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People are now listening to democratically elected authoritarian leaders

Nepal, May 26 -- Amnesty International's Secretary General Agnes Callamard was in Nepal last week as a part of her first South Asian tour. During her four-day visit, she interacted with people from al... Read More


Parties divided over naming Lamichhane in probe panel ToR

Kathmandu, May 24 -- The ruling and opposition parties have yet again failed to finalise the terms of reference (ToR) for the proposed parliamentary panel to investigate the multi-billion-rupee cooper... Read More


Mismatch in PM Dahal's assets raises eyebrows

Nepal, May 22 -- Making public his property details after becoming prime minister for the second time in December 2016, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who also is the CPN (Maoist Centre) chair, had announced his... Read More


Coalition-Congress rift widens as attacks get personal

Nepal, May 20 -- The ruling and opposition parties seem to be drifting further apart over the issue of investigating the cooperatives scam as leaders from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and the Ne... Read More


Government set to relax party split rules

Kathmandu, May 18 -- The government is preparing to revise the Political Parties Act to ease the conditions for splitting a political party. On Friday, the government wrote to the Parliament Secretar... Read More


Ruling coalition and opposition on collision course

Kathmandu, May 17 -- The parliamentary meeting on Thursday that was expected to end the ongoing impasse ended up in a scuffle between the ruling and opposition lawmakers. The House meeting called for... Read More


Patan High Court clears Lamichhane of rape charge

Kathmandu, May 16 -- The Patan High Court on Wednesday acquitted cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane of rape. Overturning the verdict of the Kathmandu District Court, a division of bench of judges Surya Dar... Read More


Is judicial supremacy trumping constitutional supremacy in Nepal?

Nepal, May 15 -- Nepal's judiciary is often accused of engaging in judicial activism. The latest episode came on May 3. A division bench of justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Saranga Subedi, while pas... Read More


Reparation no substitute for truth and prosecution, say conflict victims, activists

Kathmandu, May 12 -- As the government starts preparing a reparation action plan, the insurgency-era victims and human rights defenders have cautioned not to present reparation as a substitute for oth... Read More


Attorney general's 'clean chit' to home minister stirs debate

Nepal, May 10 -- A year after clearing Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane of any wrongdoing in the dual passport case, the Office of the Attorney General issued a lett... Read More