The Supreme Court (SC) is delivering its verdict today (Wednesday) on the writ petitions filed against the appointment of 52 officials in various constitutional bodies. On May 16, the bench held the ...

The path to consensus on the School Education Bill is only getting murkier. While the bill has seen rounds of protests, negotiations and agreements, a conclusive decision remains elusive. More than ...

It eventually forced King Birendra to draft a new constitution that identified the people of Nepal as the source of political legitimacy. The first people’s movement, as it came to be called, did away ...

The commitment made in the constitution regarding the pursuance of socialism and also in every year's plan and programme has thus been merely an exercise in hypocrisy.

Nepal’s polity was preoccupied over the decades by the Maoist insurgency and subsequent peace process, constitution-writing and the continuously unstable domestic politics.

Bookmark stories for easy access on any device or the Swarajya app. Former King Gyanendra waves to large crowds on his arrival at Kathmandu last Sundat Nepal’s status as a Hindu rashtra was ...

She is well known in Nepal, a country of 27 million in the Himalayas between China and India, for pushing to pass a marital rape law and for drafting the Gender Equality Amendment Act as well as a ...

India and Nepal have a pegged exchange rate on their currencies, which has been in place since 1993. One Indian rupee is worth 1.6 Nepali rupees under this exchange rate policy. Forex Terminology ...

Article 24 (1) of the Constitution explicitly prohibits any form of untouchability or discrimination in both private and public spheres based on origin, caste, tribe, community, profession, occupation ...

A structured and organized dataset of the Constitution of Nepal in hierarchical JSON format, designed for easy contributions and analysis. This repository serves as a resource for legal research, ...

A much-needed start In Nepal, local governments are the closest link between citizens and essential services. The Local Government Operation Act, 2017 defines their roles in delivering everything ...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL — Tina Rai paints her lips red. It’s the final touch. After her morning makeup routine, which hasn’t changed in 20 years, she will wait for customers near Ratna Park, popular with sex ...