Constitution Prevails, Pandemic Subsides

Nepalis bade adieu to the year 2021 as annus horribilis as the year was marked by political mess, pandemic, pollution and natural disasters. Nepali people demonstrated greater patience and remarkable resilience to overcome human or nature-made crises. The first six months were plagued by political turmoil following the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR). On December 22, 2020, former prime minister and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli dissolved the Lower House in a fit of anger after he...

Editorial Guts Ensures Fair Coverage

The Rising Nepal (TRN) turns 56 today. As the country’s oldest running English newspaper, TRN has become a witness to transformative political, economic, cultural and digital changes. It was established with the mission of providing factual information, analytical views and healthy entertainment to the readers. It continues to stick to this original goal. As the state-owned media, it primarily used to publish the government’s policy, decisions and speeches and activities of kings, prime ministers,...

NC 14th Convention Will It Take Socialist Course?

Nepali Congress (NC) inaugurated its 14th convention with the theme of ‘enthusiasm, unity and transformation’ on Friday, but raging factionalism threatens to realise the snappy slogan. The national jamboree is all focused on picking the new leadership while the ideological discourse seems to have lost steam. The NC requires devising relevant policy that could enable it to compete with and prevail over the communist forces, which have dominated the national politics despite their division and...

UML 10th Convention Consensus Bid Comes A Cropper

The recently concluded 10th national congress of the CPN-UML has drawn wider media attention, not because of KP Sharma Oli’s re-election as chairman but owing to the audacity of a few leaders who challenged his attempt to impose consensus on the delegates to pick the new leadership. No democratic party seeks a total consensus in its national congress for it shrinks the democratic space of foot soldiers at its crucial juncture. It is only in an authoritarian party whose leadership wants to employ...

UML’s Humdrum Jamboree

Amidst the organisational decline and ideological decay, main opposition CPN-UML is holding its 10th convention in Chitwan this weekend (Nov 26-28). As its statute convention, organised sometime back in Lalitpur, had settled party principle and structure, the UML jamboree will primarily concentrate on electing new leadership for the next five years. It is a foregone conclusion as to who will be the new chair of the party. Incumben

Resolution Cements Xi’s Stature

With the adoption of ‘historic resolution,’ Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of Communist Party of China (CPC), has followed the footsteps of Chairman Mao Zedong and paramount leader Den Xiaoping. The resolution on the major achievements and historical experience of the Party over the past century has been widely interpreted as Xi’s crucial move to cement his legacy as one of great leaders of modern China. Established in 1921, the CPC has so far issued three resolutions...

Deadlock Mars Court’s Dignity

On Friday afternoon, two advocates kicked and punched each other on the premises of Nepal Bar Association (NBA) building adjacent to the Supreme Court. It was an unexpected, bizarre and dramatic scene that also reflected the growing tension within the country’s apex court. The two legal practitioners entered a brawl following heated arguments whether or not the SC benches should resume hearing on writ petitions in the wake of raging conflict between the Chief Justice (CJ) and SC justices and NBA...

Post-monsoon Havoc Wake-up Call For Climate Action

This year monsoon was unusually long. Starting from June, it normally ends by September. But, it stretched up to October. Many people worried that this year’s Dashain would be muddy. Surprisingly, there was no rainfall just before the start of the great festival of Nepalis. The weather was clear as the clouds moved away from the sky. Experts said that the monsoon was now over. However, as it stopped raining, scorching heat began to hit the people. The blistering sun was a prelude to the post-monsoon...

Focus On Stability And Good Governance  

On July 13, Sher Bahadur Deuba, 75, was sworn in as new prime minister of Nepal as per Article 76 (5) of Constitution. One day earlier, a five-member Constitutional Bench of Supreme Court (SC) had issued a mandamus, ordering the Office of President to appoint main opposition Nepali Congress leader Deuba as the head of highest executive. It also dismissed the then PM KP Sharma Oli’s May 21 decision to dissolve the House of Representatives (HoR), terming it unconstitutional.

Nine-day Navadurga dance of Bhaktapur begins

The nine-day special Navadurga dance of Bhaktapur will begin on Monday by performing specific rituals of various localities of Bhaktapur district and nearby areas. The Banmala community has the sole authority to perform the traditional Navadurga dance. All the performers, called Gana, consisting of twelve dancers, three musicians and others need to keep up the tradition of the community.