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The village of Hewa, Solududhkunda
Municipality 1, Solukhumbu, in monsoon (28 July
2022)
Final
result of HoR elections 2022, based on the
Election Commission website
30/05/2025: Silent
collapse of
Nepali
democracy: The
republic has
become a
transactional
arrangement,
by Janardan
Subedi (ht), Ensure
Republic’s
Vibrancy
(rep), Complaint filed in
Judicial
Council
against High
Court judges
who acquitted
Alam in murder
case (kh),
Father
of a Rautahat
blast victim
shocked by
Alam’s
acquittal :
Srinarayan
Singh’s son
Trilok Pratap
was among
those killed
in the blast,
by Shiva Puri
(kp), After
the verdict :
The high
court’s
decision on
former
minister Alam
appears to
rely heavily
on
technicality
of evidence
(kp), Rival
rallies in
Kathmandu pass
without
incident :
Royalist
groups and UML
supporters
held parallel
demonstrations
at Kathmandu
city centre
amid heavy
security
presence
(kp), Nepal’s
record Rs1.96
trillion
budget makes
bold promises
amid a bleak
outlook :
Budget aims
for 6 percent
growth and
supports
private
investment.
Doubts over
implementation
in a climate
of political
instability
and poor
spending,
by Sangam
Prasain (kp, Education
budget sees no
departure :
The allocation
is just 10.75
percent of the
national
budget,
smaller than
this year’s
pie (kp),
Health
sector gets
Rs95.81
billion : As
the sector’s
liabilities
are high, 0.3
percent
increment of
the health
budget won’t
be enough to
meet
Sustainable
Development
Goals
(kp), Pro-monarchy
protest
disrupts
vehicular
traffic across
Kathmandu
(rep)
29/05/2025: Efforts
being made to
centralize
power within a
lineage: PM
Oli (kh) [Unfortunately, this is true. But when all power and
control is in
the hands of
only male
persons from a
single caste,
there is no
democracy, but
at best an
oligarchy in
this
multi-ethnic
and
multicultural
state!],
Questions
against
republican
system emanate
from
politicians’
conduct,
observers say
: The country
looks
prosperous
only for
politicians
and their
aides, a
workshop owner
says. ‘For
common people,
life is tough’,
by Purushottam
Poudel (kp) [It is not the republican system that has failed, but the
people who
have been
pushing
themselves to
the fore for
10 years in
order to
supposedly
implement it:
KP Oli, PK
Dahal and SB
Deuba!
Instead, they
are abusing
the system for
their
senseless
power
struggles.],
Alternative Politics In
Teething
Trouble,
by Mukti Rijal
(rn), Executive
excess : Why
have a
constitutional
rights
watchdog if it
is not allowed
to carry out
even its most
basic duties?
(kp), Kathmandu
braces for
Republic Day
showdown :
CPN-UML and
royalist
groups have
planned
parallel
rallies.
Security
agencies on
high alert to
prevent
clashes,
by Anil Giri
(kp), Pro-monarchy forces
to stage
Kathmandu-centric
protest from
today
(kh), Security tightened
in Kathmandu
ahead of UML
and Monarchist
protests
(kh), Over
6,000 security
personnel
deployed amid
UML and
pro-monarchy
rallies in
Kathmandu
(rep), NHRC urges peaceful
conduct of
today’s
demonstration
(kh), Opposition
to allow
budget
presentation,
but not
regular
parliamentary
business :
Ruling and
opposition
blocs stick to
their guns as
deadlock
persists over
Lekhak’s fate
(kp), High
Court acquits
Aftab Alam in
2008 Rautahat
murder case :
High Court
repeals
district
court’s life
sentence,
orders the
ex-minister
and three
others freed
(kp) [This
case puts the
judiciary in a
bad light:
either the
District Court
made a cruel
error of
judgement in
2019 or has
the High Court
now ruled in
response to
political
pressure?],
Expand
Tax Brackets,
Not Burden on
the People
(rep), Thousands still
awaiting covid
insurance
payouts
(ae), NGO Federation
calls for
civil
society-friendly
laws and
reforms
(kh)
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