Published On: March 8, 2018 01:38 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Mar 7: Reelection of President Bidya Devi Bhanadri for a second term has become certain after the ruling left alliance filed her candidacy Wednesday, under the new federal setup. Given their clear majority in the electoral college for president, which includes members of parliament and the seven provincial assemblies, Bhandari, the nominee of the left alliance for head of state is now poised to remain president for the next five years.
Published On: February 27, 2018 07:00 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli expanded his three-member cabinet to seven members on Monday, inducting ministers from major ruling partner CPN (Maoist Center) also.
Published On: February 23, 2018 06:00 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The Election Commission has announced March 13 as the date for electing the third president of the Republic.
Published On: February 22, 2018 04:30 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Lawmaker Mahendra Yadav, who is younger than at least a dozen other members of parliament, is going to chair parliamentary meetings as the eldest member of the 275-member House until a speaker is elected.
Published On: February 19, 2018 11:31 PM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Feb 19: CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) have reached on seven-point party unification deal
Published On: February 5, 2018 08:46 PM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Feb 5: Less than a month before its exit from power, the Sher Bahadur Deuba government on Monday decided to declare all civil servants, security personnel, public sector employees and government teachers killed during the decade-long Maoist armed insurgency as martyrs.
Published On: February 4, 2018 06:38 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Feb 4: With all seven provinces likely to fix the date for the election of the speakers of their provincial assemblies by Monday, the race for speakers in all seven provinces has begun and aspirants have expedited lobbying for themselves in their parties.
Published On: February 4, 2018 01:26 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Feb 3: With all seven provinces likely to fix the date for the election of the speakers of their provincial assemblies by Monday, the race for speakers in all seven provinces has begun and aspirants have expedited lobbying for themselves in their parties.
Published On: February 1, 2018 05:30 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Feb 1: All seven provinces are likely to get their governments within the next two weeks due to the constitutional provision requiring a chief minister to win vote of confidence from the concerned provincial assembly within 30 days of the declaration of final election results.
Published On: January 26, 2018 09:25 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Jan 26: While the government's latest decision to reduce the eligibility age for the elderly allowance suggests that citizens above 65 are not up to any income-generating work and deserve protection under the state's social security policy, a majority of leaders holding key posts in major political parties and in recent governments fall into this age group.
Published On: January 18, 2018 07:30 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Jan 18: After its efforts to decide the temporary provincial capitals and recommend the governors in consultation with the left alliance failed, the government on Wednesday went ahead with the decisions on its own.
Published On: January 13, 2018 07:57 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Jan 13: The government is in a fix over the appointment of governors and fixing of temporary capitals of the seven provinces as the left alliance of the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) is non-committal about forging an all-party consensus over these issues.
Published On: January 12, 2018 07:05 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: At least 14 ministers out of the total of 33 in the Sher Bahadur Deuba government are still heading key ministries despite losing the elections as the formation of a new government is being delayed. With the new government expected only after the end of February, they will get a chance to lead the government for three months even after their election defeat.
Published On: December 28, 2017 08:27 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Dec 28: Ministers representing the CPN (Maoist Center) have stopped going to office after they were rendered without portfolio on September 18. They also do not have any business going out in the field in their official capacity as they do not hold any ministerial portfolio.
Published On: December 26, 2017 06:30 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Dec 26: Though just a month remains for the summoning of the first meetings of all seven provincial assemblies, the government is yet to fix the provincial capitals, set up the meeting halls for the provincial assemblies and appoint the provincial governors.
Published On: December 24, 2017 05:00 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Dec 24: With the government delaying to fix the temporary provincial capitals in the seven provinces, leaders and cadres from across the political spectrum have started lobbying for making their hometowns as provincial capitals.
Published On: December 21, 2017 05:30 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
Nepali Congress leader Bal Krishna Khand is considered as one of the confidants of party president and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. Khand, who is a former defense minister, spoke to Republica's Ashok Dahal on Wednesday morning about his party's position on National Assembly formation, government leadership handover and the party's recent electoral performance.
Published On: December 15, 2017 06:30 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Seventy-eight percent of CPN-UML candidates and 58 percent of CPN (Maoist Center) candidates have won the recently concluded parliamentary and provincial assembly elections across the country.
Published On: December 14, 2017 08:40 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN-UML find themselves at odds whether the new prime minister should be elected prior to the formation of the National Assembly, the upper house of parliament.
Published On: December 13, 2017 06:22 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Of the total 165 lawmakers in parliament to be elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category, at least 40 percent are going to be new faces. In the 275-member lower house, 110 members are to be nominated under the proportional representation (PR) category after the allocation of PR seats to political parties on the basis of the PR votes they secured across the country.