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  • House Votes on the Republic Agenda…

    …with a majority. But Nepal is not a republic yet. Update: The parliament passes left parties’ joint motion on republic declaration tabled by the CPN-UML after the CPN-Maoist and a few fringe left parties supported the proposals. The declaration seeks the Interim Legislature-Parliament’s directive to the government to immediately determine all necessary procedures to proclaim…

  • Down With Emergency Rule in Pakistan

    UWB editorial: We angrily condemn the latest decision of the General Parvez Musharraf government in Pakistan to impose emergency, dismiss the Supreme Court chief justice and black out the private TV stations. It’s not surprising that THE dictator has imposed marshal laws in Pakistan. What is really surprising is why the people of Pakistan are…

  • Remembering Old Days of Nepali Congress

    For me the Nepali Congress office at Jamal was the center of the universe back in 80s…. Six months ago was the last time I went NC office (now in Sanepa) and found that NC have transformed into a club of different interest groups. By Puskar Magar Magar is a NC supporter and now lives…

  • Communists in Nepal Unite, at Least for Parliamentary Motions

    In a rare instance in the history of Communist movement in Nepal, several communist outfits in the parliament have agreed to come together, at least, for the motions that are tabled at the parliament. There is a popular saying in the communist circle that one communist in Nepal thinks the other is not a real…

  • Role Hungry United Nations Mission in Nepal

    Role-hungry statements from the UN will only complicate matters. An excerpt from an article published in the Kathmandu Post: If two of the capital’s most notorious gangsters- Milan Gurung alias Chakre Milan, and Rajib Gurung aka Dipak Manange, both of who are in prison now- were to form a political party, continue with their criminal…

  • “Maoists Killed Journalist Birendra Sah”: Source to Kathmandu Post

    [Update: Nepali journalists are organizing a protest rally in Kathmandu now (10:30 AM) to raise the issue of Biredra Sah abduction.] Umarawati Devi Sah, wife of missing journalist Birendra Sah, with son Bibek and daughter Bidhya wears a weary look at a meeting with a Kantipur journalist at a guest house in Kathmandu on Monday.…

  • Political Memo: Leaders Still Bargaining

    Even as the crucial meeting of the special session of the house is hours away, the leaders of the ruling alliance and the Maoist are failing to break the political deadlock that’s marring the politics of the country n the past several weeks. A meeting of the top leaders of the seven-party alliance (which includes…