Experts say the Supreme Court verdict may have taken some pressure off Election Commission but it cannot sit on the case forever.

Week-long programme of laying foundations of five industrial estates begins even as progress of ongoing projects is poor.

After it said 30-day deadline for claiming legitimacy had passed, Dahal-Nepal faction submitted another set of papers which the poll body is studying.

Election Commission this week decided not to give legitimacy to either faction of Nepal Communist Party. But with elections nearing, it will have to make a choice, experts say.

Rs6.56 billion has been released for Local Infrastructure Programme even as House has been dissolved and polls announced.

With the poll body’s lukewarm approach to the two factions’ legitimacy claims, elections, even if court clears the way, may be pushed back creating a political and constitutional vacuum.

Deadline has expired to claim legitimacy by either side of the party as per Section 44 of Political Parties Act-2017, which calls for making such claims within 30 days after dispute arises.

Officials to allocate budget for elections from internal resources while keeping door open for assistance in kind.

As Nepal marks a year since the first Covid-19 case, latest indicators have been encouraging but as far as tourism is concerned, it will take years to get to pre-pandemic levels.

Factions led by Oli and Dahal and Nepal have failed to follow procedures, officials say.

Local governments, including Dhanauji, haven’t been able to get their budget endorsed, months into new fiscal year.

Rs48 billion has been estimated for vaccines. Government, however, says it won’t have a resource crunch for midterm elections, which will cost it as much as Rs 20 billion.

If the elections are held as announced, the programme may be used to influence voters, thereby, affecting the integrity of the elections, experts say.

The law states that government must take the Election Commission into confidence before announcing poll dates. But an official says there is no written record of consultation between the two sides.

After not getting enough applications from smaller businesses for the subsidised loan facility, it invites more larger enterprises to ask for the loans from the Rs200 billion