A $500 million American grant to upgrade Nepal’s infrastructure appears at first glance to be delayed because of domestic politics. But the real…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIAt 75, Sher Bahadur Deuba is Nepal’s prime minister for the fifth time in 26 years -- joining the ranks of other…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRINepal's prolonged political deadlock has not just affected the country’s response to Covid-19, it has also delayed…
Residents of the Musahar settlement in Baluwa Tol of Siraha's Dhangadhimai Municipality.The fervour of the local elections three years ago had…
There are just so many layers of party and factional interests, alliances and dalliances, marriages of convenience and messy divorces, egos,…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAA new nationwide opinion poll quantifies widespread public disillusionment with the political leadership in Kathmandu, but…
The decision on Sunday by the Supreme Court that effectively makes the unification of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) null and void, just…
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASINepal’s political drama took another unexpected turn on Sunday as the Supreme Court ruled that the name Nepal Communist…
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASIAs the struggle for supremacy in Nepal’s politics enters a new and uncertain phase with a session of the restored…
Photo: BIKRAM RAIThere are 10 days to go for Nepal’s Parliament to reconvene as per the Supreme Court verdict on Tuesday.A lot needs to happen…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIPrime Minister K P Oli landed himself in fresh controversy after he punctuated his speech at the National Assembly…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRI Prime Minister K P Oli was half way through his one hour delivery to the Upper House on Sunday, defending his move…
Illustration: SUBHAS RAI / NEPALI TIMES #22, 22-28 DECEMBER 2000Nepal has been on a knife-edge in 2020 because of the pandemic, but the…
Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana, Prime Minister Oli and Upper House Chair Ganesh Timilsina at a meeting of the Constitutional Council on…
All photos: Bikram Rai/Nepali TimesAfter widespread criticism that the Nepali Congress (NC) was not playing the role of a loyal opposition at a…
A group of 13 civil society members have called for Nepal’s political parties to set aside their rivalries and work to address the health and…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIKathmandu’s cognoscenti suffer from low esteem about Nepal’s geostrategic importance. However, the international…
The two alpha males of Nepali politics finally sorted out their differences, ending months of deadlock that had brought governance to a…
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIYou have to give it to K P Oli, he seems to have wriggled out of the biggest crisis in his current tenure as prime…
Illustration: BHANU BHATTARAIAfter teetering at the brink of a split several times, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) appears to have…
