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Balen Shah's rise contributes to the fall of identity politics

Kathmandu, March 10 -- When the CPN (Maoist) ended its decade-long insurgency in 2006, identity politics was a buzzword, which later dominated the Nepali political discourse during the constitution-ma... Read More


Major leaders of traditional parties lose election

Kathmandu, March 8 -- A spectacular defeat of top leaders and the poor performance overall of the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML, two dominant political parties since 1990, in the March 5 vote have s... Read More


Rastriya Swatantra Party surges towards landslide victory

Kathmandu, March 7 -- In a damning indictment of the established political parties, the three-year-old Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is giving them a run for their money. As votes of the March 5 pol... Read More