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  • Nepal Politics: Finally, a New Agreement?

    The CA elections under the mixed electoral system: 60 percent of the 601-member CA will be elected under the proportional representation system and rest under first-past-the-post system. A conference of the civil society will be organized to save face of the Maoists. A steering committee will be formed to run the government, who will lead…

  • Headlines: Political Deadlock, Human Rights and Elections

    Nepali Congress folks aiding monarchy will be punished: Sushil Koirala Dec 21 – NC Acting Prez warned to punish the NC leaders and activists who do activities in support of monarchy against the party discipline. Stating that some of the party activists were active in royalist activities, Koirala said that such activities were against the…

  • The Great Talks About New Agreement

    SPA forms taskforce to forge an agreement today itself Dec 15 – The seven party-alliance is busy holding consultations on Saturday on the issue of power sharing among the three major parties—Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist. The formal meeting of the seven parties held this morning at Baluwatar set up a taskforce to forge an…

  • Nationalism Tirade of the Maoist Comrade

    The question why it is important to forge unity with “royalist nationalists” at this juncture is even more puzzling. By Ameet Dhakal Last week, Prachanda launched his nationalism tirade. God knows why. But common wisdom tells us that autocrats of all hues and colors use the nationalism card to trump democracy. The Maoists never had…

  • Political Memo: A Tale of Three Parties

    When Maoist Chairman Prachanda says that the implementation of peace agreement is a must the happening of Constituent Assembly polls, he seems to have forgotten the fact that the holding of CA itself is part of the peace process. It’s no secret that the comrade’s party is running away from the electoral competition in one…

  • Republic Nepal or Monarchic?

    Of course Republic because a hereditary king might not always be patriotic and qualified. A monarch, on the other hand, leads a life that does not resemble a common man’s. But Presidents or prime ministers are ordinary citizens until they get elected to public positions. They have different backgrounds, experiences, struggles and exposure to reality.…

  • Headlines: The Great Mistrust Between Congress and Maoist

    The growing mistrust between Nepali Congress and CPN Maoist, and the ‘neither-this-side-nor-that-side’ policy of the CPN UML are the main reasons of the current political impasse that, it seems, will not be easily solved in the regular session of the parliament that will start tomorrow. UWB presents the headlines and news snippets related to the…