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Internal rift to be on agenda of Maoist Centre's Standing Committee meeting

Kathmandu, July 31 -- The growing tensions between CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Deputy General Secretary Janardan Sharma are set to be discussed at the party's upcoming Standing... Read More


Is leftist alliance in the works amid deepening division in the Maoist Centre?

Kathmandu, July 30 -- Tensions between Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Deputy General Secretary Janardan Sharma have resurfaced in the CPN (Maoist Centre). Dahal and Sharma, who had taken opposing ... Read More


Bhandari's position in UML is not as weak as some portray it

Nepal, July 28 -- The internal dynamics of the ruling CPN-UML have grown increasingly tense. This follows former President Bidya Devi Bhandari's announcement on 28 June that she would re-enter active ... Read More


Could Bagmati assembly turmoil be a sign of new instability in provinces?

Kathmandu, July 28 -- The formation of the coalition government of the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML at the centre in July last year, had at least one immediate effect-it halted the frequent making ... Read More


Bidya Bhandari's political adventurism hits a brake-for now

Kathmandu, July 23 -- UML's two-day Central Committee meeting ends, former President Bidya Devi Bhandari's attempt at political adventurism appears to have been put on hold-for now. Over 90 percent o... Read More


Factionalism back in the UML with Bhandari's return

Kathmandu, July 20 -- UML, Nepal's largest communist party, has witnessed the most vivid signs of a factional feud, nearly four years after KP Sharma Oli was elected to the top party position through ... Read More


UML weighs binning age, term limits amid Oli-Bhandari rivalry

Kathmandu, July 18 -- The issue of whether the party should stick to the 70-year age limit and the two-term cap for executive position holders has of late been hotly debated in the CPN-UML. Influenti... Read More


JSP-Nepal pulls plug on Oli government

Kathmandu, July 17 -- Despite backing Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's government during the confidence vote last year, the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal (JSP-Nepal) has now formally withdrawn its suppor... Read More


Rastriya Swatantra Party, Kulman Ghising visit Nepali diaspora. Elections in mind

Kathmandu, July 16 -- Even with over two years to go before the 2027 general elections, the Rastriya Swatantra Party has started reaching out to the country's vast migrant population scattered around ... Read More


Oli's one year: Unfulfilled promises, misgovernance and public discontent

Kathmandu, July 14 -- As the KP Sharma Oli-led government completes its first year in office on Monday, the optimism seen during its formation has been overshadowed by a string of unfulfilled commitme... Read More