Rift in Nepali Congress
A High Level Political Mechanism meeting, scheduled to discuss the functioning of the current government, ended inconclusively on Monday. A few interesting details emerged afterwards, as leaders of...
View ArticleUnity issues
It took a whole day for CPN-UML leaders to start bickering again. Despite a decision to put a united front on Thursday, the rift in the party displayed itself again in the CA. From Republica: The...
View ArticleDead horse?
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is having another bad day. Today, his party compared his government to ‘expired medicine’, writes Republica: Ruling CPN-UML leaders have fiercely advocated for and...
View ArticleOne weapon, one combatant
The government has unveiled a strategy to integrate as many Maoist combatants into the army as there are arms in the Maoist arsenal. According to Kantipur: Peace Minister Rakam Chemjong said the...
View ArticleRecord spending
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s government has set a record by being the biggest spender since the country adopted the multi-party democracy. According to Kantipur, Nepal’s 43-member cabinet has...
View ArticleNew opposition
Are the Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s days in office numbered? Members of his own party have signed a petition asking him to “open ways for national government”, Kantipur writes: By Tuesday...
View ArticleLet down
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is losing support from friends while opponents have made their voices stronger. We have a list of parties who have added their voice to the opposition. Those who have...
View ArticleCaught on fire
Deputy Prime Minister Sujata Koirala smells the whiff of conspiracy in the air. On Thursday she said the government was unable to implement the use of machine readable passports due to a conspiracy....
View ArticleSqueezing stone
The hope that the constitution may be written on time is officially over as one of the ruling parties, CPN-UML, asked to extend the term of Constituent Assembly. Republica reports: Coming with the...
View ArticleTalks fail, strike begins
The Maoist-called indefinite strike began with the shutdown of transportation, educational institutes and industries on Sunday after a meeting of the three parties failed to produce a consensus....
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