Nepal Election Commission under fire for inaction on code violations
Despite hundreds of complaints and repeated clarifications, the poll body has not penalised any violators yet.
Binod Ghimire
Nepal’s upcoming House election explained
18.9 million voters are deciding the fate of 6,619 candidates combined, under the first-past-the-post and the proportional representation systems.
Over 100 countries review Nepal’s five-year human rights track record
Nations acknowledge progress in protecting and promoting human rights since 2021.
Former Nepali PM Oli denies ordering police to fire on Gen Z protesters
The former prime minister was questioned over suppression of youth protests in which a total of 77 were killed.
Nepal presents glowing human rights report in UN as rights defenders raise questions
Government claims most of the recommendations made by member states during third cycle have been achieved.
Nepal’s transitional justice panels stuck in red tape now cite March polls for delay
The teams in the two transitional justice commissions appointed on May 14 should already have been conducting full-fledged probes into thousands of complaints lodged with them.…
A total of 120 parties seek to contest Nepal’s March 5 elections
Over a third of parties are new and registered after September protests.
Nepalis being duped into joining ‘fake’ universities in UAE
The institutions that were claimed to be universities and colleges turned out to be training centres operating in the UAE with affiliations from similar institutions in France.
Is the Nepali government’s new initiative for diaspora voting too little, too late?
Election officials cite political conditions in host countries, time constraints as barriers to honouring franchise right.
10 petitions challenge Nepal interim PM Sushila Karki’s premiership and House dissolution
Petitioners want lower house reinstated. Experts say election is the only solution.