KATHMANDU, July 30: Ever since the country's two largest and traditionally rival parties-- the Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN-UML-- agreed to form a new government on July 1, pledging constitutional amendments to ensure political stability, speculation has grown about a potential shift towards a two-party system in Nepal.

As a result of never-ending transitions and political instability in Nepal, even after thirty years of the multiparty system and nine years of the present constitution, politics is constantly sliding from democratic norms towards autocratic dynamics, and the economy is on the edge of collapse.

The first round of ‘engagement’ between Pakistan and the IMF over the former’s request for a larger and longer programme appears to have concluded — with some bumps still visible. Both sides are believed to have reached an understanding on the reform measures that Islamabad must include in the budget for the next financial year and get approved by parliament before an agreement on a new bailout facility is signed.

Nepal is full of wonders and paradoxes. It is not only in political sense but also from the points of social resentment and social harmony, contradictions between social disparity and social cohesiveness, between political conflicts and their resolution for democratic revolution, between party splits and party integration and so on.

Now the government in which RSP is participating is led by Maoists, whose main supporter is the CPN-UML. These two parties are known as the core leftist parties in Nepal. RSP, in its document, calls itself centrist and center-right. The question comes, has the extreme desire for power forced the RSP to make an alignment with hardcore left-wing parties?

The increasing trend of globalization, coupled with political infightings and instability, has resulted in a significant number of Nepalese youths seeking employment abroad as their only viable option. Additionally, the failure of Nepal's leadership to implement effective job employment opportunities and modernization in the agricultural sector has further exacerbated this trend.

Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) on Sunday decided to pull out of the government led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. All minister representing the RSP submitted their resignation to Prime Minister Dahal on Sunday itself. Although the party has decided not to immediately withdraw its support to the government, the decision of the RSP to quit the government barely 41 days in office has raised concerns over the possibility of a fresh round of political instability in the country.

KATHMANDU, March 8: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said that the restoration of the House of Representatives has taken the country toward a fresh round of political instability.

KATHMANDU, Jan 8: Nepali Congress (NC) is staging nationwide protests on Saturday against the government's move to dissolve the House of Representatives.

In Nepal, it may take much more time than expected for the entire population to get vaccinated. Political turmoil does not offer much hope.

BAMAKO, Mali, Aug 19: Mali’s president announced his resignation late Tuesday, just hours after armed soldiers seized him from his home in a dramatic power grab following months of anti-government protests demanding his ouster.

KATHMANDU, July 10: A group of civil society leaders have urged the political parties and their leaders to pursue their agenda only through the parliamentary route, with full transparency.