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Congress, UML working to petition court against House regulations

Kathmandu, July 9 -- Major opposition parties, the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML, are preparing to move the Supreme Court to challenge several provisions of the House of Representatives Regulations ... Read More


Ordinances preferred tool of government, no matter who leads it

Kathmandu, July 5 -- On April 21, Prime Minister Balendra Shah convened a Cabinet meeting that recommended President Ramchandra Paudel summon a joint session of the federal parliament on April 30. Aft... Read More


RSP's emergence edged Congress out. Now it's not easy for Thapa to reclaim Nepal's democratic space

Kathmandu, June 29 -- The rapid rise of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) as the largest force within the country's liberal democratic sphere has placed the Nepali Congress under unprecedented pressu... Read More


Hundreds of thousands of Congress cadres not bothered to renew membership

Kathmandu, June 5 -- Jatashankar Sahani, a 40-year-old politician from Bara, was once a Mahasamiti member of the Nepali Congress. Today, his name is missing from the party's digital membership update ... Read More


Opposition parties demand PM Shah apologise over border remarks, threaten continued House obstruction

Kathmandu, June 1 -- Major opposition parties on Monday demanded that Prime Minister Balendra Shah apologise in Parliament for his remarks suggesting that Nepal had also encroached upon Indian territo... Read More


Congress digital update drive struggles as large number of 850,000 members stay away

Kathmandu, May 31 -- Only around 200,000 Nepali Congress members have updated their details through the party's digital verification campaign, raising concerns that the party's active membership could... Read More


Opposition moves to strike down ordinances in National Assembly

Kathmandu, May 14 -- Nepal's opposition parties have moved to block all eight ordinances introduced by the government, escalating both legal and political pressure on the ruling party after registerin... Read More


Upper house parties mull rejecting key ordinances

Kathmandu, May 11 -- Opposition parties in the National Assembly are preparing a strategy to reject some of the eight ordinances issued by the government last month. Criticising both the manner in wh... Read More


President Paudel returns constitutional council-related ordinance for reconsideration

Kathmandu, May 3 -- President Ramchandra Paudel has returned the government-recommended ordinance related to the Constitutional Council for reconsideration, the President's Office said on Sunday. Bab... Read More


New Nepal government strikes down most major appointments made prior to March 26

Kathmandu, May 3 -- The "ordinance on special provisions relating to the removal of public officials from office, 2026", issued by President Ramchandra Paudel on Saturday, has triggered widespread dis... Read More