Leaders call for generational change, national consensus at Congress convention
Former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai says established parties must learn from Gen Z’s revolt and give younger leaders greater responsibility.
Former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai says established parties must learn from Gen Z’s revolt and give younger leaders greater responsibility.
Political parties from India, Bangladesh, China and the UK, along with international organisations, express support for Nepal and call for stronger ties and regional cooperation.
Party President Gagan Thapa inaugurates the three-day gathering by laying garlands on portraits of former presidents and watering a sapling.
Thapa’s political report calls for an end to pre-election alliances, cleaner candidate selection and a reckoning with the September protests and the party’s two-decade drift from voters.
More than 100,000 Gazans who fled the war remain overseas, waiting for security and reconstruction before returning to an enclave still largely devastated.
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
Tens of thousands take to the streets after parliament rejects measures to ease soaring rents, evictions and a broader housing shortage.
The girl was rescued unharmed after nearly 40 hours, while the suspect was found hiding in a paddy field and shot in the leg when he resisted arrest.
Most of Nepal could see the monsoon recede within days, with no major weather system currently expected during the main Dashain holidays.
Officials say the transfer was routine, but a prison department source says concerns over Bhatta’s alleged efforts to influence proceedings from inside Nakkhu may have prompted the move.
Extremely poor families could receive at least Rs75,000 in federal and provincial support to build their first home, while buildings over 50 years old would face mandatory safety assessments.
They call for a pragmatic approach to relations with India, China and other major powers, with greater focus on economic diplomacy and strategic autonomy.
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Nepal cannot revive investment while businesses remain wary of policy shifts, regulatory action and administrative delays.
As great power competition intensifies, Nepal must look beyond passive neutrality.
Its bias towards the ruling BJP raises concerns over its impartiality and the integrity of the electoral process.
The delay in forwarding two bills to split aviation regulation from service provisions has jeopardised the government’s mid-January 2027 target to get Nepal off the European Commission’s air safety list.
Many leaders who stayed away from January’s special convention are now joining the Thapa-led 15th general convention, leaving Deuba with a smaller camp.
Residents shelter in a school as experts call for relocation from the risk-prone settlements.
Over 300 residents face housing and educational crises in Baglung and Parbat following the late September flash floods and landslides along the Nisikhola and Kaligandaki rivers.
Nepali runners claim gold and silver in both men’s and women’s races in Vietnam, with 19-year-old Kalpana Budha becoming the youngest podium finisher in ATM history.
The party is expanding its leadership structure and introducing reserved positions to give Gen Z and other underrepresented groups a greater voice.
The demonstrations mark the latest in a series of youth-led protests that have emerged this year, putting pressure on Modi unprecedented in his 12 years in power.
While Emirati authorities and the airline have not publicly identified the co-pilot, Israeli officials have previously said he is an Omani national. Oman has not commented on the incident.
The veterans’ committee has set a December 31, 2026, deadline for progress on pay, pensions, recognition and other demands, warning it will resume protests and hunger strikes in Nepal and the UK if no agreement is reached.
With no representation in the National Assembly, the government registered 21 of its 23 bills in the House of Representatives during the current fiscal year.
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Shah attended the House of Representatives for just six days and the National Assembly once, while lawmakers repeatedly sought his answers on issues ranging from floods and border disputes to foreign policy.
The Cockroach Janta Party says it will take its campaign against voter-roll changes to cities across India this month.
The bus, carrying 17 passengers from Nepalgunj to Kathmandu, plunged into a roadside drain after its brakes failed early Saturday.
After four years of being watched, India’s departing ambassador to Nepal spent his final weeks birdwatching.
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Law, infrastructure and finance ministers say existing laws will be amended to create a more investment- and business-friendly environment.
Lawmakers call it a slow lawmaking rate. The government had projected 64 bills would be registered in the period.
Move comes amid growing pressure to give younger leaders and women a bigger say in the party’s decision-making process.
Hundreds of under-35 representatives, including a growing number of Gen Z delegates, are seeking a bigger role in the party after last year’s youth-led movement.
The inaugural event not expected to see a big number of political representatives from abroad, allegedly due to the disasters that struck Nepal recently.
The collection, spanning the 13th to 20th centuries, includes royal edicts, legal records, court documents, manuscripts, and travel diaries.
Police will step up patrols and surveillance in crowded and sensitive areas, using CCTV cameras, drones and sniffer dogs to prevent theft, robbery and other festival-related crimes.
The Post spoke to 12 children from the flood-affected areas and gathered their experiences and the nightmares that still follow them.
Local maternity clinics and services remain disrupted in Rasuwa and Nuwakot since the August 26 floods. But many women cannot travel to Kathmandu because of damaged roads.
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A special committee will review past appointments and develop clearer criteria based on lawyers’ professional performance and contribution.
A former Cornell student’s allegations against seven men have reopened a criminal investigation nearly two years after the alleged assault at a fraternity house.
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His refusal to accept the party’s leadership transition risks weakening Nepal’s democratic opposition.
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