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Existence of alliance unaffected by who becomes PM: Maoist leader Shakti Basnet

The November 20 General Election did not bear pleasant result for the CPN (Maoist Center). The party won only 18 first-past-the-post (FPTP) and 15 proportional representation (PR) seats out of the total 275 seats in the Federal Parliament. The Ma…

UML-Maoist Center alliance possible if Prachanda offered PM: Nihar Nayak

The international community is closely watching on the results of the recently-held House of Representatives (HoR) and Provincial Assembly (PA) elections in Nepal. Neighboring India, China and the superpower America, which are more importa…

Bangladesh providing 22 scholarships to Nepali medical students: Ambassador Salahuddin

Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury is the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to Nepal. Before taking up this assignment, he held the position of Director General (Administration) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka. In his diplo…

China’s courting of developing countries needs to be watched carefully: Prof. Dr. B. R. Deepak

Dr. B. R. Deepak is a professor and chairperson at the Centre for Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was trained in Chinese history and India-China relations at the Peking University, Chinese Academy of S…

Provincial units are just bleeding state coffers dry: Mayor Hamal

Gopal Hamal was elected as the mayor of Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City in Kailali district earlier in May this year. He secured his win by defeating his arch-rival Nrip Bahadur Oda, a veteran local leader of the ruling Nepali Congress. Hamal is get…

NC's turn to win polls in Bhaktapur-2 this time: Durlav Thapa

Durlav Thapa is the candidate for the elections to the House of Representatives from Bhaktapur-2 under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system representing the democratic-left alliance.Originally from Suryabinayak municipality-5, Bhaktapaur, Thap…

Nepal can showcase its art and culture during World Cup: Ambassador Yousuf Bin Mohamed

Yousuf Bin Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Al-Hail is the Ambassador of Qatar to Nepal. He has been serving in Nepal since September 19, 2016. Prior to this, he worked at Africa Department at the Foreign Ministry, the Embassy of Qatar in Kuwait, the Embassy o…

Xi Jinping's re-election as party general secretary an opportunity for Nepal: Paudyal

Leelamani Paudyal is a former Nepali ambassador to China and a former chief secretary of the government. Considered as an expert on Nepal-China relataions, Nepalkhabar recently talked to Poudyal for his views on the recently-concluded 20th Cong…

We are confident about clinching wins in all 20 constituencies: Madhav Nepal

Madhav Kumar Nepal, who played a major role in making the main opposition CPN-UML the number one party in the country, is now struggling to identify himself as the leader of CPN (Unified Socialist). Nepal, who is contesting the elections from Rautah…

People in Gorkha-2 voting for next PM: Dr Bhattarai

Nepal Samajbadi Party (NSP) Chairman and former Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai was in home district Gorkha last week. He reached Gorkha during the election campaign of Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, the chairman of the CPN (Maoist…