Party chair proposes discussion of ex-President’s reentry into UML politics at the secretariat meeting.

Out of government, party blames prime minister for failures on governance and reforms.

RSP’s 2022 success is credited to Nepalis abroad, who influenced their families back home.

Concerns over an alliance between two dominant parties steering the country on an authoritarian course have been heightened.

The Congress-UML coalition’s performance over the past year is marked more by inertia than impact.

In a meeting held in the wake of the decision, Shekhar Koirala vows to stand against it.

Renewed calls to scrap secular status expose ideological rift in the grand old party.

The National Cooperative Regulatory Authority remains non-functional. Tribunal’s jurisdiction is also unclear.

As second-rung leaders failed to check his excesses, Bhandari was their best bet.

She has the support of top leaders including Ishwar Pokhrel. Many cadres also think she could reinvigorate the party.

RSP entered politics to change the system, but it now seems to have become part of the system it vowed to reform, observers say.

Without proper registration and data collection mechanisms, a government has only limited ability to respond during emergencies or crises.

House puts discussion off agenda allegedly at the request of Prime Minster Oli, who is now ‘influenced by secretaries’.

Despite regulator’s green light and minister’s order, the utility chief Hitendra Dev Shakya has taken no action against industrialists who owe billions of rupees in power bills.

Maoist chair Dahal defends deal as senior vice-chair Shrestha, other leaders criticise it.