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  • Sadak and Shahid: The Roads in Nepal and a British Minister

    By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal This article first appeared in today’s Kantipur Koseli in Nepali. Welcome to our village Mr. Minister! We expect you to increase your assistance to us in the coming days and strengthen the already good relationship between out two great nations! Pics by CSK and DW “I didn’t think anything…

  • Strike Oh Strike: What A Plague Upon Us

    Did you know that at least five different organizations and groups had separately called the banda (strike) today in Kathmandu ? Well, that could be more or less by a group of two but just a quick reminder: there was strike in Kathmandu yesterday as well called by more than one group. Then there was…

  • The ‘politics of unity’ in the Democratic Republic of Nepal

    The other view on RAM RAJA PRASAD SINGH vs GIRIJA PRASAD KOIRALA for the PRESIDENCY of Nepal By Kanchan Jha History is replete with instances of failure to facilitate the process of democracy. In all these instances, despite the introduction of democracy in Nepal, it became a living proof that the Shah dynasty was an…

  • Press Statement of Gyanendra (the Last King of Nepal)

    Nepal’s deposed king has left the royal palace for the last time but has no plans to leave the Himalayan country. Former King Gyanendra says he wants to stay to “help establish peace” as the country moves from a monarchy to a republic. Hundreds of people came to see Gyanendra leave Katmandu’s royal palace Wednesday…

  • First President of Nepal to the Indigenous People

    View from the other side. by Krishna Giri in Canberra I do not want to craft any statement on the legitimacy of the declaration of the ‘Republic’. The country is now a ‘Republic’. Chief Justice Kedar Giri had no guts to discuss the legitimacy of this historic event and put aside the writ to prove…

  • Kingdom to Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

    Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Means A report by Conflict Study Center The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) overwhelmingly voted in favor of republicanism by 460 to 4 members. The meeting finally ended at 23.25 hrs on May 28, 2008 ousting the 449 year old Shah Dynasty (initiated by Drabya Shah in 1559). Before…

  • The Kingsized Presidential Debate of Nepal (the Youngest Republic on Earth)

    First it was all about whether to install the presidential system or not. Then it was about what type of president? Executive, as proposed by the Maoist, or ceremonial, as proposed by NC and UML? That debate finally ended after political parties finally decided, on 15th Jesta when the first meeting of the CA was…