On March 27, 2026, President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah Prime Minister following the Rastriya Swatantra Party’s (RSP) decisive victory in the March 5, 2026, parliamentary elections. On the same
Just as Indian Army Chief, Gen Dhiraj Seth makes his first foreign trip; to Nepal on 16 Aug, a flicker of hope is seen of Nepal Domiciled Gorkhas (NDG) being allowed to
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For Mahabir Pun, the challenge of connecting Nepal’s remote mountain communities is deeply personal. Long before he entered government as Nepal’s first minister for science, technology and innovation, he was a teacher
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The communal violence that flared up in Kaptanganj, Sunsari District, on July 26, 2026, marks one of Nepal’s most serious episodes of communal unrest in recent years. What began as a seemingly
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On March 27, 2026, President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah Prime Minister following the Rastriya Swatantra Party’s (RSP) decisive victory in the March 5, 2026, parliamentary elections. On the same
More Two back-to-back visits from Nepal’s top leaders last week demonstrated Delhi’s proactive diplomacy. For Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane, the visit was godsend, even if it was party-to-party, as he
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The June 5-7, 2026, visit of Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal to India, the first ministerial-level visit from Prime Minister Balen Shah’s government since it assumed office in March 2026, marked an
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Lame Ahal in Kaski district of Pokhara was a traditional Nepali Congress-voting village; it did not surprise anyone when it voted en masse for the Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The sound of
More On April 22, 2026, Nepal’s Home Minister Sudhan Gurung resigned amid mounting criticism over alleged financial links and share transactions with controversial intermediaries. At the centre of the controversy is Dipak Bhatta,
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On March 28, 2026, the arrest of former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak marks a critical inflection point in Nepal’s contemporary political trajectory. Executed within hours
More The March 5, 2026, House of Representatives (HoR) elections in Nepal produced one of the most dramatic transformations in the country’s post-2006 democratic trajectory. Conducted for the 275-member federal parliament – 165
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