As Nepal heads to polls, Here’s what major parties are say...
From L-R: Puspa Kamal Dahal, K.P. Oli, Sher Bahadur Deuba and Madhav Kumar Nepal. Collage: The Wire
Kathmandu/New Delhi: In two weeks, over...
Will differences on MCC grant break Nepal’s ruling coaliti...
February 17, 2022
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By: Kamal Dev Bhattarai
Sher Bahadur Deuba. Photo: Reuters
Kathmandu: Nepal’s five-party ruling coalition, which came to power last year pledging to...
Nepal: Beset by political, legal challenges, timely conduc...
January 12, 2022
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By: Kamal Dev Bhattarai
Representational image of Nepal flag. Photo: Reuters.
As per the constitutional provisions, Nepal should complete elections to local governm...
Nepal: K.P. Oli returns to helm a smaller CPN (UML), vows...
December 6, 2021
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By: Kamal Dev Bhattarai
K.P. Sharma Oli. Photo: PTI
Kathmandu: Former Nepal prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli has been re-elected chairman of the main opposi...
Even as virus cases soar, Nepal re-opens Mt. Everest
April 19, 2021
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By: Kamal Dev Bhattarai
Amid fears of a second wave of COVID-19, hundreds of climbers from many countries are all set to ascend Mt. Everest and other mountains in this spring...
Why Nepal's current political deadlock is unlikely to end...
March 16, 2021
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By: Kamal Dev Bhattarai
Supporters of a faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party take part in a rally celebrating the reinstatement of the parliament by Nepal's top cour...
As Nepal's political crisis deepens, all eyes are on the S...
February 8, 2021
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By: Kamal Dev Bhattarai
With prolonged hearings in the Supreme Court on a writ petition filed against Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s move to dissolve the House of Rep...
3 reasons why Modi didn’t meet Nepal foreign affairs minis...
January 19, 2021
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By: Kamal Dev Bhattarai
Pradeep Kumar Gyawali
Nepal’s Foreign Affairs Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali returned home on Saturday after attending a meeting of the Nep...
Nepal-India ties remain under cloud of agenda setting
December 4, 2020
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By: Kamal Dev Bhattarai
The recent series of visits by Indian representatives to Nepal and the Nepal foreign minister’s planned visit to New Delhi clearly shows that bo...
Amid rising big power tensions, Nepal seeks a new foreign...
October 20, 2020
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By: Kamal Dev Bhattarai
Amid growing challenges to strike a balance between India, China and the U.S., Nepal is drafting a new foreign policy which is expected to reflect the...
Oli had something no Nepal govt since 1959 did but his par...
July 25, 2020
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By: Kamal Dev Bhattarai
The formation of K.P. Sharma Oli’s two-thirds majority government in 2018, it was hoped, would finally herald an era of stability in Nepal. Yet,...
A rock and a hard place: Nepal’s 2019 diplomacy in review
January 2, 2020
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By: Kamal Dev Bhattarai
On the domestic front, Nepal secured political stability in 2019 but in its external engagements it faced new challenges, issues, and situations. Comm...
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