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On elections, UML maintains its two-pronged strategy

Kathmandu, Dec. 6 -- A record 120 political parties have applied with the Election Commission to take part in the March elections. Among them is CPN-UML, the second largest party in the dissolved Hous... Read More


Kulman's Ujyalo Nepal calls for replacing provincial assemblies with councils

Kathmandu, Dec. 4 -- Kulman Ghising, who leads three ministries in the interim government, unveiled his own party, Ujyalo Nepal, on Wednesday. Ghising is known for ending 18-hour-long power cuts in N... Read More


Internal dissent forces Congress to hold convention before polls

Kathmandu, Dec. 2 -- After over two months of debate, deliberation and dispute, the Nepali Congress has finally decided to hold its 15th general convention from January 10 to 12 in Kathmandu. Trigger... Read More


Panel rivalry heats up ahead of UML general convention

Kathmandu, Nov. 29 -- Internal divisions have widened in the CPN-UML ahead of its 11th general convention, scheduled for December 13-15. Party chair and four-time prime minister KP Sharma Oli, and Sen... Read More


Nepal to buy 700,000 passports from French firm to ease shortage

Kathmandu, Nov. 22 -- The government had decided to procure around 700,000 passports from 'IN Smart Identity France SAS', previously known as IDEMIA Identity and Security France SAS, to cover the loom... Read More


House restoration demands could throw country into chaos: PM

Kathmandu, Nov. 19 -- Prime Minister Sushila Karki has said that demands for the restoration of the dissolved House of Representatives and questioning the legitimacy of the government could push the c... Read More


UML to move court against House dissolution

Kathmandu, Nov. 19 -- UML has decided to file a writ petition at the Supreme Court against the dissolution of the House of Representatives. Upon the recommendation of Prime Minister Sushila Karki, Pr... Read More


PM Karki urges parties to join polls, asks civil society for support

Kathmandu, Nov. 18 -- Prime Minister Sushila Karki has said registering political parties with the Election Commission by November 26 is crucial to ensuring the elections on March 5. She described the... Read More


After a month of discussion, Congress impasse continues

Kathmandu, Nov. 16 -- The state of indecisiveness, confusion and ambiguity continues inside the Nepali Congress even as the party's central working committee meeting has been holding discussion for a ... Read More


Deuba loyalists break ranks, demand party convention before parliamentary elections

Kathmandu, Nov. 15 -- As many as two dozen Nepali Congress central working committee members submitted a letter to the party's central committee on Friday, demanding a general convention before the Ma... Read More