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From promising to increase the size of the economy to NRs 10 trillion (about $77 billion) and raising per capita income to $2,500-3,000, to creating more than one million jobs a year and tripling or even quadrupling electricity generation, Nepali parties have promised the moon as Nepal is set to vote in a landmark election…
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Newly-elected Prime Minister of Nepal’s interim government Sushila Karki (C) arrives at the prime minister’s office in Kathmandu. File | Photo Credit: AFP Seventeen new political parties have applied for registration at the Election Commission (EC) to contest Nepal’s March 5 general elections, according to an official. Of these, seven parties applied to the Election…
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Nepal’s President Ram Chandra Paudel, in the presence of interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki and House Speaker Devraj Ghimire, administers the oath of office. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal’s Interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki expanded her Cabinet for the third time since taking over in September after two new ministers were inducted in the…