Birgunj (Parsa), Sept 12: Nepali Communist Party Coordinator Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that there is no alternative to unity among transformative forces to safeguard the Constitution.
Kathmandu. Two months have passed since the report prepared by the task force for the purpose of amending the constitution was submitted to the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Office, but t...
The former home minister discusses the legacy of last year’s September uprising, the interim government’s efforts to restore constitutional rule, the search for accountability and why he says fear ...
Nepal’s debate over Hindu statehood is usually posed too narrowly: as a choice between the present constitutional arrangement and a return to formal Hindu privilege. The larger question is what kin...
KATHMANDU, Aug 25: A decade after Nepal adopted its federal constitution, key laws needed to make federalism work remain unresolved. The current Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)-led government has li...
The Constitution of Nepal has allocated health as a shared responsibility of local level, provincial and federal government. Among the local levels, Kathmandu Metropolitan City is the largest metro...
Kathmandu, Aug 9: Nepali Congress (NC) parliamentary party leader Bhishma Raj Angdembe has spoken of the need for constitutional amendments to incorporate the rights and interests of indigenous peo...
Women's rights are recognised as fundamental rights under Nepal's constitution. Guided by the principle of proportional inclusion, women's participation in political and administrative institutions...
Hetauda. UML's Kiran Thapa Magar has staked a claim for the formation of the Bagmati government. Thapa has staked a claim for the formation of the government under Article 168 (2) of the Constituti...
Critics say the government is sidelining women, Madheshis, Dalits and other marginalised groups in public appointments, despite the Constitution’s mandate for proportional representation. Prime Mi...
As Nepal continues to build the complex architecture of federalism, bridging the wide gap between constitutional promises and meaningful public service delivery has become one of the country's defi...
Introduction The Constitution of Nepal establishes Basic Health Services (BHS) as a fundamental, free right to be delivered through local primary public facilities. Yet, despite this constitutiona...
Kathmandu, Aug 9: President Ramchandra Paudel reminded that the country’s Constitution has ensured rights to all communities by acknowledging unity in diversity. Addressing a programme organised b...
Kathmandu, Aug 9: President Ramchandra Paudel reminded that the country's Constitution has ensured rights to all communities by acknowledging unity in diversity.
Nepal's constitution embraces the principle of cooperation, coexistence, and coordination among the three tiers of government. This means that all three organs of the state are autonomous and shoul...
Unless the inclusion commissions are empowered now, Nepal’s inclusion project remains mere window-dressing. The 2015 Constitution of Nepal was touted as a transformative socio-economic document de...
Nepal has finally aligned its school structure with the Constitution, more than a decade after the new federal charter came into force. By amending the Education Regulations, the government has for...
I was invited to facilitate a discussion on how the dialogic spaces embedded in Nepal’s federal Constitution can strengthen the country’s federal democratic system. Participants included key dialog...
Lalitpur. Nepali Congress spokesperson Devraj Chalise has said that constitutional amendment is a serious matter and it should be linked with citizen ownership, rights, representation, and trust in...
Students from grades 9 to 12 pay thousands of rupees in government-imposed charges every year, even as the constitution and the Act Relating to Compulsory and Free Education guarantee free educatio...
KATHMANDU, July 20: The government has amended the Education Regulations to formally restructure Nepal's school system into two levels, bringing it in line with the Constitution and ending the deca...
The Nepali constitution deems the people the source of sovereignty. It demands that the government listen to the voice of the public on public issues. This is the reason people are given more const...
Kathmandu. Nepali Congress leader Narayan Prakash (NP) Saud has said that defending the constitution does not mean not making any improvements to it. Addressing a national gathering of the establis...
Lapsed executive orders leave constitutional appointments, university reforms and land management initiatives facing fresh challenges. The appointment process for vacant positions in constitutiona...
The government's attempt to initiate constitutional amendment without securing broad political consensus risks deepening distrust rather than strengthening Nepal's democratic institutions. Constitu...
Kathmandu. President Ram Chandra Paudel has stated that the country's constitution has embraced unity in diversity and ensured the rights and interests of all communities. Speaking at a program or...
Law ministry says one-time provision to retire employees at 55 or after 30 years of service conflicts with the Constitution and existing civil service law. The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliam...
KATHMANDU, July 9: The Nepali Communist Party (NCP) has called for constitutional amendments to be pursued through broad national consensus, saying the process should strengthen the Constitution's ...
Kathmandu. Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader Bhishma Raj Angdembe has stated that the constitution, which is about to complete a decade since its promulgation, needs to be reviewed and ame...
Weakening or abolishing them will not make the structural problems they exist to address disappear. A constitution is a socio-economic document written to correct historical injustices. Nepal's 20...
KATHMANDU, July 9: CPN-UML has withdrawn from the government's task force formed to prepare a discussion paper on constitutional amendments, accusing the panel of pursuing an unclear agenda and rai...
Nepal's constitution envisions an independent, impartial, and capable judiciary. The ultimate goal of the judiciary is to provide justice to the victims, but victims cannot truly feel justice until...
Kathmandu. The Supreme Court has ruled that giving MPs direct authority to spend budget in the name of the 'MP Development Fund' (Constituency Infrastructure Development Program) is against the spi...
Nepal's Constitution-2072 institutionalized the federal democratic republic, setting a historic goal of bringing governance closer to citizens through the restructuring of state power. The core spi...
Kathmandu. Article 35 of the Constitution of Nepal has guaranteed the fundamental right of every citizen to receive basic healthcare free of charge and not to be deprived of emergency health servic...
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