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  • It's Economy Stupid! Maoist Comrades Try to Assure the Business Community

    Stock market has been crashed and business circle is confused. As the news of Maoist victory in the polls come out, the Maoist leadership is trying hard to assure the business community that they are here for capitalism. For the CPN Maoist, the victorious party in the April 10 CA polls, the campaign hasn’t ended…

  • Humiliated By Stunning Defeat in Polls, UML Calls It A Day

    Nepali Congress should follow the suit on the first day of the CA and play the constructive role of an opposition thereafter Seven ministers of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist), whose hope to become the largest party, if not with majority, in the CA was shattered last week resigned from the interim…

  • Let’s Give Maoist A Chance!

    Maoists are winning the election. There are various reasons for that. The most prominent reason is people’s need for a change. They want something different. They have tried congress and they have tried UML. By Tilak KC in Bremen, Germany I am usually a political pessimist. I never thought that Maoist would come to dialogues…

  • For the Record, from the Campaign Trail

    Conducts against the election code of conduct: This ‘Constituent Assembly Member Election 2008 Observation Bulletin’ was prepared by the National Election Monitoring Alliance (NEMA) on April 5, 2008. 1. CPN Maoist cadres abducted Mr. Chandra Bahadur Shahi, CPN UML candidate for Mugu from Rowa VDC, Mugu district on April 5, 2008. Candidate Mr. Shahi was…

  • Nepali Congress Manifesto: Executive Prime Minister, Ceremonial President, Parliamentary Supremacy

    Republican Nepali Congress Thinks An Autocratic Person Born In A Feudal Family Can’t Be The Symbol Of National Unity In Nepal: “An inclusive and constitutional federal democracy will be the symbol of national unity, not a person or a position. Nepal would enter into a new era of national unity by electing the head of…

  • Homecoming of a Nepali Migrant Worker from India

    Tales of hope, tales of despair By Dinesh Wagle in Achham, western Nepal Wagle Street Journal [This article appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Nepali version of the same appeared in today’s Koseli of Kantipur] Photos by Wagle. Photos of Wagle by David Geoffrion When I saw him for the first time walking on the dusty…

  • Election Fever Grips Nepal

    Days after the government and the protesting United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) struck a crucial deal on Feb 27,2008 (see inside if you haven’t already!) the political parties have started their Constituent Assembly Elections campaigns all over the country. The Maoists party who will be participating in the elections campaign for the first time after…