By Our Reporter Former prime minister Kirti Nidhi Bista passed away on Saturday at the age of 90. Bista, who was popular among the Nepali people as the honest and truly nationalist politician of Nepal, was suffering from cancer for a long time. Bista, known for his simplicity, integrity and …

By Our Reporter When the first phase of elections  in  37 constituencies of  32 districts are just one and a half weeks away, people have started guessing the fate of the heavyweights who are contesting the elections from the same constituency. Surely, many of the heavyweights of the major parties …

By PR Pradhan I went through the election manifestos of different political parties. The parties have made big talks that within five years and ten years they would make Nepal a heaven. I am confused that how will they make Nepal a heaven without safeguarding Nepal’s sovereignty! Nepal-India open borders …

By M.R. Josse NEW YORK, NY: By the time this is published, American President Donald Trump will have returned to Washington after a hectic 12-day, five-nation tour through East Asia having taking in three important bilateral visits – Japan, South Korea and China – and two regional summits – in …

  By P. Kharel Bureaucracy in Nepal has always been the subject of public criticism. Thing have aggravated for from bad to worse since the early 1990s after the restoration of multiparty polity to the present “loktantrik” times introduced since the spring of 2006. According to press reports last week, …

By Prabasi Nepali US President Donald Trump has finally completed the last lap of his marathon 13-day, 5-nation tour of East and South-East Asia, and the United States and the world at large have breathed a sigh of relief that nothing untoward has happened in the crisis-laden region. Surprisingly, it …

By Our Reporter The province and federal parliament election to be held on 26 November and 10 December is going to elect 330 provincial MPs and 165 federal parliament MPs. In the first phase of election, 128 MPs will be elected for federal parliament and 256 MPs will be elected …

By Our Reporter The political parties contesting the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives and the provincial assemblies have made their election manifestos public in a bid to win the voters’ trust. But the manifestos appear to be nothing more than a gimmick to woo the innocent voters. The …

By Our Reporter Daman Dhungana, former speaker, who is currently working for Nepal Transit to Peace (NTTP) by receiving attractive monthly salary plus many facilities including vehicles, is contesting poll for the post of member of parliament from Bhaktapur constituency No 2 as the NC candidate. NTTP is an NGO …

By Our Reporter In seven province parliaments, a total of 330 directly elected MPs and a total of 220 MPs will be elected through the proportional system. In Federal Parliament, there will be 165 directly elected MPs and 110 MPs will be elected through proportional elections. The total strength of …