Many children of Nepal’s Maoist war are done with politics
Two decades after the insurgency ended, the children of Nepal’s Maoist fighters are building careers in IT, fashion and insurance. A few still carry the cause.
Two decades after the insurgency ended, the children of Nepal’s Maoist fighters are building careers in IT, fashion and insurance. A few still carry the cause.
Farmers in Rasuwa’s Aamachhodingmo struggle to sell their produce as damaged roads, costly transport and the lack of a bridge at Syafrubesi leave millions of rupees’ worth of vegetables stranded.
UML and Nepali Communist Party leaders are exploring grassroots-level electoral cooperation to prevent further erosion of left-wing support.
The WFP has flown around eight tonnes of vegetables from flood-isolated Aamachhodingmo to Bidur, helping growers salvage part of their harvest.
Five bridges and key roads and trails have been washed away, damaging tourism businesses and leaving trekkers stranded.
The personnel were recalled from the party’s Chyasal office on Monday morning, prompting the UML to consider alternative security arrangements.
Many settlements across the district have become inaccessible after the August 26 flood damaged roads and bridges. In Amachhodingmo, dwindling relief supplies are adding to residents’ hardship.
Her return as the party’s No. 2 has intensified the UML’s leadership struggle and revived debate over a former head of state re-entering active politics.
Farmers in Gatlang had expanded cultivation after strong returns last year, but damaged roads and bridges now threaten to leave this year’s harvest rotting in the fields.
Nepali Congress president Gagan Thapa calls for a break with the politics of recurring power struggles, while opposition leaders question the government’s approach to Parliament and democracy.
RSP chair says his party will work with other political forces to uphold democratic values, while Pushpa Kamal Dahal backs Gagan Thapa’s leadership and calls for broader political cooperation.
More than 7,700 delegates are gathering in Kathmandu for the opening of the party’s 15th general convention, with leadership elections set for later this week
A decade later, many families still lack home and land. The government is now preparing to relocate those displaced by floods, but experts warn that livelihoods and social ties must be considered.
Relief has helped families through the immediate aftermath, but damaged roads, lost homes, closed schools and shattered livelihoods are making recovery harder.
UML’s electoral drubbing has brought her back at a moment when the UML chief is under pressure to rethink his leadership.