Rights advocates call for effective measures not to let deadly clashes occur again.

Those under relief quota, however, reject the agreement and plan to continue the Kathmandu-centric agitation.

As local governments claim oversight of schools, teachers fear it will harm their prospects.

Efforts to finalise the amendment bill have stalled as it could not be passed before Dahal’s trip to New York.

They are unhappy with a federal bill’s provisions allowing local units to recruit, transfer and promote teachers.

The bill must be passed by both chambers of Parliament before it becomes law and replaces the Education Act-1971.

Lawmakers on the House panel say the former Speaker had been instrumental in finalising the amendment bill.

Say they feel discriminated against by both the Nepali state and the United Nations.

Hundreds of students are deprived of mid-level medical education due to a tussle between the two government entities.

Sub-panel of Law and Human Rights Committee will start detailed discussions on the bill tomorrow. Leaders expect some consensus among major parties today.

Only 111 laws among the 151 necessary to implement the statute are in place, upper chamber study shows.

Advocacy Forum’s 2022 report documents 39 deaths since 2018 when the new Penal Code came into force.

Critics say withdrawing cases from all tiers of court is an encroachment on the judiciary’s authority.

In eight years, provincial and local governments unable to pass essential laws for lack of corresponding federal Acts.

No progress has been made to deliver justice even as the Maosts have led the government four times since the accord.