Tika Dhakal, an expert on transitional justice, is a member of a martyr’s family. During the Maoist insurgency, his brother Mohan Prasad Dhakal was killed by security personnel in Arubote of Panchthar on October 22, 2001. Dhakal, who has a mas…
President Bidya Devi Bhandari is retiring today after wrapping up her term. Her seven-year term (first term two years and second one five years) is being reviewed. President Bhandari conducted her first state visit to China from April 24 to May…
Former Prime Minister and Chairman of Nepal Samajbadi Party Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, who was elected three times from Gorkha as a lawmaker, did not contest the election this time. Instead, he left his constituency for Chairman of the CPN (M…
Senior leader of the Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Poudel has said that he considers the matter of protecting and upholding the constitution and democracy, which he fought for his whole life, to be the most important responsibility as the Head of the …
There is an intriguing coincidence between Nepal and the diplomatic career of Alexei A. Novikov, ambassador of the Russian Federation to Nepal. When he joined the diplomatic service in 1987 through the Foreign Ministry of Russia, he was posted to th…
Manjeev Singh Puri is former Indian Ambassador to Nepal. He is a distinguished fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). He has also served as Ambassador of India to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg. Earlier he had served as Amb…
Thirty-six year-old Prem Prasad Acharya of Ilam set a fire to himself after being doused in petrol in broad daylight in front of federal parliament building in New Baneshwor on Tuesday. Critically injured Acharya, who was rushed to Kritipur Hospital…
During a meeting with CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal on January 23, he was preparing to meet CPN-United Chairman Chandradev Joshi. He said that he was going to meet Joshi to discuss the issue of party unity. The Unified Soc…
Nepali Congress (NC) gave the vote of confidence to the government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' in hopes of turning the tables on the ruling coalition. However, this effort seemed to turn futile until the elections o…
Vijay Kant Karna is a former Nepali Ambassador to Denmark. Karna is a former associate professor at Tribhuvan University (TU), and is currently executive chairman of the Center for Social Inclus…
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