RSP's rise clouds future of mid-level reformers in old parties

Kathmandu, April 6 -- Nepal's March 5 snap parliamentary election, held in the wake of September's Gen Z uprising, has brought a decisive shift in the country's leadership and turned long-standing deb... Read More

Ruling RSP is weighing which party will get its woman parliamentarian elected deputy Speaker

Kathmandu, April 5 -- After Dol Prasad (DP) Aryal, vice-chair of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), filed the sole nomination for the vacant post of the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Fri... Read More

Provincial inertia might go against Balendra Shah's speedy delivery plan

Kathmandu, April 3 -- Soon after taking office last week, Prime Minister Balendra Shah made public a 100-point course of action, outlining the new government's policies mostly for immediate implementa... Read More

Old guard repeats old mistakes even after new political party runs over them

Kathmandu, April 1 -- Even after a bruising electoral defeat and mounting public frustration, Nepal's traditional political parties show little sign of change. As a new government led by Balendra Sha... Read More

Planned ban on student unions sparks debate on fundamental right

Kathmandu, March 31 -- Student leaders have voiced strong objections after the government unveiled a plan on March 28 to remove party-affiliated student organisations from schools and universities. T... Read More

Can the government deliver on its ambitious 100-point roadmap?

Kathmandu, March 30 -- The new government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah unveiled an ambitious 100-point work plan on Saturday, in a signal of a break from the slow, plodding pace of past adminis... Read More

Karki probe report under fire for gaps, contradictions

Kathmandu, March 27 -- Special Court former chair Gauri Bahadur Karki-led judicial probe commission set up to investigate the September Gen Z protest, whose report was leaked to the media on Wednesday... Read More

Leaked Gen Z revolt probe report holds Oli, Lekhak liable to prosecution

Kathmandu, March 26 -- The report of the judicial commission formed to investigate the September Gen Z protests states that the Nepali Army had prior information that the September 8 demonstration cou... Read More

PM aide pins stalled Karki report release on RSP leaders

Kathmandu, March 25 -- As pressure mounts from all sides on the interim government to make public the report on the judicial inquiry into the state crackdown on September's Gen Z uprising, officials s... Read More

RSP working on MP recall rules, but it's not easy for FPTP seats

Kathmandu, March 23 -- Ever since its establishment four years ago, the Rastriya Swatantra Party has incorporated a provision in its statute that allows the recall of members of parliament if they fai... Read More

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