ज कम्प्याक्ट (एमसीसी)लाई प्रधानमन्त्री शेरबहादुर देउवाले निर्णायक रुपमा अगाडि बढाउन खोजेका छन् । प्रधानमन्त्रीको यो कदमले देशको …
Amid Deuba’s plan to move MCC grant for its ratification from the House, the Speaker has expedited his own consultations which experts call unwarranted. Ever since his election as Speaker in Janu…
काठमाडौं : संविधानविद्हरूले जेठ ७ भित्र स्थानीय तहको निर्वाचन सम्पन्न गर्नैपर्ने ‘संवैधानिक बाध्यता’ रहेको तर्क गरेका छन्। सत्तासीन गठबन्धनले जेठभित्र निर्वाचन गर्ने समझदारी गरे पनि जेठको पहिलो स…
सत्तारूढ दलहरूको बैठकले स्थानीय तहको निर्वाचन आगामी जेठभित्र गर्न सरकारलाई सुझाव दिने निर्णय गरेपछि धेरैले यसलाई सकारात्मक रूपमा लिए। सत्ता गठबन्धनकै कतिपय नेताले एक वर्षपछि धकेल्न चाहेको स्थानीय…