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Setting a bad precedent
Published On: December 18, 2022 07:40 AM NPT By: Republica
The attempt to elect a ‘non-political’ person as the president will only set another bad precedent as seen already in Nepal’s chequered political history.
Paush 1 and Nepali Politics
Published On: December 17, 2022 07:00 AM NPT By: Republica
It was Paush 1 yesterday, a ‘Black Day’ in Nepal’s political history. On this day, 62 years ago, the then King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah staged a coup, overthrowing Nepal’s first democratically-elected government led by the charismatic, popular leader BP Koirala who was arrested and jailed immediately after the royal move.
Taming High Interest Rates
Published On: December 16, 2022 07:30 AM NPT By: Republica
The survey reports of the private sector unveil a bleak picture of the economy. Manufacturers of construction materials are operating at 30 percent of their capacity, consumption of essentials has gone down by 18 percent and restaurants’ business by 20 percent, among others. These provide some evidence of how the economy is affected.
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Preserving Pokhara’s Paragliding
Published On: December 15, 2022 07:45 AM NPT By: Republica
Earlier in June this year, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the regulatory body of Nepal’s aviation sector, had asked paragliding entrepreneurs in Pokhara to shift the aerial adventure sport to another place from January 2023, arguing that paragliding and civil flights could not be conducted simultaneously in the same sky.
Uphold Human Rights
Published On: December 14, 2022 07:00 AM NPT By: Republica
Many people who should have been in jail are in parliament and in the government instead.
Stop the mockery of democracy !
Published On: December 13, 2022 07:35 AM NPT By: Republica
Despite widespread criticisms from various quarters including from his own party, Nepali Congress, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who has expedited internal homework to form a new government under his leadership, has shown no sign of backtracking on his decision.
Gross Misuse of PR System
Published On: December 12, 2022 08:05 AM NPT By: Republica
The PR system was especially adopted to ensure the representation of the marginalized and ‘backward’ castes, class, gender and communities in the political mainstream. However, it is sad and unfortunate to notice that the PR system has been put to a deliberate and gross misuse by the political parties – big or small. As a result, in the name of ensuring the access of the ‘backward’ people to the political mainstream, politicians’ family members and friends, businessmen, and middlemen have been ‘elected’ to the House of Representatives (HoR) and the seven provincial assemblies
Lessons from Melamchi Project
Published On: December 11, 2022 07:50 AM NPT By: Republica
But water supplied from the Melamchi River alone won’t help address the problem of water scarcity in the Kathmandu Valley. This will only ease the existing water crisis. The construction of this project began in 1999. Melamchi was one of the 22 potential sources of water identified by a survey conducted back in 2029 BS to address the growing water crisis in the Kathmandu Valley.
Fighting Air Pollution
Published On: December 10, 2022 08:10 AM NPT By: Republica
Recently, a team of government officials including employees of the Department of Environment, Department of Transport Management and Metropolitan Traffic Police Division conducted an on-the-spot pollution test of vehicles at Babarmahal in the capital. According to the employees involved in the test, over two-thirds of the vehicles failed the pollution test which means they were running in conditions below the prescribed standards for air pollution in the country.
Justice for Chief Justice
Published On: December 9, 2022 08:10 AM NPT By: Republica
The provision of impeachment against key office-bearers of the state has been made in the constitution to ensure separation of power and check and balance among the key state organs. But there is no mention of a deadline in the constitution to conclude impeachment motions once they are registered in parliament. This is a major loophole in the provision for impeachment that must be plugged if any misuse of this provision is to be avoided in the future.
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