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Double trouble

Published On: March 21, 2017 12:45 AM NPT By: Republica

Our Banks and Financial Institutions (BFIs) seem to be a law unto themselves, openly flouting central bank directives, cheating their customers and bullying those who default on their loans.

Money for votes

Published On: March 20, 2017 12:45 AM NPT By: Republica

The code of conduct that has been enforced ahead of the local election slated for May 14 is being egregiously flouted.

Populists, hark

Published On: March 18, 2017 12:45 AM NPT By: Republica

Geert Wilders is in a league of his own when it comes to fanning xenophobia and playing on people’s fears.

Off the ground

Published On: March 16, 2017 12:35 AM NPT By: Republica

With Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday formally announcing that the newly-delineated 744 local level units have become functional across the country, Nepal has taken a major stride towards implementing federalism.

Public disgrace

Published On: March 15, 2017 12:45 AM NPT By: Republica

In 2004 the District Court, Okhaldhunga, had convicted Maoist leader Balkrishna Dhungel of killing Ujjain Shrestha in cold blood and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Debased polity

Published On: March 14, 2017 12:45 AM NPT By: Republica

The Election Commission must speak up against the anomalous expansion of the size of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal cabinet. The number of deputy prime ministers alone has reached three after the induction of RPP’s Kamal Thapa to the post.

Jail them

Published On: March 13, 2017 12:45 AM NPT By: Republica

Talking to Republica, Khadga Biswokarma, the spokesperson for the small Maoist outfit led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab', clarified on Saturday that it was not his party’s policy to destroy public property.

Déjà vu

Published On: March 11, 2017 12:45 AM NPT By: Republica

It’s an open and shut case. According to eyewitnesses, Arbind Kumar Shukla, an officer of India’s Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB), fired on a crowd of Nepalis who were protesting against the intervention of the Indian side in the construction of a culvert by some Nepalis.

Selective justice

Published On: March 9, 2017 12:45 AM NPT By: Republica

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is perfectly justified to seek stern action against the officials of Nepali Police and Armed Police Force who either failed to control riots or used excess force in course of the 2015 Madheshi Uprising.

Halfway there

Published On: March 8, 2017 12:45 AM NPT By: Republica

Since the 2006 political change there have been vast improvements in Nepal’s legal and constitutional provisions on women’s rights. The new constitution criminalizes all kinds of violence—physical, mental, sexual and psychological—against women.