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Hasty Poll Date Notice Could Invite Problems
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Two months into the tenure of Khil Raj Regmi as the head of the compromise election government, the date for new CA polls remains a mystery. Why the long delay in announcement of election date? How are the preparations? Biswas Baral and Gani Ansari sat down with Chief Election Commissioner Nilkantha Uprety to find out.
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Nepal Should Focus On Signing PTA With India |
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Stewart Beck, Ambassador of Canada to Nepal and India, is concluding his three-day Nepal visit on Wednesday. Beck was in Nepal leading a team of businessmen from Canada. Launch of Canada-Nepal Business Executive Committee and identification of investment avenues mainly in hydropower and infrastructure sectors were the main objectives of the visit. Bhoj Raj Poudel of Republica caught up with Beck to talk about the prospects of attracting Canadian investment in Nepal. Excerpts:
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Nepali Workers Have No Political Rights |
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Since 1891, May 1 has been celebrated as international workers’ day the world over. The day is considered a special occasion to voice the concerns of workers, especially the daily wage earners. On the eve of May Day Mahabir Paudyal and Bhoj Raj Poudel caught up with Ramdeep Acharya, the coordinator of CPN-Maoist affiliated All Nepal Revolutionary Trade Union Federation, to discuss worker-owner relations, the state of workers in the country, their problems, the state’s duty toward them and the significance of May Day.
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HLPC Won't Become Legitimate If We Join |
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Active in national politics since the Panchayat days, Sharad Singh Bhandari continues to be a key actor in Madhesh politics after 2008. Bhandari broke away from Madhesi People’s Right Forum (Democratic) in 2012 over differences with party chairman Bijaya Kumar Gachchadhar and formed National Madhes Socialist Party (NMSP), which he leads as party chairman. Bhandari was a key negotiator from Federal Democratic Forum, an alliance of six agitating Madhesi and Janajati parties, which held talks with the government on Sunday. Mahabir Paudyal and Gani Ansari sat down with him to discuss the recent talks with the government, his reservations with the current government, the prospects of Madhesi parties in the upcoming polls, electoral alliances, among other issues.
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