Rift widens in royalist ranks
Amid falling turnout, pro-monarchy parties plan to decentralise protest.
Amid falling turnout, pro-monarchy parties plan to decentralise protest.
But ride-hailing drivers cash in as commoners bear the brunt. Kathmandu urges suspension of disputed rules.
The parliamentary obstruction will continue until the home minister resigns on ethical grounds and an investigation commission is formed.
The country looks prosperous only for politicians and their aides, a workshop owner says. ‘For common people, life is tough.’
Opposition parties, however, say they may allow the government to present the annual budget tomorrow.
Prime Minister Oli has ordered UML cadres to take control of Kathmandu streets on May 29 to counter a royalist rally.
Congress factions at odds, UML stands by home minister, some opposition leaders seek resignation on moral grounds.
Party leader Yagya Mani Neupane argues that the leadership vacuum cannot be prolonged till the general convention.
Secretaries met Speaker Ghimire on Thursday, and UML and Congress chiefs earlier this week.
PM Oli-led Good Governance Commission has not met even once since its formation last month.
In Kathmandu, Himalayan nations propose a climate fund that supports green growth and climate resilience.
Claiming that the bill serves the interests of land mafia and brokers, leaders from opposition parties call it a case of policy-level corruption.
Party’s provincial lawmakers defy chairman’s repeated instructions to make Khagaraj Bhatta the assembly leader.
UML leader Pradeep Gyawali says the public is upset not with secularism per se but with conversions happening under its cover.
KP Sharma Oli’s leadership once seemed unchallenged but the situation is changing from bottom up.