Category: Politics

The lack of seriousness of the political parties emerged after the Election Commission on New Year’s eve announced its inability to hold the elections of the constituent assembly on June 20. That was the date proposed by the head of the eight political parties. The seriousness is measured by...

Seventeen years after having failed to persuade Bhutan, unilaterally, to repatriate Bhutanese refugees, Nepal has sought support from the Indian government. On the backdrop of the 14th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, for the first time, sought support from...

It took almost 10 years for them to force the king out and almost a year to make a leap ahead for a seat in the government. They did it, but without being erased from the US ‘terrorists’ list. The story is of the Nepali Maoists who made themselves...

At a time when different ethnic groups have intensified their agitations demanding ethnicity-based federal system, linguists have said that federal structure based on linguistic identity could be a better option. Senior linguist Prof. Nobal Kishor Rai says that as political system, social behaviour and psyche of the people is...

The remarks of the Bhutanese prime minister regarding Bhutanese refugees are the last resort of the Druk regime to escape from its illegal and inhuman activities that it carried out during the early 1990s. The statements have raised questions about the regime’s intention for sincere transition of the kingdom...

While signing the peace agreement, the government and the Maoist had expressed commitment to rehabilitate the conflict-affected children back into their families and the society. However, months have passed but no practical efforts have been made to identify, rescue and integrate the children who were used by the Maoists...