Suddenly, there are cracks in the arranged marriage of the NC-UML coalition
A whole generation of Nepalis has grown up with no knowledge of the decade-long war
Nearly three decades after the Maoists launched their armed struggle on 13 February 1996, Nepal is still haunted by the violence
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/NEPALI TIMESWhen the second wave hit Nepal in May 2021, city hospitals ran out of ICU beds and oxygen, and politicians in…
Photo: MITHILA DAINIKA group of activists has strongly condemned Infrastructure and Transport Minister Renu Yadav’s incendiary remarks at a…
This the Foreword and concluding chapter of Empowered and Imperiled: Nepal's Peace Puzzle in Bits and Pieces in which US-based Nepali writer…
Nep Bahadur Chaudhary and his wife Rupa Chaudhary at their banana plantation.Democracy is expensive and funding political activities can be…
If it was clear that the UML convention last month was actually the party’s first election rally, it is even more evident during this week’s…
Go back to sleep, we'll wake you up when things start getting really exciting around here. Politicians are up to their ears waging party…
The main opposition UML’s leader K P Oli has been sworn in again as party chair after elections on Tuesday, and he in turn has sworn in 14…
The then Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and rebel leader 'Prachanda' Pushpa Kamal Dahal signing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in…
After the decade-long Maoist conflict ended in 2006, ex-guerrilla commanders and local governments here saw great potential for ‘war tourism’ in…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRINepal’s political headlines these days are mainly about the rift between K P Oli and Madhav Kumar Nepal that split…
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…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIThe man of the week in Nepali politics is Mahant Thakur of the Janata Samajbadi Party. He is being courted by both…
The decision on Sunday by the Supreme Court that effectively makes the unification of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) null and void, just…
A narrow ridge that served as a helipad in Kalikot district back in 2004 when the Maoist War was on its peak. Photo: KUNDA DIXITTwenty-five…
The brutal murder of school principal Rajendra Shrestha in the remote village of Miklajung of Morang district this week is a cruel reminder of…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIAlternative politics (वैकल्पिक राजनीति) in Nepal so far has just been limited to creating new political parties.…
Photo: PMOWhen the CPN (UML) unified with the CPN (Maoist) two years ago, most hoped that it would lead to the UML-isation of the Maoists,…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRI/BHANU BHATTARAIAll three senior leaders of the Nepal Communist Party have the travel bug. Prime Minister KP Oli is…
'Comrade Pratista, 14, dances to the tune of a revolutionary song at a Maoist mass rally in Dang in 2001 during a Dasain ceasefire. Photo:…
Devendra Basnet in Nagarik, 22 NovemberYogendra KC of Ramechhap was recruited into the ‘people’s war’ launched by the Maoists to overthrow…
