Maoist chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN (UML) chair K P Oli are back in a coalition government, ousting Sher Bahadur Deuba and his Nepali…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThree months after assuming office for the fifth time, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Friday finally expanded his…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIOn 9 September, while a US delegation was landing at Kathmandu airport on a four-day visit, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Pushpa…
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took office nearly two months ago, but aside from five ministers he has not been able to set up a full…
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took office over a month ago, but aside from six ministers he has not been able to set up a full Cabinet yet…
Leaders of Oli-led UML gather for a photo after a Standing Committee meeting on 24 August. Photo: PRADEEP GYAWALI/TWITTERNepal’s Election…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIA month after the downfall of his government, K P Oli's inability to keep his party together is still rocking…
Illustration: SUBASH RAIAt first glance it may look like the infighting within Nepal’s main political parties are internal matters, but the lack…
Nepali Times issues #53 (27 July-2 August 2001) and #67 (9-15 November 2001).Sher Bahadur Deuba became Nepal’s prime minister last week, and won…
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASINepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba won a trust vote in the House of Representatives on Sunday, putting an end…
UML's Madhav Kumar Nepal and Sher Bahadur Deuba during the unstable coalition politics of the mid-1990s, when both were rising in influence…
Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba will become prime minister for the fifth time on Tuesday. Photo: RSSFor many, the Supreme Court’s…
Illustration: SUBHAS RAIWe will finally know in 12 July the fate of the dissolved House, whether or not K P Oli stays on as prime minister, if…
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIInterview with UML party spokesperson, foreign minister and K P Oli loyalist Pradeep Gyawali, in which he defends the…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAA new nationwide opinion poll quantifies widespread public disillusionment with the political leadership in Kathmandu, but…
Photo: SOCIAL MEDIAThe morning after Nepal’s Supreme Court reinstated the Lower House that had been dissolved by Prime Minister K P Oli two…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIWho says there is no freedom of expression in this country? Just listen to the no holds barred abuse that Nepal’s…
The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has by now squandered the overwhelming mandate it got in the 2017 elections to govern for five years, and its…
Prime Minister KP Oli addresses his supporters in Darbar Marg.The tit-for-tat show of force between rival factions of the ruling Nepal Communist…
Nepal’s recent history has been marked by milestones popularly remembered as People’s Movements. The first one in 1980 got us a referendum on…
Prime Minister K P Oli has lashed out at rivals within the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) for creating obstacles every step of the way in the past…
Locals across Nepal continue to stage protests against the dissolution of the Lower House. Photo: BIKRAM RAIAs feared, Prime Minister KP Oli’s…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIAfter weeks of bitter infighting within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), the three feuding factions have now…
