New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Activists linked to Nepal’s Gen-Z movement continue protests, say reports from Kathmandu, demanding the government make public a report from the probe commission formed to investigate the September 8-9 incidents that led to several deaths. However, officials say the probe panel report may be made public after Nepal’s new government assumes office.The commission, led by former Justice Gauri Bahadur Karki, submitted its report on March 8 to the current government led…
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Kathmandu, March 7 (IANS) When Balen Shah, the former Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, chose Jhapa-5 as his constituency to contest the parliamentary elections against former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli in the latter’s traditional stronghold, many leading experts had questioned the move despite the rising popularity graph of the rapper-turned politician. However, as the election results were announced on Saturday, Shah defeated Oli by a wide margin of 49,614 votes, securing 68,348 votes…
Kathmandu, March 7 (IANS) Rapper-turned-politician Balen Shah has secured victory from Jhapa-5 in eastern Nepal in the elections for the House of Representatives, defeating former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli by a wide margin in what was described as a battle for the next prime ministership. However, the contest remained utterly one-sided as Shah, the prime ministerial candidate from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), secured 68,348 votes against 18,734 votes polled by Oli, who suffered a humi…
Kathmandu, March 6 (IANS) The rise and fall of Nepal’s former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli can be traced between two uprisings set apart by over half a century. The 74-year-old’s political identity was crafted long before he became prime minister. He first came to national attention as a young activist in the Jhapa uprising, a radical Leftist movement in the early 1970s that challenged local landlords and state authority in eastern Nepal, bordering India.Over decades he moved from…
Kathmandu, March 5 (IANS) Parliamentary elections in Nepal, which concluded in a largely peaceful environment on Thursday, recorded a relatively lower voter turnout. Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari said at a press briefing that voter turnout is estimated to be around 60 per cent, based on preliminary details received from across the country.If the turnout does not increase once the final data becomes available, it will be the lowest voter turnout since the parliamentary el…
Kathmandu, March 5 (IANS) Parliamentary polls began in Nepal at 7 a.m. on Thursday for the House of Representatives, with voters queuing at polling centres across the country to cast their ballots. The elections are being held to elect 275 members of the lower house — 165 through the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) system and 110 through the proportional representation system.Some of the country’s noted leaders, including Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane and senior party lead…
Kathmandu, March 4 (IANS) As Nepal heads to parliamentary elections on Thursday, Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari has urged voters across the country to exercise their franchise without fear.The country is going to the polls to elect 275 members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the federal parliament. Of the total seats, 165 will be elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, while 110 will be filled through the proportional representation system…
Kathmandu, March 4 (IANS) A day before Nepal goes to polls on Thursday, there is an air of anticipation that the mandate will give a clear majority to one party, that the government will be inclusive and democratic and work for the country’s progress, voicing a need for “change”. From sitting rooms to the streets of Kathmandu, the word echoes, though speakers attribute various reasons for seeking it. “Earlier, a lot of youngsters would not vote out of frustration that there were n…
Kathmandu, March 4 (IANS) Two subsequent youth-led protests in South Asia led to regime changes in two nations bordering India – in Bangladesh in the east, with former premier Sheikh Hasina in exile with a death sentence hanging over her head and having her party banned, and in Nepal to the north, where deposed Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli is contesting again in Thursday’s election. “I may not like him for what he did; I may want him thrown out of the race, but we all have to abide by the cons…
Kathmandu, March 3 (IANS) Nepal-India border checkpoints have been closed for 72 hours, starting from midnight Monday, as part of election security measures ahead of the Nepal parliamentary elections on Thursday.There is a tradition of closing border points between the two countries to ensure that ‘unwanted elements’ do not disrupt elections whenever polls are held, in either Nepal or India.”The cross-border movement of people and goods, except essential items, has been halted for 72 hours start…