Tag: Nepal crisis

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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Nepal protests death toll rises to 34; three inmates killed in clashes with security personnel

September 11, 2025 admin

View of the Singha Durbar office complex that houses the Prime Minister’s office and other ministries burnt, following Monday’s deadly anti-corruption protests triggered by a social media ban, which was later lifted, in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The death toll from Nepal’s recent protests has climbed to 34, a government…

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Nepal protests: It’s Gen Z vs ‘nepo kids’

September 10, 2025 admin

Security personnel and civilians stand near damaged structures in the aftermath of anti-government protests, near the India-Nepal border, in Banke district, Nepal, Wednesday, on September 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Ranju Darshana, a socio-political activist from Kathmandu, is anxious and furious. “Of course there is a lot of anger against the Nepo Kids. They…

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Public outcry drove Nepal’s king off the throne 16 years ago; now, protests are on to bring him back

March 12, 2024 admin

Sixteen years ago, mass protests in Nepal forced then King Gyanendra Shah to give up the throne and clear the way for a republic. Now, a new wave of protest is trying to bring him back. The capital of the Himalayan country is again teeming with demonstrators, this time demanding that Mr. Shah be reinstated…

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