New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Even as Nepal prepares for March 5 elections, security agencies have warned of several challenges, including political clashes, communal disturbances, jail escapees during last year’s Gen Z protests, among others, according to reports from Kathmandu on Wednesday.Some communist factions and groups advocating for restoration of monarchy are opposing the election, leading to security agencies keeping them under close surveillance, reported Kathmandu Post.“Security agenc…
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New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Days ahead of Nepal’s scheduled parliamentary election, former king Gyanendra Shah on Wednesday called for its postponement, warning that holding polls amid ongoing nationwide dissatisfaction could deepen political instability and spark further conflict, said media reports. Gyanendra Shah was removed by parliamentary decision in July 2008, ending the centuries-old monarchy in Nepal, according to the Kathmandu Post report.Yet ongoing political instability, frequent gove…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) When the general election is held on March 5 in Nepal, former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will be among the candidates aspiring to govern the tiny Himalayan country, unlike its South Asian neighbour, Bangladesh, where former premier Sheikh Hasina had to flee and seek refuge in India. The two countries witnessed the fall of respective governments in the face of youth unrest; both had interim governments running the country before the next general election, but the intens…
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) The Trump Administration expressed optimism about Nepal’s upcoming election, as a senior official told lawmakers that the recent political upheaval there is part of a broader wave of democratic transitions across South Asia.During a House subcommittee hearing on South and Central Asia on Wednesday (local time), Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Paul Kapur said Washington is prepared to work with Nepal’s next government following months…
Kathmandu, Jan 29 (IANS) India on Thursday handed over more than 250 vehicles to Nepal as part of election-related assistance, as the Himalayan country prepares to hold parliamentary elections on March 5.This marks the second tranche of election assistance to Nepal, following the handover of more than 60 double-cab pickup vehicles and other supplies on January 20.The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said the Government of India will provide around 650 vehicles for the upcoming elections, which will b…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Political parties and candidates contesting Nepal’s upcoming March 5 general elections are increasingly targeting social media platforms, with a surge in advertising spending on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, and Messenger, according to a media report. According to Nepal’s Kathmandu Post, data between October 20 and January 11 showed that the Rastriya Pariwartan Party spent the most on Facebook advertising during this period. “Following its merger with Ujy…
Kathmandu, Jan 18 (IANS) Balen Shah, Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, resigned from his post on Sunday ahead of the completion of his tenure to contest the elections to the Nepal’s House of Representatives scheduled for March 5. His office confirmed that Shah, who has been leading the country’s largest metropolitan city for the past three-and-a-half years, submitted his resignation to the Deputy Mayor Sunita Dangol.In his resignation letter, Shah said that he stepped down voluntarily in acc…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Senior members of Nepal’s former cabinet, including deposed Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, have reiterated the involvement of “foreign hands” behind the Gen Z protests that led to the ouster of the government in September 2025.Speaking to Russia’s state-run global television news network, RT, Oli said, “That (the uprising) was not a simple and usual thing. That was unusual, and it couldn’t have taken place all of a sudden. It was organised in a planned way; …
Kathmandu, Dec 29 (IANS) Nepal’s former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak on Monday told an inquiry commission that he had not issued any order to open fire on protesters during the Gen-Z protests in early September. According to government statistics, as many as 77 people lost their lives, and public and private property worth more than NPR 84 billion was damaged during the two-day movement.Lekhak, who served as Home Minister in the coalition government led by former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli at …
Kathmandu, Dec 23 (IANS) The high-level inquiry commission formed by the Nepali government to investigate incidents during the Gen-Z protests in early September has begun summoning senior political leaders who were part of the ruling government at the time. On Tuesday, the commission summoned former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak to record his statement regarding his role during the Gen-Z movement, during which the country witnessed the loss of 77 lives and damage to physical property worth NPR 84….