Ishwari Subedi

The bill, presented by the Ministry of Women, Children, and Senior Citizens, aims to hold all three tiers of government accountable for addressing the globally widespread organized crime of human trafficking.

Ruling party’s lawmaker Rajendra Kumar KC said the government should address the issue. Opposition lawmakers, including Manish Jha and Amaresh Kumar Singh, accused the government of colluding with businesses. They pointed out that even after the Public Accounts Committee's directive, prices ha...

The controversial bill, first introduced in 2072 BS (2015) and facing repeated setbacks due to public and parliamentary opposition, has resurfaced after seven years. Critics argue that politics should be treated as public service, not a lifelong entitlement.

With Parliament in its winter bill session, Speaker Devraj Ghimire is readying for a foreign visit. Parliamentary norms and values dictate that the Speaker can only leave Parliament during sessions under special circumstances.

With the Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP-N) rejecting the ordinance aimed at amending the Land Related Act—one of the six ordinances recently issued by the President on the government's recommendation—the government has delayed bringing these ordinances to parliament for approval. ...

The National Assembly unanimously passed a bill on Monday, placing the Media Council under executive control instead of establishing it as an autonomous body for the overall promotion of journalism in the nation. With this bill's approval, the council now holds fewer powers than the Press Council pr...

In the meeting of the House of Representatives, the parliamentary committee unanimously passed the bill related to legislation, but the bill was removed from the agenda after the minister read and explained the proposed amendments.  

Both houses of parliament will ratify the ordinances, which the President issued on the government’s recommendation, today. The House of Representatives and the National Assembly will submit six ordinances to their respective meetings for approval.

The government has introduced a bill to grant naturalized citizenship to the children of women who gave birth abroad. This provision has been made in the bill to amend the Nepal Citizenship Act 2006 that was introduced in the House of Representatives.

"Previously, parliament itself was dissolved. Now, in such a short time, are they trying to govern through ordinances? This is the concern I raised."