Fridays have a notorious standing in Nepali politics. This is not to say all Fridays are ominous in Nepali politics but most politically crucial incidents happen on Fridays. On Friday 27 January, Nep…

After the unfolding of a high voltage political drama, brought about by hung parliament situation post November elections, the eyes are now focused on the chair of the president. Who is going to occu…

If anyone has watched Hollywood blockbuster Western spaghetti The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966), s/he would never miss the last minute Mexican standoff where the trio minutely watches their oppon…

With the Nepali Congress (NC)'s surprise last minute move to give confidence vote to PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Tuesday in the parliament, people with even a modicum of interest in Nepali…

With Sher Bahadur Deuba kicked out from the PM residence in Baluwatar, everybody is thinking that a political chapter is now closed for good. KP Sharma Oli has outfoxed Deuba and took a full revenge …

If there is anything predictable about Nepali politics then it must be its unpredictability. Political instability or rather uncertainty has been a defining feature of Nepali politics. Even before th…

In the aftermath of high voltage political drama that unfolded on 25 December one question that invariably looms around is: Why is Comrade Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda so desperate to become the prim…

Political match-fixing Similar to match-fixing problems in the game of sports, a new form of electoral corruption is being institutionalized in Nepal. It goes by the name of electoral alliance. Th…

On 20 November, 22nd edition of FIFA World Cup kickstarted in Qatar. On the same day, Nepal also kicked the electoral ball. It was second parliamentary election under FDR Constitution 2015. FIFA Worl…

On 2 August 2022, Nepal’s anti-graft agency, Commission for Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed corruption charges in the Special Court against more than half a dozen public of…

Development is often defined as constructive destruction. Definitely, there will be a problem when honchos assume it as destructive construction.  The government’s proposal to construct…

A disclaimer in the beginning. I am neither a Kathmandu Metropolitan City voter nor a supporter of Balen Sah. But I had predicted Sirjana Singh from Nepali Congress Party to be a clear winner for the…

On May 9 Victory Day celebration at Red Square, Moscow, everyone was expecting President Vladimir Putin to say something about his special military operation in Ukraine that he ordered on 24 February…