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Concerns mount over new Nepal government’s use of ordinances and eviction drive

May 7, 2026 admin

Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s first month in office has been marked by speed, with concerns rising over a democratic stress test. Mr. Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won a whopping 182 seats — just two shy of a two-thirds majority — in the March elections, triggered by last September’s Gen Z protests. Analysts and…

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A month since Gen Z protests, Nepal faces a tough road to democratic reform

October 10, 2025 admin

Thursday (October 9) marked a month since Nepal, especially the capital Kathmandu, witnessed anarchy. On September 9, a day after the youth-led protests, then Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned and fled to an army barracks following the deaths of 19 young people. The Nepali capital saw events of an unprecedented degree — the Parliament,…

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Turmoil, tragedy, and tenacity in Nepal

September 20, 2025 admin

On the afternoon of September 8, Riddhima Sanba, 23, and her friends scurried to a cafe, some 200 metres from the Parliament building in Kathmandu, when clashes erupted between young protesters and security forces in Nepal. Tear gas filled the cafe, and the police fired gunshots. “We could hear shouting and screaming and clamour outside,”…

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Gen Z protests: Nepal’s former Chief Justice Sushila Karki tipped to lead political transition

September 11, 2025 admin

Nepal’s former Chief Justice Sushila Karki is the leading choice to be interim leader, a representative of the “Gen Z” protesters said | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal’s former Chief Justice Sushila Karki is the leading choice to be interim leader, a representative of the “Gen Z” protesters said on Thursday (September 11, 2025), after demonstrations…

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Nepal protests LIVE: Security tightened along Indo-Nepal border in wake of unrest

September 10, 2025 admin

The Nepal Army on Tuesday took control of the Tribhuvan International Airport here after the agitators tried to enter its premises in the evening. Flight services at the airport were partially suspended in view of the protests. Air India, which operates six flights a day between New Delhi and Kathmandu, on Tuesday cancelled four flights….

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