Winter
session of National Assembly concludes (rep
10/01/2021), PM
Oli draws flak for spitting inside NA (kh
10/01/2021) [This
illustrates Oli's disrespect for institutions of
democracy such as the National Assembly. Why was it
convened for only one week in the first place? Of
course, the all-powerful PM can regulate laws much
better by ordinance, which are then signed by the
president. Democracy works in Nepal, doesn't it?]
With
their tactical plans, parties reluctant to join hands
against Oli in upper house : Though they had agreed to
jointly table a resolution motion against the
‘unconstitutional’ lower house dissolution, they now
seem to be taking possible polls into consideration,
by Binod Ghimre (kp 08/01/2021) [The
interests of the top politicians of all parties are
similar: personal power and direct access to state
privileges and coffers. The course must now be set for
this. The criticism of the destruction of democracy
and the state now initiated by Oli serves at best as a
means to an end!]
National
Assembly session begins but experts worry it could end
soon : With no lower house, upper house is the only
legislative body to hold the government to account,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/01/2021), Prime
minister draws flak in Upper House (ht 02/01/2021)
No-confidence
motion was registered at 3:30 pm on December 20:
Parliament Secretariat (kh 23/12/2020), Parliament
Secretariat says no-confidence motion against Oli was
registered after House dissolution decision : The
Secretariat says registration was done at 3:30pm on
Sunday, contrary to reports that suggested the time to
be 10:30am (kp 23/12/2020)
Government
yet to respond to growing calls for winter session of
federal parliament : Ruling party internal feud is
also besetting parliamentary processes, analysts say,
by Binod Bhandari (kp 20/12/2020) [The
dissolution of parliament would finally free the
authoritarian PM from constant demands to convene the
body of elected representatives!], Demanding
parliament restoration, lawmakers knock at Supreme
Court’s door (rep 21/12/2020)
House
panel wants sugar mills to clear all arrears within a
week : The House committee directs the government to
take action against mills showing laxity in
settling farmers’ dues, by Krishana Prasain (kp
18/12/2020)
Constitutional
body vacancies irk House committee : Follow principle
of proportional representation while making
appointments, it says as it once again summons Prime
Minister Oli to explain the delay, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 27/11/2020)
‘Prime
Minister cannot be ousted without the decision of the
parliamentary party’ (rep 27/11/2020) [open letter
by civil society members]
Ready
to host the new session of the House, says Speaker. Is
the government listening? Insiders say Oli is not keen
to call Parliament given the rising internal conflict
in his party, as the floor could provide an
opportunity to his opponents to build pressure on him,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 24/11/2020)
Speaker
Sapkota administers oath to parliamentarian Pandey
(rep 23/11/2020)
Lawmakers’
call to adopt calendar for Parliament goes unheeded :
The Oli administration is in no hurry to convene the
winter session and face questions from lawmakers,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/11/2020) [Just
like his great example of behaviour in Washington, Oli
ignores all democratic institutions that might
restrict his exercise of power!], संसद्
बन्द कहिलेसम्म ? कोभिड संक्रमण उच्च रहेका अमेरिका र
भारतमा हालै निर्वाचन सम्पन्न भएका छन्, यहाँ भने
कोभिडलाई नै कारण बनाएर साढे चार महिनादेखि संसद् बन्द
गरिएको छ । जनप्रतिनिधिमूलक संस्थालाई लामो समयसम्म
निष्प्रभावी बनाइएकामा सरोकारवालाहरुले प्रश्न उठाउन
थालेका छन् [Parliament closed till when? Elections
have recently been held in the United States and India,
where the Covid infection is high, but here Parliament
has been closed for four and a half months due to Covid.
Stakeholders have started questioning the
ineffectiveness of the people's representative body for
a long time], by Rishiram Paudyal (ka 18/11/2020)
House
panel directs govt not to use 'Nepal' as the country's
official name (rep 09/11/2020), It
is Federal Democratic Republic Nepal, not just Nepal,
parliamentary committee says : State Affairs and Good
Governance Committee of the lower house directs the
government not to implement its September 27 decision
to write Nepal as the country's official name (kp
10/11/2020), Govt
asked to stick to ‘Federal Democratic Republic’
(ht 10/11/2020)
Call
for House session lost in the din of ruling party war
of words : Covid-19 may be the excuse for not holding
the winter session anytime soon, but analysts say the
issue is on the back burner now given the ongoing
conflict in the ruling party, by Binod Ghimire (kp
03/11/2020)
Dashain
allowance for House members draws flak (ht
18/10/2020), Lawmakers
relinquish Dashain allowance following criticisms
(kh 18/10/2020), Improper
act : Lawmakers have the moral obligation to show
concern for people’s sufferings that they have never
faced before on this scale (ht 19/10/2020)
House
committees matter, but they don’t matter. In Nepal,
mini parliaments are failing in their job :
Parliamentary committees should do the real work, but
the way they are functioning and issuing directives
shows they are falling short of holding the
administration to account, by Binod Ghimire (kp
03/10/2020)
Amid
government failings, lawmakers call for House session
to hold it to account : Government has failed in its
fight against the pandemic and the House—not social
media— is the proper place for the government to
listen to people’s plight, parliamentarians say,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 26/09/2020)
How
controversial statements by lawmakers on sensitive
issues go unchecked : A debate has started on the need
for lawmakers to change their traditional mindsets,
rather than just amend the laws and policies, by
Binu Subedi (kp 25/09/2020)
Parliamentary
Secretariat rejects lawmaker Rauniyar’s plea seeking
explanation for his suspension: Rauniyar, owner of
Pappu Construction, claims he has the constitutional
right to know because the matter concerning him and
his company is an issue of public concern (kp
20/08/2020)
Lila
Sitaula appointed as HoR member (kh 27/07/2020)
Sudden
move to prorogue Parliament undermines legislature,
experts say: The budget session was ended saying it
lacked business, but there are some crucial bills,
including one related to citizenship, pending for
approval, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/07/2020)
Numerical
strength of parties in parliament and likely coalition
govts if NCP splits (rep 04/07/2020)
House
session to be prorogued without endorsing crucial
bills: Parliament secretariat is for immediate end to
the session, citing an increasing threat of Covid-19
to continuation of House meetings, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 30/06/2020)
Supreme
Court issues show-cause notice over delay in election
of deputy speaker: Constitutional experts say it is
unfortunate that the court had to remind officials to
make plans to elect a member of Parliament to the key
position, by Binod Ghimire (kp 28/06/2020)
Constitution
amendment bill to update Nepal map endorsed
unanimously at the Lower House: Diplomatic and
political dialogue with India necessary to bring
Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani back into Nepal’s
possession, lawmakers say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/06/2020), House
of Representatives unanimously endorses the national
emblem having Nepal's new map (rep 14/06/2020), 11
lawmakers skipped crucial Lower House meeting that
endorsed new political map (rep 14/06/2020()
Oli
peddles in mistruths and sidesteps criticism before
Parliament: Responding to lawmakers on Wednesday, Oli
stated that Nepalis have “stronger immune systems” and
refused to furnish details of the Rs10 billion spent
fighting Covid-19, by Anil Giri (kp 11/06/2020) [His Majesty, PM Oli, does not
consider it necessary and appropriate to give an
account of the use of more than 73 million Euros!]
Lower
House unanimously endorses proposal to consider
amendment to constitution to update new Nepal map in
national emblem: Government registered the
constitutional amendment proposal in Parliament three
weeks after publishing a new map of Nepal including
Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura within its borders,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/06/2020)
‘Lawmaker
Satgaunwa’s remark to be probed’ (ht 08/06/2020)
Govt
directed to ensure regular medical services to
citizens (ht 07/06/2020)
In
a symbolic gesture to Madhes, Congress registers its
own constitution amendment bill: The bill is the same
one that was registered by then government led by
party President Deuba in 2017, by Anil Giri (kp
03/06/2020) [In reality, even
the NC has no understanding for the concerns of the
Janajati and Madheshi. The present non-inclusive
constitution was passed in 2015 under the then NC
Chairman and PM, late Sushil Koirala!]
Janata
Party and Samajbadi Party register private
constitution amendment bill of their own: The regional
parties propose amendments to 23 issues that are aimed
at addressing the long-standing concerns of the
Madhesis, Tharus and Janajatis, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 02/06/23020)
Government
tables constitution amendment bill at House of
Representatives: The bill seeks to amend Schedule 3 of
the constitution to update Nepal’s political map in
the national emblem, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
31/05/2020), Government
seeks shortcut to get constitution amendment bill
passed: The government has said that a quick passage
of the bill will allow it time to prepare ground for
talks with India, but analysts believe it fears
political disruption, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
01/06/2020)
Removal
of constitution amendment from parliamentary agenda
leads to finger pointing between parties: While the
Nepal Communist Party says that the agenda was removed
to allow the Congress more time, the opposition says
it’s the ruling party that is delaying amendment,
by Anil Giri (kp 28/05/2020)
House
to discuss constitutional amendment to update map
after national consensus: As the issue concerns a
matter of national importance, the ruling party had
sought all-party consensus on the amendment to update
the country’s map on the national emblem, by Anil
Giri (kp 27/05/2020) [The
equal and egalitarian inclusion of the Janajatis,
Madhesis, Dalits and women in general in the
constitution would be of much greater importance than
the territorial claims which the male politicians at
the head of the state in 2015 completely ignored!
Today, these same politicians are playing the
nationalism card instead of trying to rationally
contain the pandemic and save the people's economic
base!]
Speaker
for consensus on revising emblem: Madhesis, Janajatis
sense opportunity to push their agenda, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 25/05/2020)
Finance
Committee recommends government launch Rs 188 billion
stimulus package to keep economy afloat (kp
22/05/2020)
Both
houses of federal parliament endorse govt's policies
and programs (rep 19/05/2020)
Opposition
demands answer from government why Oli is skipping
House meetings: The prime minister has not attended a
single meeting of the budget session of the House
which commenced on Friday, by Binod Ghimire (kp
13/05/2020)
Opposition
leaders take govt to task (ht 09/05/2020)
Budget
Session Of Federal Parliament Commences (rn
08/05/2020), Government’s
programmes and policies to be presented in Parliament
on May 15 (ht 08/05/2020)
Opposition
to use budget session to grill government over
controversial ordinances: Lawmakers will also seek
answers on the handling of the Covid-19 crisis,
leaders say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/05/2020)
President
summons budget session of federal parliament for
coming Friday (rep 03/05/2020)
Speaker
Sapkota tells Oli House can resume by first week of
May: To present its budget on May 28, government needs
to convene Parliament by May 11, secretariat says
(kp 30/04/2020), Sapkota
urges PM to call budget session , by Ram Kumar
kamat(ht 30/04/2020)
Parliamentary
committees convene after lockdown break: Public
Accounts Committee starts probe into alleged
irregularities in procurement of the medical
equipment, others direct government to ease Covid-19
restrictions, by Binod Ghimire (kp 29/04/2020)
Consensus
Expected To Summon Budget Session Of Federal
Parliament (rn 28/04/2020), Govt
preparing to call budget session (rep
29/04/2020)
Parliament
Secretariat prepares to host new session but isn’t
sure when it is called: The main opposition says the
government undermined the House by issuing two
ordinances and demands timely commencement of the new
session, by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/04/2020)
BAC
agrees to provide fund to fight against virus (ht
16/04/2020)
Lawmakers
agree to use parliamentary funds to combat
coronavirus: Meeting of the Business Advisory
Committee agrees that the government failed to take
effective measures on time to prevent the spread of
Covid-19 (kp 15/04/2020) [This
fund for the directly elected predominantly male high
caste MPs in order to safeguard their future
re-election is a case of corruption either and should
be abolished immediately!]
Parliament
secretariat says no possibility to hold formal meeting
of the House committees virtuall: Finance Committee
meeting called for Wednesday cancelled following the
rejection, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/04/2020)
Even
if the House is prorogued, committees need to meet,
analysts say: Nepal’s federal parliament can follow
the example of many parliaments around the world that
are meeting either by ensuring safety norms or going
digital, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/04/2020)
House
session prorogued amid COVID-19 pandemic: Bills
session passes just three bills in three months
(rep 07/04/2020)
House
awaits decision on MCC before prorogation (rep
01/04/2020)
House
panel endorses bill allowing intelligence agency to
listen in on conversations: The bill passed with the
support of the opposition Nepali Congress, despite
legal experts sounding the alarm over its potential
for misuse and privacy violations, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 20/03/2020)
A
House in disarray: Parliament cannot be allowed to
stagnate any longer (kp 20/03/2020) [The politicians and the political
parties behave criminally, irresponsibly and
selfishly!]
Lower
House meeting postponed: Though the National Assembly
hasn’t taken a decision over deferring its meeting,
lawmakers say, it is likely that the Upper House will
follow in the footsteps of the Lower House on Friday,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/03/2020) [There
is no Lower House or Upper House in Nepali Parliament!],
National
Assembly session adjourned indefinitely (Khabarhub
20/03/2020)
Law-making
process: Far from participatory, by Mukti Rijal
(ht 19/03/2020)
Winter
session of Parliament likely to end without endorsing
crucial bills: With over 40 bills pending, the winter
session, also called the bill session, has largely
been squandered by squabbling within the ruling party,
analysts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/03/2020) [This is where the incompetence and
complete failure of the current generation of
politicians, who are only interested in power
struggles and enrichment, becomes apparent. For the
sake of Nepal it is high time for them to leave
politics!]
Divisions
in ruling party manifest in appointment of National
Assembly general secretary: The appointment by House
Speaker Agni Sapkota, a former Maoist, has been
opposed by National Assembly Chair Ganesh Timilsina,
an Oli appointee, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
17/03/2020), Speaker,
upper house chair at odds over parliament gen secy
(rep 19/03/2020)
Speaker
to grill chiefs of parliamentary panels over delay in
endorsement of bills (rep 17/03/2020)
Parliament
functioning more like extension of government, rather
than sovereign entity, experts sayThey argue the
legislative, responsible for discussing issues of
public interest and holding the Cabinet to account,
has been overshadowed by the executive, by Anil
Giri (kp 16/03/2020), Laws
for all: Lawmakers must indulge in proper
deliberations to make the law-making process
transparent (kp 16/03/2020)
Nepal’s
political parties rarely encourage public
participation in lawmaking: Citizens’ engagement in
the formulation of laws not only ensures transparency
but also enhances the quality of legislation, experts
say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/03/2020)
Call
to end House session over virus: NC MPs condemn
minister for suggesting self-quarantine (kp
13/03/2020), Parliament
put off for eight days over coronavirus fears, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 13/03/2020)
Ruling
party is undecided and Speaker is reluctant, leaving
the House without Deputy Speaker: Nepal Communist
Party wants to elect the deputy as part of a larger
deal but the Janata Party wants the position to be
dealt with separately from its other demands, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 12/03/2020) [The
ruling party takes the right to disregard the
constitution whenever it deems necessary in the
interest of its power ambitions!]
‘Presidential
quota in upper house meant for experts, not
politicians’, by Ashok Dahal (rep 11/03/2020) [Above all, they must be
outstanding personalities in society. All Gautam has
to offer is losing elections and splitting parties for
his own power interests!]
18
lawmakers joining upper house from today (rep
04/03/2020)
Absence
of laws governing Conflict of Interests of MPs a
matter of concern (rep 01/03/2020)
Lower
House meeting gets adjourned due to lack of a quorum:
The House of Representatives was scheduled to endorse
four bills that have been pending since the previous
session, byBinod Ghimire (kp 26/02/2020)
Janata
Party refuses to back Nepali Congress on obstructing
House of Representatives: Samajbadi Party says it
agrees with Congress that opposition forces should
join hands for common agendas but by letting the House
function, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/02/2020)
House
panel’s letter to police reflects lawmakers’ low
understanding of law and court rulings: Public
Accounts Committee breached its jurisdiction by
instructing police to book two people for cybercrime,
legal experts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
23/02/2020)
Public
Accounts Committee puts a halt to the security
printing project: The committee was considering
forming a subcommittee to advise the government on
ways to move forward but a corruption scandal
involving a sitting minister has put the brakes on the
project, by Anil Giri (kp 21/02/2020), Halt
process of establishing security press: PAC (ht
21/02/2020)
Nepali
Congress stalls Parliament over Baskota audiotape
scandal (ht 21/02/2020)
NCP-RJPN
squabble delays dy speaker poll (rep 20/02/2020)
Parliament
body questions choice of firms for security printing,
by Sunil Sapkota (rep 19/02/2020)
Oli
administration is ignoring a key component of
democracy during lawmaking: The government over the
last two years introduced several bills without
holding consultations with the concerned parties,
thereby inviting criticism and controversy, experts
say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/02/2020)
Speaker
‘blocks’ opposition voice in parliament (rep
10/02/2020)
Two
weeks since Agni Sapkota became Speaker, there’s still
no sign of his deputy: After exhausting all other
options, the ruling party has no choice but to offer
the deputy Speaker post to the Rastriya Janata Party,
party insiders say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
08/02/2020)) [The only
reasonable candidate would be someone from the second
largest party in parliament! This would be a normal
procedure for a democratic state!]
NC
obstructs HoR proceedings claiming political vendetta
in land grab case action, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht
07/02/2020), NC
obstructs House for second day (ht 08/02/2020)
Upper
house drops mandatory licensing for journalists,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 07/02/2020)
Parliamentary
panel submits report on nuclear bill to HoR (rep
06/02/2020)
MPs
raise issues of public concern (ht 05/02/2020)
House
got Speaker in a month. There is no certainty about
deputy Speaker: The ruling Nepal Communist Party is
most likely to give the post to the Rastriya Janata
Party Nepal, which itself is confused over the
candidat, by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/02/2020)
Lawmakers
raise contemporary issues (ht 01/02/2020)
Oli
and Deuba both want MCC ratified but Sapkota stands in
their way: Agni Sapkota, the newly elected Speaker of
the House, has said that there is no hurry to ratify
the compact, despite Oli’s assurances that it will be
passed immediately, by Binod Ghimire (kp
29/01/2020)
but
instructed the Home Ministry and police to present a
progress report on the case within 30 days, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 29/01/2020) [Someone
accused of such a capital crime is not qualified for
public office as long as his innocence has not been
proven in court!]
Sapkota
becomes Speaker amid concerns from conflict victims
and rights watchdogs: The House elected the former
Maoist leader unopposed, hours after a court hearing
on a writ against him was stalled, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 27/01/2020) [R.I.P.
democracy, human rights and rule of law!], Sapkota
elected HoR speaker unopposed, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 27/01/2020)), Speaker
election hearing put off till today (ht
27/01/2020), Newly
elected HoR Speaker Agni Sapkota takes oath of office
(ht 28/01/2020)
Sapkota
to certify five pending bills immediately after
appointment (ht 25/01/2020)
‘How
can someone responsible for murdering my husband be
elected speaker?’, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep
22/01/2020), Civil
society vows to protest until Sapkota’s nomination for
Speaker is dismissed: Agni Sapkota, who is accused of
murder, is certain to become Speaker of the House as
he is running unopposed, by Binod Ghimire (kp
23/01/2020), Petition
at Supreme Court demands Agni Sapkota’s arrest: The
petition, filed by advocate Dinesh Tripathi, also asks
that Sapkota’s nomination for Speaker of the House be
dismissed, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/01/2020), President’s
advisor resigns over Sapkota’s nomination as House
Speaker: Sushil Pyakurel, one of the petitioners in
the murder case against Sapkota, resigned after being
asked to withdraw the case by ruling party members,
by Anil Giri (kp 25/01/2020)
Conflict
victims and human rights activists cry foul over Agni
Sapkota for Speaker: Sapkota, who faces a murder
charge for an insurgency-era killing, has been
proposed for House Speaker by the ruling party, by
Anil Giri and Tika R. Pradhan (kp 20/01(2020) [The
NCP proves once again that it protects and encourages
potential murderers. People who take responsibility
for the murder of 5000 people decide on this. The
NCP's commitment to peace, justice, the rule of law
and social inclusion proves to be a sheer mockery!],
Shiva
Maya Tumbahangphe resigns as Deputy Speaker: Elections
for new Speaker and Deputy Speaker to be held on
January 26, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 20/01/2020)
House
meeting nears but there’s still no candidate for
Speaker: Oli has become more flexible on the candidate
for Speaker and has agreed to Dahal’s choice, party
insiders say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 18/01/2020)
Speaker
post has become a matter of prestige for co-chairs,
say party insiders: With both NCP chairs not giving up
on their candidates for Speaker of the House, party
leaders are afraid the issue could snowball, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 17/01/2020)
Ruling
party’s indecision over Speaker puts a halt to the
House business: While some have pointed to the deputy
Speaker’s refusal to resign as an obstacle, it is the
ruling party’s factional infighting that is holding
the House hostage, insiders say, by Anil Giri (kp
13/01/2020), Shiva
Maya Tumbahangphe wants to be the next Speaker and
she’s not backing down: The deputy speaker’s fight for
the post shows that despite being eminently qualified,
women are still relegated to deputy positions, by
Bhrikuti Rai (kp 13/01/2020), Speaking
about the Speaker: Party leaders have made a joke out
of the democratic process (kp 13/01/2020) [Most
of the male top politicians of the big parties are not
leaders but destroyers of democratic principles and
inclusion! They should be excluded from all offices
for a long period of time for the sake of Nepal and
the Nepalis!], Let
the house meet: At this point, why Oli and Dahal want
their respective candidates – and not Shiva Maya – to
become the Speaker is simply beyond any reasoning
(ht 13/01/2020)
NCP
decides Tumbahangphe must quit, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 12/01/2020) [The male
Bahun leaders of the party want a male person as
speaker, so the ethnic lady must go! There cannot be
enough male politicians in top positions, but
according to the constitution it is not the party that
has the right to decide on her resignation!]
Middlemen
lobby for their interests in parliamentary Public
Accounts Committee: Committee members themselves
expressed concern after a local agent for a foreign
firm lodged a complaint and was then summoned as an
expert on the matter., by Anil Giri (kp
10/01/2020)
Oli,
Dahal tussle over candidate for speaker affects HoR
meeting (ht 05/01/2020) [Criminal
power games for the sake of nepotism!]
House
held hostage to NCP indecision: Today’s meeting won’t
be held; Parliament deferred till Jan 12; Critics say
delay in electing speaker ‘betrayal of constitution’,
by Roshan S Nepal (ht 01/01/2020), Speaker
choice deadlock again delays lower house business
(rep 01/01/2020), Respect
the house: It is regrettable to see the ruling party
using the sovereign Parliament as its rubber stamp by
deferring its meeting for weeks (ht 02/01/2020), With
no speaker, parliament unable to do even routine work
(rep 02/01/2020)
House
panel passes controversial IT Bill disregarding dozens
of amendment proposals: In an attempt to regulate the
cyberspace, the government has given itself enormous
new powers to curb online content, experts say, by
Bhrikuti Rai (kp 30/12/2019), HoR
panel passes ‘restrictive’ IT Bill, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 30/12/2019)
NHRC
stresses enacting rights friendly laws: House panel,
PAs told to issue directives against rights violations
(ht 28/12/2019)
Speaker
election process begins today: Deputy Speaker
Tumbahamphe likely to put in her papers today, by
Roshan S. Nepal (ht 27/12/2019), Speaker,
dy speaker election uncertain as row within NCP
worsens (rep 27/12/2019), House
meeting postponed as ruling NCP fails to pick its
candidate for speaker (rep 27/12/2019), House
meet put off as NCP fails to decide on Speaker: The
Lower House from its very first meeting of the winter
session on December 20 was supposed to start the
Speaker election process, by Binod Ghimire (kp
28/12/2019), NCP
undecided on speaker: HoR to meet on January 1
(ht), NCP
indecision over new speaker holding lower house
hostage (rep 28/12/2019), Tendency
to undermine Parliament detrimental to democracy,
analysts say: As party leaders feud over Speaker,
there’re concerns about the crucial bill session
bearing the brunt, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
29/12/2019)
RJPN
lobbies for Deputy Speaker as its bonhomie with NCP
grows (rep 25/12/2019)
Amid
contradicting stances, deputy speaker commences House
session: Speaker appointment process will begin next
week, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/12/2019)
Bill
session likely to be stormy: The main opposition set
to raise a host of controversial issues (ht
20/12/2019)
Tumbahangphe
courts controversy by administering the oath of office
to Bidya Bhattarai: Only the Speaker of the House, not
the deputy, is allowed to administer the oath to
parliamentarians, party leaders and constitutional
experts say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 18/12/2019) [Why is there such a thing as the
post of Deputy Speaker of Parliament when she is not
allowed to perform the duties of Speaker of Parliament
in the latter's absence or after his resignation?],
Parliament
in fix over convening Business Advisory Committee
(rep 18/12/2019)
With
over 50 bills to endorse, Parliament looks at a busy
winter session: Some crucial bills regarding the
functioning of the federal system are currently being
studied by different House committees, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 14/12/2019)
Party
registration for upper house member election begins (rep
14/12/2019)
Proposed
Constitutional Council Ordinance becomes void (rep
12/12/2019)
House
session from December 20 (rep 11/12/2019)
NC
likely to lose 7 seats in upper house, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 10/12/2019)
Aspiring
leaders make a case for HoR speaker (ht
09/12/2019)
Without
calendar, House sessions are called at government’s
convenience: Officials say winter session will
commence soon, but no one knows when, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 06/12/2019))
Nembang
all but certain to become next Speaker, party insiders
say: NCP leaders say Pushpa Kamal Dahal could give up
his claim that the position stay with the Maoist
faction, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 03/12/2019)
Parliamentary
panel proposes reducing fine against journalists to as
low as Re 1 (rep 02/12/2019) [As
long as the threat of punishment is not completely
rejected, journalists remain offenders!]
Summon
the parliament (rep 26/11/2019)
With
ruling party dynamics satisfied, the hunt begins for a
new House Speaker: Subas Nembang and Agni Sapkota are
the strongest candidates from the ruling party but
Deputy Speaker Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe will not be
giving up her claim easily, party leaders say, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/11/2019)
Lawmakers
reluctant to register private member’s bills, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 17/11/2019)
House
panels summon Oli, Gyawali (ht 11/11/2019)
NCP
mulls ousting Tumbahamphe as deputy speaker (rep
08/11/2019)
Parliament
Secretariat in fix as deputy speaker can’t initiate
House meetings, by Ashok Dahal (rep 06/11/2019) [In 2013 it was no problem for the
leaders of the major parties to seize all power
without a legal basis, to make the head of the
judiciary the interim head of the executive and to
hold elections for which there was no legal basis
either. Now, however, under the supposedly best
constitution in the world, it is not legitimate for
the Deputy Speaker of Parliament to summon a
parliamentary session after the Speaker of Parliament
has been imprisoned for a criminal offence. What is
the meaning of deputy posts in the country's political
system?]
Women
lawmakers demand 50pc reservation in Parliament
(ht 02/11/2019)
Even
with a murder conviction, lawmakers might still be
able to hold on to their seats: Lawmakers are
suspended when they are convicted but they do not lose
their seats unless their crime involves ‘moral
turpitude’, but no one is certain what that means,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 26/10/2019)
Even
as lawmakers are accused of heinous crimes, Parliament
remains without disciplinary committee: The Speaker,
who is responsible for forming such committees,
himself remains in judicial custody after being
accused of rape, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/10/2019)
Police
adjustment hits snag as bills remain stalled in
absence of speaker, by Ashok Dahal (rep
22/10/2019)
Government
mulls summoning House session early (rep
20/10/2019)
Search
intensifies for a candidate for the now-vacant post of
House Speaker: The Samajbadi Party Nepal and the
Nepali Congress are both vying for the post of either
Speaker or Deputy Speaker, by Binod Ghimire (kp
17/10/2019)
Members
charged with a crime should be removed forthwith: The
criminalisation of politics is a threat to the basic
structure of the constitution, but the current
regulation allows lawbreakers to continue as lawmakers
(kp 16/10/2019)
Dy
speaker out to certify bills though constitution
silent on relevant powers, by Ishwari Subedi (rep
15/10/2019) [What sense does
the function of a deputy speaker make if she is not
allowed to perform the duties of the speaker in case
of his resignation?]
With
Mahara’s resignation, a tricky political situation
arises: The House Speaker’s resignation over rape
allegations means that the parties will now need to
select a new Speaker, a critical position in a
parliamentary system, by Anil Giri (kp
03/10/2019), House
accepts Speaker Mahara’s resignation: Krishna Bahadur
Mahara resigned on Tuesday following rape allegations,
by Samuel Chhetri (kp 03/10/2019), NCP
in no mood to give away speaker’s post to other
parties (kp 03/10/2019), With
Mahara out, race for speaker starts (rep
04/10/2019)
Parliament
Sectt staffer accuses Mahara of rape (ht
01/10/2019), Speaker
Mahara accused of sexually harassing female employee
(rep 01/10/2019), Speaker
Mahara offers 'temporary resignation' following
accusation of rape (ht 01/10/2019), PM
advises Speaker Mahara to step down from his post,
by Tapendra Karki (rep), House
Speaker Mahara resigns amid sexual harassment
accusations, by Tapendra Karki (rep 01/10/2019), Why
the rape charges against Speaker is a litmus test for
police, the ruling party and government: Although
Krishna Bahadur Mahara has tendered his resignation,
the government and ruling party have yet to take a
concrete position while the police still haven’t
pursued a criminal case, by Anil Giri (kp
02/10/2019), A
scandal that could mean curtains for Mahara’s long
political career: Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who has
risen through the ranks over the decades, was
embroiled in controversies in the past too, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 02/10/2019), Mahara’s
resignation after rape allegations runs into
controversy: No such thing as conditional resignation,
say legal experts, by Binod Ghimire (kp
02/10/2019)
Session
ends with diatribe against govt: Ex-PMs paint bleak
scenario if govt fails to mend its ways, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 20/09/2019), 17
bills registered, seven passed in session (ht
20/09/2019)
Nepali
Congress ends House obstruction (ht 19/09/2019)
New
building for federal parliament to cost Rs5 billion
rupees: Country’s first-ever parliamentary building is
expected to be ready in three years, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 19/09/2019)
Experts
slam Speaker for telling House panels not to obstruct
govt (rep 17/09/2019)
Banke
attack prompts NC to obstruct both houses, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 16/09/2019), Congress
obstructs Parliament for second day over Banke
incident, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 17/09/2019)
Minister
Yadav expresses concern about functioning of House
panel (ht 23/08/2019)
Lawmakers
flay govt for not responding to their questions
(ht 18/08/2019)
NA
members pledge to amend Media Council Bill (ht
15/08/2019)
Lawmakers
criticise Federal Civil Servant Bill, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 14/08/2019)
House
endorses two crucial bills related to police force,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 12/08/2019)
Opposition
lawmakers demand halt to National ID card
distribution: At the parliamentary State Affairs and
Good Governance Committee, lawmakers question the
government why the cards were issued when the bill
regarding the same is being discussed at the federal
parliament, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 10/08/2019)
Parties
agree to form special committee, ending House
deadlock: Special panel formed after a month-long
deadlock will deal with contentious issues in
Parliament, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/08/2019), NC,
RJP-N end Parliament obstruction7-member panel to
recommend ways to avert House disruptions, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 06/08/2019)
Follow
House rules: The parliamentary system cannot be made
functional unless the Speaker is assertive in
implementing his own rulings (ht 05/08/2019)
Ministers
avoid Q&A in House: Make mockery of regulation,
show disregard for democracy, by Jagdishor Panday
(ht 04/08/2019)
HoR
meetings not happening for almost a month, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 02/08/2019)
As
House proceedings halt, fingers point in the direction
of Speaker: Even as the ruling and opposition parties
demonstrate actions unbecoming of Parliament,
Krishna Bahadur Mahara has been unable to act, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 01/08/2019), Opposition
continues to stall HoR proceedings (ht
01/08/2019), Speaker
offers probe into Sarlahi killings through SAC: NC
adamant on separate panel (rep 01/08/2019), Resolve
the problem: Parliament should enact umbrella laws
soon so that the provinces can recruit their staffers
to run their administrations (ht 01/08/2019)
Congress,
RJP-N stall House proceedings (ht 30/07/2019)
Opposition's
relations with speaker sour further (rep
30/07/2019)
MPs
seek tough action against tipsy civil servants, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 27/07/2019)
House
resumes, but only to discuss monsoon disaster.
Opposition Nepali Congress insists that Parliament
form a committee next meeting to investigate two
deaths in Sarlahi, by Binod Ghimire (kp
25/07/2019), Govt
told to carry out rescue, relief work: HoR discusses
plight of flood and landslide victims for six hours
(ht 25/07/2019), ‘Obstruction
halted only for the day’ (ht 25/07/2019)
Speaker
in bid to forge consensus among parties to start house
meeting (ht 24/07/2019)
By-laws
come under parliament committee scrutiny, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 23/07/2019)
Lower
house overturns upper house proposal on Administrative
Court (rep 21/07/2019), House
rejects Assembly’s decision to scrap administrative
court, inviting conflict: The two houses of federal
parliament are at loggerheads for the second time,
by Tike R. Pradhan (kp 21/07/2019)
House
meeting postponed after dispute arises over who should
speak first: Though analysts are divided over who
should go first, they agree that Speaker Krishna
Bahadur Mahara has failed in his mediatory role,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/07/2019), Oppn
questions speaker’s ability to play neutral
role: Largely seen as toeing the government’s line,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 16/07/2019), Inept
speaker: Regardless of why Mahara chose to adjourn
Monday’s House meeting, the ultimate sufferers are the
people affected by the natural disasters (ht
17/07/2019), The
Speaker must be impartial (rep 17/07/2019)
Nepali
Congress and Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal say they will
continue to obstruct Parliament: Two opposition
parties demand that the government release the report
on Tarai protest and launch parliamentary
inquiry into the deaths of CPN leader Kumar Paudel and
Sarlahi youth Saroj Narayan Mahato, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 13/07/2019)
Opposition
accuses speaker of working at govt's behest (rep
11/07/2019)
Sarlahi
killings: Opposition stalls House demanding probe
panel, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 10/07/2019), NC,
RJPN obstruct House as NCP opposes parliamentary probe
into 'extrajudicial killings' (rep 10/07/2019), Ruling
party stands firm against forming probe committee,
opposition obstructs House: Opposition lawmakers
refuse to buy government’s argument on deaths of Chand
party member and Madhesi man in police action, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 11/07/2018), House
stalled for second day over Sarlahi killings (ht
11/09/2019)
Six
bills on hold following controversy, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 07/07/2019)
PM
skips House meet raising lawmakers’ ire (ht
26/06/2019)
HoR
passes budget for 2019-20 (ht 26/06/2019)
Locals
remind MPs to withdraw Guthi Bill (ht 25/06/2019)
Government’s
reluctance to abide by House rulings irks Madhes-based
parties: Opposition MPs accuse Speaker Mahara of
acting like a minister in the Oli administration,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/06/2019)
Opposition
obstructs the House, forcing Oli to stand mutely at
the podium: The Speaker’s decision to allow the prime
minister to speak first led the Nepali Congress to
obstruct proceedings for nearly 10 minutes (kp
19/06/2019)
‘PSC
has to honour parliamentary panel’s directives’,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 16/06/2019)
Parliament
secretariat wants to buy laptops for lawmakers. MPs
say it’s misuse of resource: The Finance Ministry has
transferred Rs 34.40 million to procure personal
computers for Members of Parliament, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 15/06/2019)
State
bodies fail to submit delegated legislation (ht
14/06/2019)
NA
members shun association with HoR MPs on pork barrel
fund, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 14/06/2019) [This
is a system of highest level corruption either!]
Budget
allocation draws HoR flak: Constituencies represented
by top leaders get major chunk, say ruling, opposition
during House discussion, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
12/06/2019)
Controversial
bills draw criticism from ruling party lawmakers: Many
Nepal Community Party leaders and lawmakers have
started to resent the leadership of Oli, both as the
party chair and the prime minister, in recent times,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 12/06/2019)
Opposition
obstructs House, protesting use of force against Guthi
Bill protesters: Nepali Congress has accused the Oli
administration of trying to attack traditions
and cultural values, by Binod Ghimire (kp
11/06/2019)
Controversial
bills set to flare up tensions in federal parliament:
At least half a dozen bills, brought up without proper
discussions with stakeholders, have courted
controversy over their contents, leading to protests
from civil society, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
10/06/2019)
MPs
register amendments before reading disputed ad-related
bill, by Ashok Dahal (rep 09/06/2019)
Lawmakers
on SAC want vacancies at local units to be more
inclusive (rep 08/06/2019)
Ruling,
opposition parties’ lawmakers divided over
budget (ht 04/06/2019)
Lawmakers
voice concern about Media Council Bill (ht
29/05/2019)
MPs
dwell on hiring top-level bureaucrats on contract
basis, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 29/05/2019)
MPs
not given copies of reports: ‘Presentation of reports
shouldn’t have been allowed’, by Jagdishor Panday
(kp 26/05/2019)
Media
Council Bill: NC, RJP-N to stall House (ht
19/05/2019)
Oli
says Speaker hasn’t asked Parliament Secretariat to
remove his remarks. He has.Mahara has ordered
secretariat officials to delete ‘unparliamentary
comments’ of opposition lawmakers and the prime
minister, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/05/2019) [Tell lies whenever you can!],
House
may take months to scrub PM's un-parliamentary
language, by Ashok Dahal (rep 17/05/2019), PS
in dilemma over ‘unparliamentary words’, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 19/05/2019)
Pre-budget
debate ends on low note, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
15/05/2019), Listen
to lawmakers: The upcoming fiscal budget must be
prepared based on the suggestions given by lawmakers
during the pre-budget debates (ht 16/05/2019)
Lawmakers
lobby for hiking constituency development fund: If
allotted as per the demand, budget for them will reach
a whopping Rs 21 billion, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/05/2019) [A very special
form of corruption!]
Keep
aside budget for consolidating federalism: MPs, by
Jagdishor Panday (kp 13/05/2019)
Scan
bills that curtail rights of sub-national govts:
Speaker, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 12/05/2019)
NA
gets report on implementation of federalism (ht
11/05/2019)
Opposition
lawmakers criticize government’s policy and program
(rep 06/05/2019), Lawmakers
vent ire, slam government: MPs from Madhesi
parties’ raise issue of statute amendment,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 07/05/2019), Congress
accuses Speaker of siding with government: Opposition
leaders demand Oli’s remarks be removed from record,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/05/2019), Ruling,
opposition parties at loggerheads in House: Govt’s
policies and programmes endorsed amidst chaos, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 08/05/2019), PM,
oppn MPs in heated debate after Oli’s ‘demeaning’
remarks (rep 08/05/2019), Maintain
parliamentary decorum (rep 09/05/2019), Oli’s
‘unparliamentary’ remarks removed from Parliament
records: Political observers have called on the prime
minister to set an example by maintaining the decorum
of the House, by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/05/2019)
Govt
to unveil policies, programmes today, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 03/05/2019)
Bill
to
amend Human Rights Commission Act raises fierce
debate: The powers of national rights watchdog are
being curtailed, say opposition MPs, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 01/05/2019), Members,
MPs flay govt for bid to keep rights watchdog on tight
leash, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 01/05/2019)
NCP
MPs want hike in pork barrel spending, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 30/04/2019) [The
uncontrolled
and self-interested investment of money by the MPs
elected under the FPTP system is a grave and very
special form of corruption!!], No
to
pork barrel: The CISP has faced criticism in the past
as it is largely geared towards giving the elected
lawmakers an edge during the elections and purchase
votes with patronage (ht 30/04/2019)
Budget
session
begins today; policies, programmes on May 3: NC
to raise issues of land-grab, govt’s bid to curtail
press freedom, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 29/04/2019)
Hearing
of CEC candidate deferred at NC’s request (kp
01/04/2019)
Fruitful
session (ht 26/03/2019)
As
Ansari
takes oath, questions arise over necessity of hearing
committee: Parties failed to follow the spirit of
legal provisions and this undermines parliamentary
supremacy, observers say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
22/03/2019), Ansari’s
rival
seeks interim order not to let him continue his work:
In his writ petition, Salam has claimed that Ansari
was appointed only because he was a central committee
member of the ruling Nepal Communist Part, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 25/03/2019)
Upper
House deputy allowed to chair meetings, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 20/03/2019)
Debate
on
women’s citizenship rights rages as House takes up
amendment bill: Activists say lawmakers’ reluctance to
grant equal citizenship rights to women is reflective
of the deep-rooted patriarchal beliefs in society,
by Tsering D Gurung (kp 08/03/2019), Women
are being denied equal rights in the name of national
security and sovereignty: Binda Pandey (kp
08/03/2019) (interview)
Wrong
choice: Candidates should not be appointed on the
basis of their loyalty to the party (kp
07/03/2019)
House
panel
stops short of decision on Muslim panel nominee
AnsariCommission chairperson nominee will be
automatically appointed after four days if
Parliamentary Hearing Committee remains indecisive,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 06/03/2019)
Parliament
misses
deadline to amend laws inconsistent with constitution:
Provisions of the Acts that contradict the charter are
invalid from tomorrow, by Binod Ghimire (kp
03/03/2019)
Playing
hooky: Perpetual absenteeism has severely affected
the business in Parliament (kp 28/02/2019)
Citizenship
bill stuck in House panel‘: Some more discussions
needed before bill is sent to HoR’, by Anita
Shrestha (ht 24/02/2019)
MPs
for open competition for joint secretary (rep
22/02/2019)
Nominated
lawmakers angry as they are not allowed to spend Rs
40m, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/02/2019) [This
once
again means that the option is predominantly for
male Tagadhari leaders only, expecially male Bahuns!
Especially, almost all female MPs are excluded.
Nevertheless, development investment is not the task
of elected legislators, it only helps to promote
corruption!], PR
lawmakers accuse govt of discriminating against them,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 21/02/2019)
Hearing
panel
to probe credentials of Muslim commission chairman
nominee Samim Miya Ansari: Hearing scheduled for today
deferred until the investigation is completed,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/02/2019), Ansari’s
papers’ veracity to be verified: PHC has received
complaint that he is NCP CC member, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 20/02/2019), Ansari
‘ineligible’ to head Muslim Commission (ht
21/02/2019), Ansari’s
d.o.b differs on citizenship certificate (ht
26/02/2019), Ansari
has support from ruling party, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 27/02/2019), EC
removes Ansari’s name from NCP PR list: But his
eligibility to head Muslim Commission can be
challenged, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 27/02/2019), Muslim
Commission
chairman nominee says the party ‘rewarded’ him: The
former Madhesi leader joined the ruling party on
condition that he would be given a ‘dignified post’,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 01/03/2019)
Congress
boycotts hearing panel meeting, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 18/02/2019)
Lawmakers
against passing Land Use Bill in haste (ht
18/02/2019)
Police
Bill: Lawmakers register amendments, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 17/02/2019)
House
endorses staff adjustment bill: Some lawmakers say
they didn’t get enough time to study the document,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 16/02/2019)
Nepali
Congress boycotts hearing panel meeting: It has
accused the ruling party of bypassing the opposition,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 04/02/2019)
National
Assembly passes TRC bill (ht 04/02/2019)
Prime
minister
skips question-answer session in House: "The PM
decides to attend programmes as per their
significance. He attends most important programmes of
the day", by Jagdishor Panday (ht 04/02/2019) [Not understanding the rules
democratic culture or simply authoritarian arrogance?]
54
MPs change PAs after parliament paid latter through
bank, by Ashok Dahal (rep 03/02/2019)
Crucial
bills
may hit snag if opposition continues obstruction: More
than 170 Acts need to be amended or replaced with new
ones by March 4n Congress says it could consider
letting House function if government comes up with
urgent bills, by Binod Ghimire (kp 01/02/2019)
Upper
house passes Medical Education bill amid protest
(rep 01/02/2019)
Nepali
Congress
halts PHC meeting: Says the chairs of constitutional
commissions were nominated by the Constitution Council
in the absence of opposition leader, by Jagdishor
Panday (kp 29/01/2019)
Medical
education bill presented in NA amid NC lawmakers’
obstruction, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 29/01/2019)
Governing
party bulldozes medical bill through House: The
forceful move will have far-reaching consequences,
Congress warns, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 26/01/2019),
This
bill will have dire implications on medical sector:
Mathema, by Arpan Shrestha and Nayak Paudel (kp
26/01/2019), National
Medical Education Bill passed, by Rewati Sapkota
(ht 26/01/2019), NC
questions speaker’s neutrality (ht 26/01/2019), Dr
Govinda KC seeks PM’s resignation (ht 26/01/2019),
Speaker
in
spotlight for failing to keep his word: Opposition,
experts on parliamentary practices say Mahara did not
give due respect to hallowed halls of Parliament,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 27/01/2019), Show
seriousness:
The government can still meet Dr KC’s remaining
demands by making corrections in the bill at the
National Assembly (ht 28/01/2019)
NA
panel to hold talks with elected reps of all tiers of
govt (ht 24/01/2019)
Speaker
Mahara’s bid to end House obstruction flops, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 24/01/2019), ‘Medical
bill will pass as wished by government’ (kp
25/01/2019) [But Oli says it
is the parliament that wants to reject the
government's agreements with Dr KC; now the Speaker of
Parliament claims that it is the express will of the
Oli government! Lies over lies to safeguard vested
interests!], 'Speaker
must remain neutral like a referee', interview
with Daman Nath Dhungana (ht 28/01/2019)
House
braces
for opposition-ruling party showdown: Nepali Congress
obstructs Parliament proceedings over Medical
Education Bill, a concern of fasting KC, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 22/01/2019), Discord
over
affiliation leaves medical bill in limbo: Institutions
other than Tribhuvan and Kathmandu universities could
pave the way to grant affiliations for colleges
outside the Valley, by Arpan Shrestha and Nayak
Paudel (kp 23/01/2019), Opposition
blocks government bid to push medical education bill,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 23/01/2019), Speaker
fails to set House in order, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
23/01/2019)
Parties
brace for face off over Med Education Bill, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 18/01/2019)
Lawmakers
to question PM Oli in House today, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 18/01/2019)
HoR
disagrees with NA on amended bill (ht 17/01/2019)
Politics
in
full play as accusations fly over tainted jet purchase
deal: House panel tweaks report, takes out the
part that calls for ‘lawful action’ against
ministers, by Sangam Prasain (kp 15/01/2019) [????]
SAGGC
for political consensus on citizenship,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht
13/01/2019)
Congress
MPs pressuring govt through string of motions (rep
12/01/2019)
Accounts
committee
ignores crucial facts in aircraft purchase probe:
Jitendra Dev was not the tourism minister when the
first instalment was released to Airbus plane vendor,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/01/2019)
Nepali
Congress could be better opposition (rep
10/01/2019)
NC,
RJP-N end House obstruction, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
10/01/2019)
Road
to
misrule: Lawmakers must act on measures to curb abuse
of authority and impose harsh sanctions against those
implicated and accused of robbing tax payers, by
Kedar Neupane (rep 09/01/2019)
‘Government
should face questions from lawmakers every week’,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht
08/01/2019), Undemocratic
move: If the lawmakers are barred from putting
questions to the PM, it will undermine the
parliamentary supremacy (ht 08/01/2019), ‘Government
must answer to queries raised by MPs’, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 10/01/2019), Speaker
tells PM, ministers to take MPs questions after
address (rep 10/01/2019)
MPs
barred from pocketing salaries of aides, drivers,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 08/01/2019), Right
step by Parliament Secretariat (rep 09/01/2019)
Oli
avoids major issues in House, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 07/01/2019), Congress
to protest if PM does not answer, by Anil Giri (kp
07/01/2019), PM
lies to House over contract awarded to Huawei, by
Sunil Sapkota (rep 07/01/2019), PM
cherry-picks information that fit govt progress
reports (rep 07/01/2019), A
tale of lies: Misuse of numbers as weapons to paint an
incorrect picture is a real tragedy (kp
08/01/2019)
National
education reforms: Parliamentary sub-panel gives its
nod to draft bill, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
07/01/2019), Dr
KC warns of 16th hunger strike: Parliament
sub-committee endorses bill on medical education
through vote, by Nayak Paudel (kp 08/01/2019), Dr
KC blasts sub-committee for tweaking bill (rep
08/01/2019), House
panel fails to endorse medical education draft bill,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 08/01/2018), Dr
KC threatens to launch 16th fast-unto-death (ht
08/01/2019), Dr
KC to launch 16th hunger strike today: Demands end to
‘mafia reign’ in medical sector, by Biplaw
Bhattarai (kp 09/01/2019), NCP
lawmakers
bulldoze Medical Education Bill through House panel:
KC starts 16th hunger strike objecting to change in
provisions, by Nayak Paudel (kp 10/01/2019), House
panel flouts accord with Dr KC (rep 10/01/2019),
House
panel okays medical education reforms bill: Principal
concerns of Dr Govinda KC not addressed, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 10/01/2019)
Chaudhary
sworn in after party’s pressure, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 04/01/2019) [?????],
Why
govt let massacre-accused Resham Chaudhary take oath
(rep 04/01/2019) [There cannot
be enough (potential) criminals in leading political
positions! The rule of law in democratic states does
not allow the participation of persons who are accused
of crimes!], Back
to jail after oath, by Ashok Dahal (rep
04/01/2019), Tikapur
victims speak of grave injustice, by Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (rep 04/01/2019), Road
to impunity: Oath to Resham Chaudhary (rep
06/01/2019), Verdict
on Tikapur carnage delayed, by Tekendra Deuba (ht
06/01/2019), Apex
court refuses to release Chaudhary, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 08/01/2018), Rectify
swearing-in:
Democracy is not just about elections, it is about
electing righteous people who will work for the
welfare of the people and the country (ht
09/01/2019)
House
panel scrambles to table medical education bill as KC
threatens hunger strike (kp 02/01/2018), Pokharel's
bid
to keep CTEVT under ministry snags Medical Education
Bill: Over 500 affiliations issued to private colleges
by two thirds-majority govtl,
by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 02/01/2019), All
agreements
with Dr KC won’t be included: Congress lawmakers say
bill should include entire content, just the spirit is
not enough, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 02/01/2019), Debate
on Medical Education Bill again makes no headway
(rep 03/01/2019), What’s
the intention of Education Minister? (rep
03/01/2019)
Hearing
postponed after officials refuse to work beyond 4pm,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 31/12/2018)
A
lot to do for parliament this time (rep
30/12/2018)
Time
to
warm up: Lawmakers must take a proactive approach to
discuss and pass crucial bills during the winter
session of the House (ht 28/12/2018)
Auditor
general
says minister lied to House panel: Tanka Mani Sharma
says Rabindra Adhikari did not consult his office
before making payment for the jets, by Anil Giri
(kp 27/12/2018)
Civil
Servants Adjustment Ordinance registered in House amid
staff protest, by Sanjaya Lama (kp 27/12/2018), Gagan
Thapa calls for withdrawal of civil servants ordinance
(rep 29/12/2018)
Congress
takes winter session as opportunity to attack
government, by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/12/2018), ‘Work
could have been on war footing if we had traditional
communist govt’ (rep 27/12/2018) [??]
Federal
Parliament’s winter session begins, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 26/12/2018)
House
panel unmoved by minister’s plea (ht 25/12/2018)
Govt
registers amendment bill to review 56 laws in bulk
(rep 24/12/2018)
Away
with
hearing system: Our parliamentary hearing system has
not become anything more than a ritual. We need to do
away with it through constitution amendment, by
Arzoo Karki and Sagar Baral (rep 24/12/2018)
Deep
pockets: Lawmakers have earned notoriety for being
unethical and shameless (kp 20/12/2018)
Parliament
meet from next week, by Binod Ghimire (kp
18/12/2018), President
summons winter session of Parliament, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 19/12/2018), Prez
summons winter session of Parliament on December 26,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 19/12/2018)
Roll
call: Chronic absenteeism in the House committees
needs to be addressed (kp 14/12/2018)
Truant
lawmakers undermine role of House committees, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 12/12/2018)
MPs
protest plan to bring civil servants ordinance
(rep 29/11/2018) [The
government bypasses basic democratic institutions such
as parliament!], Avoid
ordinance:
It will not augur well for democracy and rule of law
if the executive intends to run the administration
through ordinance (ht 30/11/2018), The
Civil Servants Ordinance, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
15/12/2018)
National
Medical Education Bill discussion stuck on preamble,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 27/11/2018)
Lack
of agenda delays winter session of federal parliament,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/11/2018)
Leaders
skipped House meetings, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
18/11/2018)
New
seating arrangement being made in HoR (ht
15/11/2018)
Ministry
lays
groundwork for 6 constitutional panels:
Joint-secretaries to work in capacity of a
secretary of their concerned commission (kp
12/11/2018) [This proves the
government's understanding of inclusion: Almost
exclusively male Bahuns nominated!]
Amnesty
for inclusive law-making process (kp 13/10/2018)
MPs
Or Development Executives?, by Mukti Rijal (rn
11/10/2018)
House
panels
issue conflicting directives—at their own peril:
Parliamentary committees, which number 16 at present,
are often found to be making decisions that clash with
each other, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/10/2018), Speaker
sees conflict of interests in parliamentary
committees: The House of Representatives Regulations-
2018 bars lawmakers having personal interest from
joining discussions on related issues at the House
committee, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/10/2018)
At
minister’s call, House panel changes decision:
Minister Banskota challenges parliamentary practice of
honouring directives, pressing a House committee to
change its decision, by Binod Ghimire (kp
05/10/2018) [This government's
misunderstanding of democracy and separation of powers
is quite obvious!]
Failing
parliamentarians:
Save for few, it is hard to find a parliamentarian who
speaks on behalf of people and the country in Nepal,
by Mukti Rijal (rep 03/10/2018)
Army
questioned over business deals (kp 03/10/2018)
Budget
session ends, leaving important bills in limbo, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 28/09/2018), Parliament
prorogued after 135 days: House avoids discussion on
medical education bill (ht 28/09/2018)
It's
mostly senior leaders who skip House meetings (rep
28/09/2018), Opposition
lawmakers top absentee list in HoR (kp
30/09/2018), Missing
in action: MPs who remain absent from Parliament
should be charged (kp 01/10/2018)
MPs
grill Mahaseth over transport syndicates lingering on:
Proposal to allow 20-year-old vehicles also draws fire
(rep 27/09/2018)
Arrest
warrant
issued against Pappu Construction chairman: Lawmakers
object to owners’ inclusion in parliamentary
development panel, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
and Shiva Puri
(kp 26/09/2018), Medical
Education Bill will not clear this House session,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/09/2018), KC
warns of fresh hunger strike (kp 27/09/2018)
Parliamentary
committee vows to fight sexual violence (kp
26/09/2018)
Lawmakers
mull fare issue (kp 24/09/2018)
Chairpersons
of
all 16 parliamentary committees in place: The panels
can direct issues related to policies and programmes
to the government and follow up on those directions
(ht 24/09/2018)
NCP
picks majority women for House committee heads
(rep 18/09/2018) [but
predominantly Tagadharis, especially Bahuns!!],
Women
to head half of parliamentary panels (kp
21/09/2018), Women
‘fairly’ represented in HoR panels (ht
21/09/2018), Chairpersons
of HoR thematic panels sworn in (ht 22/09/2018), Women
in charge: Female lawmakers now head half of the House
committees (kp 24/09/2018)
Second
joint parliamentary committee formed (ht
18/09/2018)
Parliament
passes all bills on basic rights, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp) [by breaking laws
and rulings in an authoritarian way!], Fundamental
rights-related bills passed / MPs cast doubt over
implementation, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 17/09/2018)
House
set to endorse laws barring uneducated people from all
types of jobs after 10 yrs, by Ashok Dahal (rep
16/09/2018)
Parliament
scrambles: to meet time limit: Both Houses have to
endorse 17 new Acts by Sept 18 (kp 14/09/2018), Scramble
to meet deadline on fundamental right laws (rep
15/09/2018), Deadline
looming large over passage of rights bills, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 16/09/2018)
Allowance
cut affects lawmaking process in parliament, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 06/09/2018)
No
laws
on fundamental rights ready though deadline ends Sept
19: Speaker of the lower house Krisha Bahadur Mahara
is, meanwhile, scheduled to embark on five-day visit
to China from September 7, despite the pressure of
business in parliament, by Ashok Dahal (rep
04/09/2018) [He should resign
if foreign trips are more important than his job!],
Abdication
of duty: 15 laws yet to be enacted (rep
05/09/2018), One
week deadline to table rights laws: Speaker Mahara
says his visit to China will not delay process (kp
07/09/2018) [??], Fundamental
rights bills to be endorsed with contested provisions
(rep 07/09/2018) [??]
Direct
question-answer session kicks off in House of
Representatives, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
04/09/2018)
Lawmakers
demand removal of 'regressive' provisions in Privacy
Bill (rep 02/09/2018), Why
privacy
bill should be amended: The state has no right to
control people’s freedom and liberties while
introducing right to privacy laws. No law should
encroach on people’s right to know, by Taranath
Dahal (rep 02/09/2018)
House
panel elections delayed again (kp 01/09/2018)
Mahara
to shut down House to visit China (ht 30/08/2018)
[??]
Assembly
to elect three chairs today (kp 29/08/2018)
Ruling,
opposition parties agree on power-sharing in NA
thematic panels (ht 29/08/2018)
House
committee seeks suggestions from experts on Health
Education Bill (rep 29/08/2018)
House
panel to consult KC on Medical Edu Bill (kp
20/08/2018)
Foreign
junkets help delay House panel head picks, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 18/08/2018)
Amendments
registered to citizenship bill, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 18/08/2018)
Lawmakers
for passing medical education act in line with govt-Dr
KC deal (rep 17/08/2018)
Voting
to pick HoR committee heads on Aug 21 (rep
14/08/2018)
Deadline
to enact laws may be missed, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
13/08/2018)
Talks
to
select chair of ‘mini parliaments’ begin: Nepali
Congress demands top posts in at least four mini
parliaments while ruling parties agree to only one
post (kp 08/08/2018)
10
House panels hold first meeting (kp 07/08/2018)
Govt
to present seven bills (kp 06/08/2018)
Judge’s
hearing:
If Joshee is on the wrong side, he should face legal
action, but from PHC members, independent decisions
are expected (ht 06/08/2018)
All
parliamentary committees in place (kp 03/08/2019)
[After 6 months!?!]
NC
walks out from House (rerp 03/08/2018), House
proceedings continue despite opposition walkout
(kp 03/08/2018), Speaker’s
conduct irks Nepali Congress (kp 04/08/2018)
Hearing
panel may put Joshee’s fate to vote (kp
01/08/2018), Joshee
meets PM after PHC indecision: SC secretariat, CIAA
joint team to visit school to resolve certificate
controversy, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 01/08/2018), Stalemate
over CJ continues (kp 02/08/2018), Hearings
committee again puts off decision on Joshee (rep
02/08/2018), PHC
member ‘receives death threat’ (rep 02/08/2018), PHC
member Niru Pal issued death threat, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 02/08/2018),
Linger
no longer: House panel should not delay further on the
appointment of chief justice (kp 03/08/2018)
NC
wants either speaker or deputy speaker post in House
(kp 28/07/2018), Parliament
can’t discuss sub-judice case: Speaker (kp
30/07/2018),
Let
go: NCP should be ready to share key positions in
Parliament with NC (kp 30/07/2018) [The
Constitution is very clear in this respect, but which
party is interested in the Constitution?]
NA
meet postponed following NC protest (kp
26/07/2018), National
Assembly adjourned for a week after obstruction
(rep 26/07/2018)
After
HoR, opposition Congress obstructs National Assembly
(kp 25/07/2018), Beat
the clock: Parliament must reconvene immediately so
that pending Acts are endorsed on time (kp
25/07/2018)
Hearing
for
reforms: The parliamentary hearing committee is
preparing to conduct hearing on chief justice, CIAA
chief and ambassadors. Will it be able to break the
past trend?, by Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 25/07/2018)
Acting
Chief Justice faces 5 complaints: House panel to grill
him on Thursday (kp 24/07/2018)
House
meeting put off for eight days (rep 20/07/2018)
NC’s
Role in Parliament, by Narayan Upadhyay (kp
18/07/2018)
House
rule on MPs' suspension challenged at SC (rep
16/07/2018)
Hearing
committee to be formed tomorrow if fed parliament
meets (kp 08/07/2018), Bhattarai
likely to lead powerful hearing panel (kp
09/07/2018), Parliament
forms hearing committee (kp 10/07/2018), 15
Public Hearing Committee members finalised (ht
10/07/2018), PHSC
to prepare working procedure (rep 11/07/2018), PHC’s
efficacy:
PHC members represent the parties, but they should
rise above partisan interests when it comes to
approving nominees (ht 11/07/2018), Hearing
procedure endorsed (kp 13/07/2018)
State
Affairs Committee tops choice of NCP bigwigs (rep
08/07/2018)
Govt
registers
National: Medical Education Bill: Legislation does not
address concerns raised by Dr Govinda KC; Congress
leader Thapa says party will block the bill’s passage
(kp 07/07/2018), NC
obstructs House meeting over Dr Govinda KC’s demand
(kp 07/07/2018)
Congress
wants fringe parties’ representation (kp
04/07/2018), Speaker:
House panels to be formed with or without NC, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 06/07/2018)
Transitional
justice bill goes thru both houses: Enforced
disappearances enquiry, TRC bill sent to president
(ht 03/07/2018)
PM
makes fun of MPs’ queries in parliament: NC Chief Whip
Khand terms it objectionable, by Ashok Dahal (rep
30/06/2018)
Bill
for Med Edu Ordinance tabled: Altering of major
provisions will allow more medical colleges in
Kathmandu Valley, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
30/06/2018), Congress
blocks
replacement bill: Raising questions over process and
contents, opposition wants major provisions of the
ordinance retained, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
02/07/2018), Medical
education bill withdrawn: Old law to come into
force from Wednesday amid protests, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 02/07/2018), Govt
puts
national medical bill on hold: Officials say the govt
decided not to table the bill after learning that the
NC would obstruct the House if it did so (kp
13/08/2018)
House
approves Appropriation Bill (kp 30/06/2018)
Linger
no further: Delay in forming parliamentary panel would
hinder Parliament’s functions (kp 29/06/2018), Differences
delay House committees’ formation, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 29/0/2018)
Bill
on TRC, CIEDP terms extension in parliament (rep
29/06/2018) [The exension of
terms means little without fundamental changes in
justice law and politics!]
MPs
divided over handing ongoing projects to local levels
(rep 29/06/2018) [Federalism
misunderstood or simply not wanted?], NCP
lawmakers file motion of urgent public importance
(ht 29/06/2018)
Govt
committed to protecting borders, PM tells Parliament
(ht 27/06/2018)
PM’s
whip fails to stop criticism of budget from his party
lawmakers, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 26/06/2018)
Formation
of 16 House panels must be based on consensus, says NC
(ht 24/06/2018), Formation
of House panels stalled, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
25/06/2018), NCP
and Nepali Congress squabble over federal panel: The
main opposition insists on parliamentary committees
via consensus, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 26/06/2018),
Disputes
delay House committee formations (rep 26/06/2018)
House
passes parliamentary regulations (ht 23/06/2018)
Bill
on formation of Administrative Court registered,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 22/06/2018)
Terms
of NA members through lottery today (kp
18/06/2018), Half
of NC Upper House members pick 2-yr term (kp
19/06/2018), NA
members draw lots to decide term lengths: Half NC
members pick two-year terms (rep 19/06/2018)
Joint
draft panel tables proposal on federal parliament
regulation (kp 18/06/2018)
NCP
lawmakers criticise budget (ht 17/06/2018), PM
tells ruling party lawmakers not to criticise central
budget (kp 17/06/2018) [Is
this a democratic state or party dictatorship?]
Race
for Parliament panel chairs begins, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 16/06/2018)
Two
crucial parliamentary panels to be formed soon (ht
13/06/2018)
Speaker
or deputy speaker should quit: Oppn, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 12/06/2018) [Article
91 of the constitution demands that both positions
have to be filled by members of different parties!],
Play
by
the rules: The ruling party cannot misinterpret the
constitutional provisions as per its convenience for
the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker (ht
13/06/2018), Opposition
demands either speaker or dy speaker to step down
(rep 14/06/2018), NCP,
oppn party trade barbs (ht 14/06/2018), NCP
holding two positions in House ‘unconstitutional’
(kp 1506/2018)
Upper
House regulations endorsed (kp 11/06/2018), NA
to fix tenure of members through lottery on June 18
(ht 11/06/2018)
Lack
of expenditure details puts off House meeting (kp
11/06/2018)
HoR
regulations paves way for forming thematic committees
(ht 10/06/2018), NCP
ready to let oppn lead PAC, yet to decide about others
(rep 10/06/2018), Accused
lawmakers to be suspended, says NA chair (ht
11/06/2018)
No
suspension of MPs facing trial, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 09/06/2018) [Close
cooperation of leading politicians and criminals and
the protection of the latter continues unabated! This
is a characteristic of the lawless state of Nepal!],
MPs
not to be suspended upon arrest (rep 09/06/2018),
National
Assembly set to endorse regulation today (kp
10/06/2018)
Parliament
Secretariat to hold orientation for MPs (kp
06/06/2018)
Dispute
takes
regulation off House agenda: The ruling and opposition
parties are at odds over whether or not to suspend a
lawmaker facing judicial custody (kp 05/06/2018),
Ruling
party divided over House regulation: Speaker drops
plan to pass regulation through majority vote (rep
05/06/2018)
Overlapping
issues delay drafting of laws on basic rights:
Fast-track endorsement necessary to meet September 19
deadline, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 05/06/2018)
No
House rules before a month: Crucial appointments stand
to be delayed further, by Binod Ghimire (kp
03/06/2018) [The new goverment
is as ineffective as previous governments despite
great promises and clear majorities!!]
Budget
fails
to please even ruling party MPs: FinMin Khatiwada
faces ire for saying that he was forced to include
Constituency Development Fund (kp 01/06/2018), NCP
lawmakers find fault with budget: ‘Scrap Local Infra
Development Partnership Programme’ (ht
01/06/2018), Khatiwada
under fire from lawmakers over pork barrel (rep
01/06/2018)
Delay
in enacting regulations hits House functioning (ht
31/05/2018), Enact
rules
pronto: Lawmakers who are custodians of Parliament
cannot take it hostage; they should sort out issues
and enact regulations at the earliest (ht
01/06/2018)
Lawmakers
or project managers? MPs must stick to their job of
monitoring government activities, not managing them,
by Mohan Kumar Rai (kp 29/05/2018) [But
it's imperative for their corrupt ambitions!]
House
misses its roles due to absence of panels (rep
29/05/2018)
Laying
Foundation for Prosperity, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
28/05/2018), House
passes policies and programmes, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 28/05/2018)
Speaker
slams truant lawmakers (kp 26/05/2018)
Congress,
Madhesi parties say policies seem like poll pitch
(kp 24/05/2018), Oli
urges mps to endorse policies and not criticise
(kp 24/05/2018), Debate
on govt’s policies and programmes begins (ht
24/05/2018), Debate
on policies and programmes continues in House of
Representatives (ht 26/04/2018)
Govt
policies and programmes: Six amendment proposals filed
(kp 23/05/2018), Waiting
for budget: Setting ambitious growth rate is welcome,
but the govt’s major challenge is to deliver (kp
23/05/2018)
Govt
sets ambitious growth targets: Annual policies and
programmes say per capita income will double in five
years, by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/05/2018) [??],
Policies,
programmes aim to enhance infra, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 22/05/2018), Govt
to concentrate on statute implementation (rep
20/05/2018),
Document
without priorities: Congress (ht 22/05/2018),
Pvt
sector applauds govt’s policies and programmes (ht
22/05/2018),
The
politics of budgeting: The people should not be taxed
heavily so that politicians can indulge in their
desires, by Gokarna Awasthi (kp 22/05/2018)
House
notified about new party (kp 19/05/2018), Lawmakers
welcome left unification (ht 19/05/2018)
Lawmakers
raise
Madhesis’ concern about citizenship denial in House:
Say statelessness hits their studies, chances of
getting jobs (ht 19/05/2018)
Leaders
spar over funds: UML chairman says Member of
Parliament’s job is to make laws, not dole out funds,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/05/2018), 51
projects flout rules: New study: NGO FEG Nepal exposes
lawmakers’ violations (kp 20/05/2018), PM
moots new CDF modality, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
20/05/2018)
Lawmakers
raise questions over Modi visit (ht 15/05/2018), Lawmakers
question PM’s ‘nationalist stand’ (rep 15/05/2018)
Modi
visit pushes back budget plans (kp 12/05/2018)
MPs
ask FinMin to do ‘reality check’ before preparing
budget (kp 11/05/2018)
UML
MPs want govt to continue doling outconstituency
budget, by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/05/2018)
Medical
Education Ordinance approved (ht 10/05/2018)
Pre-budget
discussion begins today, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
09/05/2018)
Four
ordinances tabled at House as budget session begins
(kp 07/05/2018)
MPs
in judicial custody spared suspension (kp
06/05/2018), MPs
for suspending tainted colleagues (kp 09/05/2018),
Impasse
on lawmaker suspension continues (kp 17/05/2018)
Dr
KC tells Parliament to pass health law soon (kp
04/05/2018)
Lower
House regulations: Draft meeting draws blank as
lawmaker ban issue simmers (kp 03/05/2018), Leaders
to resolve draft row today (kp 04/05/2018)
Prez
Bhandari to present Govt policies, programmes on May
15 (ht 03/05/2018)
MPs
call for renewing constituency budget, by Binod
Ghimire and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/04/2018) [The running of development
projects should not be the task an parliamentarians!
It only opens the door to favouritism and corruption!],
Lawmakers'
lobby for continuity of controversial fund sparks
concerns, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 29/04/2018), At
fiscal end, govt bids for pet projects (kp
29/04/2018), Lawmakers
‘misuse special project funds’, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 01/05/2018), Constituency
Development Funds, by Mukti Rijal (rn 03/05/2018)
Row
over lottery method to fix NA members' tenures stalls
regulation, by Ashok Dahal (rep 29/04/2018)
Panels
agree
on move to impeach key officials: Drafting panels of
both Houses agreed on Thursday that 25 pc members of
any House can move impeachment motion which has to be
endorsed by two-thirds majority (kp 27/04/2018), Rift
over provision to suspend MPs accused of crime, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 27/04/2018)
Parliament
staff enjoy 80 pc perks under dodgy decision (rep
27/08/2018)
Dispute
delays Lower House draft rules (kp 26/04/2018)
Eight
ministers submit property details; ‘MPs furnish
papers’ (kp 19/04/2018)
House
panel agrees to suspend lawmakers put in judicial
custody (kp 18/04/2018)
Army
gives up land for fed parliament (kp 13/04/2018)
Call
to accelerate drafting of all Acts: Federal parliament
must endorse all Acts by March 4, 2019 (kp
12/04/2018)
Speaker
wants bills by mid-May (ht 12/04/2018)
Fed
secretariat recommends Yogi and Phuyal: President
Bhandari to decide on secretaries for HoR and NA
(kp 10/04/2018)
Federal
Parliament prorogates (kp 04/04/2018)
PM
to address Parliament before India visit: Ongoing
session of the House to end after three to four
meetings, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 02/04/2018)
Draft
group increases thematic panels to 10 (kp
01/04/2018)
House
nods to extend terms of TJ bodies (kp 31/03/2018),
HoR
endorses TRC, CIEDP ordinance: Replacement bill to
incorporate Supreme Court verdict: AG (ht
31/03/2018)
Fed
units to get law blueprints in 15 days, says AG
(kp 30/03/2018)
Prez
in Parliament: Dawn of a new era (kp 30/03/2018)
HPE
ordinance forwarded to Parliament Secretariat (kp
29/03/2018), Medical
education ordinance registered in Parliament (ht
30/03/2018), NWPP
lawmaker lodges application against medical education
ordinance (ht 31/03/2018), Dr
KC threatens fresh hunger strike (ht 31/03/2018),
House
endorses HPE Ordinance: Law bars establishment
of new medical schools in Kathmandu Valley for a
decade, by Manish Gautam (kp 04/04/2018)
Nine
panels
likely for Lower House: The Regulations Drafting
Committee plans nine thematic committees in the Lower
House. This exceeds the Parliament Secretariat’s
suggestion of seven panels (kp 28/03/2018)
President
to address fed parliament on Thursday (kp
27/03/2018)
Ordinances
may be tabled tomorrow (kp 25/03/2018)
All
Upper, Lower House posts filled: Shashikala Dahal of
CPN-MC elected National Assembly deputy chair (ht
19/03/2018)
Bhusal,
Tumbahangphe in Deputy Speaker race (kp
16/03/2018), ‘Left
alliance shouldn’t have contested’, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 16/03/2018), Tumbahangphe
is Deputy Speaker (kp 17/03/2018), CPN-UML
leader Tumbahamphe elected Deputy Speaker of HoR
(ht 17/03/2018)
UML’s
Timilsina elected unopposed as NA chair: Nepali
Congress does not field candidate, clears way for his
election (kp 13/03/2018), Ganesh
Timilsina elected NA chair (ht 15/03/2018), Timilsina
assumes NA office as its chairman (kp 15/03/2018)
Statute
implementation laws top priority: Speaker (ht
11/03/2018) [These laws should
alredy have been passed before 21 January 2018 as
demanded by the constitution!!]
Parliament
has to endorse over 40 new Acts, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 10/03/2018)
Mahara
ahead in Speaker race (kp 09/03/2018), NC
calls for consensus Speaker (kp 09/03/2018), Mahara
likely to be HoR speaker, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
09/03/2018), Mahara
elected unopposed to post of Speaker of House of
Representatives (ht 09/03/2018), Mahara
to be sworn in as Speaker tomorrow: Parliament to
announce his unopposed election, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 10/03/2018), Mahara
elected speaker of Lower House unopposed (ht
10/03/2018), Mahara
elected Speaker of HoR unanimously (kp 11/03/2018)
Leaders
vow to work together for prosperity (kp
07/03/2018)
Fed
parliament in session: Both the Houses endorse interim
rules of procedure (kp 06/03/2018), Houses
of parliament begin historic first sessions (rep
06/03/2018)
Bicameral
parliament in two decades: lawmakers’ oath today,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 04/03/2018), Federal
parliament convenes: Oldest members Mahantha Thakur
and Tara Devi Bhatta administer oath to members of
both the Houses, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/03/2018),
First
meeting of federal parliament today (rep
05/03/2018)
Poll
dates for constitutional posts to be out soon, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 04/03/2018)
Parties
agree on voting schedule: Prez poll after Speaker and
Deputy Speaker election (kp 01/03/2018), Parliament
Secretariat told to fix schedule for election of
speaker, NA chair (ht 01/03/2018)
House
Q&A session with PM proposed, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 28/02/2018)
Finally,
We Have The National Assembly, by Prem Khatry (rn
27/02/2018)
Government
to construct new Parliament building (ht
26/02/2018)
Mahara,
Pokharel, Gurung eying speaker post (rep
24/02/2018)
Focus
on
business: Parliament now must focus its attention on
making new laws without encroaching upon jurisdictions
of the provincial assemblies and local level units
(ht 21/02/2018)
Fed
Parliament to convene on March 5 (kp 20/02/2018)
Groundwork
begins
to prioritise crucial bills: Ordinances related to
National Assembly and medical education on top of the
priority list (ht 19/02/2018)
Preps
for parliament meet: President Bhandari to summon
federal parliament on the government’s
recommendation (kp 17/02/2018), Parliament
session by month-end (ht)
Prez
to consult new govt on Upper House nominees (kp
17/02/2018), New govt
to nix recommendation of 3 for upper house (rep
17/02/2018)
Parliament
set for session in a week after final election results
,by Rupesh Acharya (ht 13/02/2018)
All
set for bicameral parliament, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/02/2018)
50pc
work on construction of NA hall completed (kp
03/01/2017)
Preparations
on for House of Representatives and National Assembly,
by Rupesh Acharya (ht 20/12/2017)
‘Lower
House to be ready in a week’ (kp 17/12/2017)
Four
secretaries proposed for two Houses of Parliament,
by Rupesh Acharya (ht 15/12/2017)
42
pc new faces in parliament under FPTP, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 13/12/2017)
Cost
of running legislatures to jump threefold: Rs 1
billion annually for only sallery and perks of all 884
legislators, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 13/12/2017)
Parliament
Secretariat making preparation to hold meetings of
HoR, National Assembly (ht 11/12/2017) [The
members
of the NA have first to be elected by the Provincial
Assemblies! But where shall the latter meet? There are
no laws, infrastructure, staff; not even the names of
the headquarters are clear! Federalism is still a fare
dream!!]
Works
start for housing HoR and National Assembly: The main
hall of the ICC that housed the CA shall be turned
into Lower House (kp 07/12/2017)
Prep
works on at ICC for new Lower and Upper Houses (kp
28/11/2017)
ICC
will
continue to house federal parliament as well: The
Parliament Secretariat has been renting the ICC
premises since the first Constituent Assembly
elections in 2008 (kp 26/10/2017)
Ex-MPs
get red passport submission deadline (kp
20/10/2017)
Four
Years of Parliament, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
19/10/2017)
CA-turned-Parliament
completes
term: Top leaders hail constitution promulgation as
historic achievement, say stage set for the
implementation of the charter, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 15/10/2017), Parliament
dissolved:
Altogether, the House passed 84 bills and failed to
pass 20; Cabinet expansion within bounds of the
constitution, says PM, by Rupesh Acharya (ht
15/10/2017), Historic
tenure:
Periodic elections are the bedrock of democracy
delivering services to the people and laying
foundations of developments through people’s
participation (ht 16/10/2017)
Report
of
panel probing 2013 CA poll silent about rigging: Panel
head Karna delayed report 3 years ‘to keep enjoying
vehicle facility’ (rep 14/10/2017)
UML,
Maoist
Centre MPs block HPE Bill: Government aborted its plan
of tabling the bill after the UML and Maoist Centre
warned of House obstruction (kp 13/10/2017)
Parliament
to be dissolved tomorrow (kp 12/10/2017), House
to convene last meeting today (ht 13/10/2017)
Vote
transfer row halts National Assembly Election Bill,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 12/10/2017)
House
to pass bills today (ht 06/10/2017), House
passes three bills (ht 07/10/2017), House
fails to pass key bills in the absence of lawmakers
(rep 07/10/2017)
Speaker
ignores protests, carries on with House proceedings
(ht 26/09/2017)
House
panel passes civil servants adjustment bill:
Seniority, choice and permanent address bases for govt
staff adjustment (kp 25/09/2017)
MPs
preparing
to rush through HPE Bill: If passed in present form,
it will directly benefit a handful of institutions;
Lawmakers plan to put the Health Profession Education
Bill to a vote in Parliament on Monday (kp
23/09/2017)
MPs
propose changes to upper house, prez polls bills,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 23/09/2017)
Parliament
passes Edu Act (Ninth Amendment) Bill: Some lawmakers
say move will further ruin public education sector,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/09/2017), House
endorses Local Level Governance Act: Legislation opens
door to full-fledged functioning (kp 20/09/2017),
House
expedites bills endorsement, 7 bills endorsed on
single day (rep 20/09/2017)
Bill
on
National Assembly members registered: The bill has
proposed the first-past-the-post Bloc Voting
Electoral System - similar to the one adopted
for the local level elections - to elect members
of the National Assembly, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/09/2017)
MPs
press for lifelong perks as retirement draws near
(kp 12/09/2017), Bid
to pass bill on VIP facilities on: Lawmakers want pay
and perks for former MPs as well (ht 14/09/2017),
MPs
not to get ‘retirement benefit’ (kp 18/09/2017)
Fate
of three dozen bills uncertain, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 10/09/2017)
Parliament
passes Madhesi Commission Bill unanimously (ht
09/09/2017)
Constitution
amendment bill: Parliament begins clause-wise
discussion (ht 17/08/2017)
House
adjourned for lack of quorum (kp 05/08/2017) [!?]
‘Pass
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill’ (ht
31/07/2017)
MPs’
reservations block endorsement of Health Profession
Education Bill, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/07/2017)
Parliament
to send election related bills to House panel, by
Rupesh Acharya (ht 30/07/2017)
Parliament
launches website, mobile app: House needs own
television channel, radio station to keep people
informed: Speaker (kp 28/07/2017)
Fifty-three
bills need House consideration: It is the government’s
duty to give business to the Parliament, by Rupesh
Acharya (ht 27/07/2017), Pass
bills
soon: The political parties in parliament must reach
consensus to pass these important bills so that
elections can be held on time (ht 28/07/2017)
Civil,
penal
code bills pending in Parliament, by Rupesh
Acharya (ht 18/07/2017)
House
panel
seeks details on fund assurance, payments (ht
14/07/2017)
Civil
servant
adjustment: House unanimously passes bill (kp
13/07/2017)
House
endorses
Appropriation Bill (kp 11/07/2017)
House
continues
discussion on budget (ht 07/07/2017), Budget
discussions in parliament turn dull (rep
07/07/2017), House
concludes
discussion on budget (ht 08/07/2017)
House
endorses
govt’s policy, programmes: Budget today • CPN-UML not
to obstruct proceedings, by Rupesh Acharya (kp
29/05/2017)
Opposition
parties
obstruct Parliament (kp 27/05/2017), CPN-UML’s
House
obstruction continues (ht 27/05/2017), UML
agrees
to resume House (ht 27/05/2017), House
resumes
after: 3-party agreement: NC, Maoist Centre agree to
withdraw impeachment motion against CJ (kp
28/05/2017)
Govt
policies
and programmes: Budget focus on local body empowerment,
by Rupak D. Sharma (kp 26/05/2017), Obstructed,
House
unable to thank President for address (kp
26/05/2017)
Prez
gives
parties 7 days to pick consensus PM (kp
26/05/2017)
Pre-budget
discussion
today: President to present govt’s policies and
programmes on Thursday (kp 23/05/2017), Pre-budget
discussion
in limbo this year? (kp 24/05/2017)
Caretaker
government
to present new fiscal budget (ht 21/05/2017)
Longest
Parliament
session prorogued after 381 days, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 19/05/2017)
House
meet
postponed until tomorrow (kp 06/05/2017)
House
to fix date for discussion on impeachment motion,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 04/05/2017)
Constitution
amendment:
Bill to be put to vote today? Govt indecisive; Ruling
coalition struggles to muster required numbers to pass
proposal (kp 04/05/2017), House
to
dwell on amendment bill today: CPN-UML not to obstruct
parliament proceedings (kp 04/05/2017), Govt
defers amendment bid as RPP stands divided (rep
04/05/2017)
Govt
bid to pass amendment bill fails: RPP, NC lawmakers
deliberately skip House meeting (rep 01/05/2017)
House
back
in business (kp 26/04/2017), House
resumes as govt backs out: Lawmakers allowed
registering amendments to the constitution amendment
bill (rep 27/04/2017)
UML
obstructs
House: The main oppn party objects to charter
revision, polls-after-budget plans; The party is
against the agreement on revising several provisions
of the constitution (kp 26/04/2017) [Failed
understanding of democratic principles!!], UML
obstructs House over amendment bill: Move poses
challenge to endorsing amendment before candidacy
registrations (rep 26/04/2017)
Most
MPs in constituencies, House lacks quorum, by
Ashok Dahal rep 21/04/2017)
Lawmakers
oppose
strict provisions in cooperative bill, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 15/04/2017)
Partyfull
Panchayat:
The parliament should immediately correct this
constitution-defying apartheid law and allow all
parties to use their party symbols as electoral
symbols, by Ujwal Thapa (rep 15/04/2017)
In
a
first, govt tables NHRC report in House, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 08/04/2017)
Speaker
for
ending ongoing House session (kp 07/04/2017)
House
taskforce
submits report on labour bill (kp 31/03/2017)
House
sits
idle with no business to deal with: Yet to enact 100
laws needed to implement charter, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 22/03/2017)
Deliberation
on
inclusion commission bill begins (ht 22/03/2017)
House
passes
bill relating to wards and constituency: Provision to
allow division of one ward between two constituencies
(ht 21/03/2017)
Madhesi
Morcha
boycotts Parliament meeting (kp 20/03/2017)
House
session
to end in a week, by Rupesh Acharya (ht
19/03/2017)
MPs
lobby for VVIP perks after retirement (rep
18/03/2017)
House
directs govt to take action against Lokman Singh Karki,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 15/03/2017)
Constitution
amendment:
Speaker likely to send bill to special committee,
by Rupesh Acharya (ht 04/03/2017)
House
to
dwell on amendment bill today (ht 22/02/2017), Parliament
meeting
postponed yet again (kp 23/02/2017)
House
panel’s
directives go unheeded (ht 16/02/2017)
Speaker
tweaks regulation 'to recruit party cadres' (rep
14/02/2017)
Budget
session crosses 10 months, by Ashok Dahal (rep
04/02/2017) [!!]
House
endorses
third poll-related bill: 5 laws must to hold local
elections n 4 more needed for federal, provincial and
prez votes (kp 31/01/2017)
Ruling,
opposition
parties pick their own candidates for PAC chair
(ht 30/01/2017), PAC
set to get chair after nearly six months: Upadhyay
from Maoist Center, Chaulagain from UML in the fray
(rep 30/01/2017), Ruling
party
MP elected PAC chair against norm: In 50-member
committee, Dor Prasad Upadhyay gets 23 votes against
16 of UML candidate Chaulagain, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 31/01/2017)
Local
elections
bill: MPs: Vote before representatives’ tenure expires,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/01/2017)
Team
readies
two poll bills for submission: Sub-panel plans to give
final touches to first two bills in its meeting on
Monday morning and sub-mit them to the SAC late,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 23/01/2017), Parliament
endorses
two poll-related bills (kp 26/01/201)
Do
your
own job: Almost all the parliamentary panels give
directive to the government on areas that do not fall
under their jurisdictions (ht 19/01/2017)
Parliamentary
panel
to seek experts’ advice: NC and UML lawmakers
are divided whether the impeachment motion against
Karki needs to be moved forward (kp
17/01/2017), Experts
express
their inability to offer advice to parliamentary panel,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/01/2017), Sub-committee
to
probe charges against Karki, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/01/2017), House
panel discusses impeachment motion against former CIAA
chief (rep 19/01/2017), Once
defender,
now chair of probe panel: Advocate and lawmaker Ram
Narayan Bidari’s role as the head of a
subcommittee of Parliament raises conflict of interest
questions (kp 22/01/2017), Impeachment
imbroglio:
If the IRC quashes the motion, it will imply that the
157 MPs who petitioned for Lokman Singh Karki’s
impeachment were wrong, by Narayan Manandhar (rep
25/01/2017), Lokman
Singh Karki cannot be impeached: Parliamentary
panel, by Ashok Dahal (rep 31/01/2017), Karki
can’t
be impeached: Subpanel, by Binod Ghimire (kp
02/02/2017), House
subpanel
probe finds Karki guilty on four of seven charges: The
subcommittee, which has already ruled out impeachment
of Karki, has suggested that the concerned
agencies can book him (kp 09/02/2017), 'Lawmakers
showing
soft corner to ex-CIAA chief fearing exposure' (kp
09/02/2017)
Lawmakers
weigh
three options on election date (kp 15/01/2017)
House
sends
two more election bills to SAC: The State Affairs
Committee has been working to finalise three
other election bills for the last two months,
by Sujan Dhungana (kp 14/01/2017)
House
panel
for removing NOC’s infrastructure tax on petro
products (ht 14/01/2017)
Election
for
PAC chair postponed, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
11/01/2017)
Lawmakers
want
amendment bill to state poll dates (ht 10/01/2017)
Discussion
begins
on voter list bill (kp 09/01/2017)
Constitution
amendment:
Bill tabled in House amid opposition, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 09/01/2017), SC
Ruling And Oppositions' Stance, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn 09/01/2017), Constitution
amendment
bill: Deliberations likely to start on Thursday
(kp 10/01/2017)
UML
to
continue obstructing House proceedings (ht
08/01/2017) [A sheer contempt
of court and disregard of democratic principles!]
Call
for
electing PAC chair pronto (kp 04/01/2017)
Constitution
amendment
bill: Supreme Court declines to issue interim order,
by Dewan Rai (kp 03/01/2017), SC
denies
stay against amendment bill, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 03/01/2017), SC
refuses
interim order in petitions against amendment bill,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep 03/01/2017), House
postponed
again after parties pledge deal (kp 04/01/2017)
House
obstruction
crosses a month (kp 03/01/2017)
Parliament
should
be allowed to exercise its sovereign right,
interview with Ramesh Lekhak (kp 02/01/2017)
Speaker
gives
parties 3 days to resolve issues: Warns of finding way
out of impasse in Parliament, by Binods Ghimire
(kp 30/12/2016)
Oppn
parties
obstruct House meeting again (kp 29/12/2016)
Against
Holding Parliament A Hostage, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn 26/12/2016)
House
meeting
postponed: Speaker's move an attempt to encourage
parties to end deadlock in parliament, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 25/12/2016), Second-rung
leaders
bid to end House row: Ruling, opposition parties in
negotiation but no clue of agreement yet, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 25/12/2016)
Sub-committee(s)
to
finalise election laws: Three election related bills
have been languishing at the State Affairs Committee
of Parliament for more than two months (kp
22/12/2016)
Prolonged
stalemate
likely in Parliament: Speaker not to allow tabling of
constitution amendment bill today amid obstruction by
opposition parties, by Prakash Acharya (ht
22/12/2016)
Oppn
parties
obstruct House again (kp 20/12/2016), Opposition
foils
discussion on statute amendment, poll bills: Seven
parties, led by main opposition CPN-UML, have been
obstructing the House since the amendment bill
was registered on November 29, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 20/12/2016)
Ruling
coalition,
oppn headed for showdown, by Sarin Ghimire (kp
19/12/2016), Speaker
to
talk impasse with top leaders today (kp
17/12/2016)
MPs
urged
to roll back amendment proposal: The decision to send
text messages to MPs was made by a meeting of the
student unions affiliated to the oppn parties (kp
16/12/2016)
Parliament
meeting
postponed for a week: Oppn parties obtruct the House
despite Speaker Gharti’s repeated request to support
the discussion over impeachment motion (kp
10/12/2016), RPP:
House
Obstruction only benefits extremists (kp
10/12/2016), Speaker
urges
PM to help end House obstruction (ht 11/12/2016),
UML
‘will
not’ obstruct House for poll bills (kp
12/12/2016), Oppn
parties
to continue House obstruction (kp 14/12/2016), House
meeting
put off until Monday (kp 16/12/2016), Speaker
adjourns
House till Monday, by Prakash Acharya (ht
16/10/2016), House
obstruction
stalls poll bills, impeachment motion: Due to UML’s
protest over the constitution amendment bill,
deliberations on impeachment motion against Karki and
bills related to local polls have been stalled, by
Sarin Ghimire (kp 18/12/2016)
House
panel
tells govt to rise development expenditure (kp
09/12/2016), Actual
budget
spending reaches 6.5pc in first four months of FY:
House panel criticises the government for not
being able to spend the money set aside for
development projects (kp 09/12/2016)
Commission
gives MPs two days to agree on Province 2 local units
(rep 09/12/2016)
Speaker
in
bid to end House obstruction (ht 08/12/2016), Speaker’s
bid
to end House deadlock fails: Deuba, Oli stick to their
guns; Gharti to hold meeting with PM today (kp
09/12/2016)
Government
bodies not taking directives seriously: House
committee (rep 07/12/2016)
Oppn
obstructs
House for 2nd straight day (kp 03/12/2016), Oppn
demands withdrawal of amendment bill: Obstructs second
successive House meeting (rep 03/12/2016), House
obstructed
for third day (kp 05/12/2016)
40
days
on, House still debates Karki impeachment motion
(kp 30/11/2016)
House
committee
to quiz PM on TJ mechanism issues (kp 26/11/2016)
Lawmakers
want
voting age to be lowered to 16 years (ht
26/11/2016)
Finance
Committee
approves BAFI Bill with amendments, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 22/11/2016)
Karki
impeachment
motion: House panel lays out procedure (kp
18/11/2016), Discussion
on
impeachment motion lingers: A senior RPP-Nepal leader
says major parties may be waiting for the court to
decide case against Karki (kp 19/11/2016), House
today
continues debate on impeachment motion (ht
19/11/2016), MPs want
impeachment motion wound up speedily (rep
19/11/2016)
Non-compliance
with
directives: House panel to submit report in 15 days;
Failure to blacklist the contractors not complying
with their contractual obligations has delayed
projects (kp 17/11/2016), Project
doldrums:
Many of the instructions are simply ignored; most of
the rest are implemented half-heartedly, leading to
their very slow pace (ht 18/11/2016)
House
panel
blames govt authorities of subverting development
projects, by Prakash Acharya (ht 17/11/2016)
Activities
of
the House to be systematised (ht 16/11/2016)
Bill
to
hike MPs’ pay and perks moved (kp 15/11/2016), Parties
to
ensure more facilities for lawmakers, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 16/11/2016), Perks
and
work: Past instances show that some of the laws were
passed by Parliament while many lawmakers said yes
without being unaware of their future consequences
(ht 17/11/2016), MPs demand
more perks, incentives amid public criticism, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 17/11/2016), Political
parties collect up to 50 percent levy from lawmakers,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 17/11/2016), Joint
proposal
to increase lawmakers’ perks (ht 18/11/2016), Lawmakers
seek tax waiver on personal vehicles, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 18/11/2016), MPs
pass
bill to hike their pay, perks, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 21/11/2016), House
passes
bill with hiked pay, perks for lawmakers, by
Prakash Acharya (ht 121/11/2016), MPs
give
themselves a raise, through fast track: They will now
draw minimum Rs 80,000 to Rs 140,000 a month, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 21/11/2016), Underworked
and
overpaid: Nepal’s lawmakers appear dangerously out of
touch with the public pulse (kp 22/11/2016), Students
demonstrate
against MPs’ salary hike (ht 24/11/2016), Controversial
House Decision, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 26/11/2016)
Discussion
on
impeachment motion continues (ht 15/11/2016)
Lawmakers
push
for stronger EC (kp 14/11/2016)
House
put
off after resuming discussion on impeachment (kp
12/11/2016), Agitating
parties
boycott House meet (kp 12/11/2016), Madhesi,
Janajati
lawmakers walk out: 'Protest will continue
till-three-pont pact implemented' (ht 12/11/2016)
House
meeting put off till Friday: The government has
announced a public holiday for the Kirati community on
Thursday (rep 10/11/2016)
IRC
to
discuss draft working procedures on November 11
(ht 27/10/2016)
Anti-torture
bill
gathers dust in House panel: The bill was registered
in the Parliament Secretariat two years ago after the
arrest of Nepal Army Col Kumar Lama in the United
Kingdom under universal jurisdiction, by Dewan Rai
(kp 26/10/2016)
Impeachment
suggestion
panel
‘after Dashain’: Says Parliament has begun
consultations regarding formation of the IRC and
filling vacancies in other parliamentary committees,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 08/10/2016)
Govt
tables
three poll-related bills: The country must hold three
levels of elections in the next 16 months, as the
incumbent Parliament’s term will expire on January 21,
2018 (kp 06/10/2016)
Govt
re-tables
three budget-related bills (kp 30/09/2016), House
may pass budget-linked bills today: Mahara tables the
same bills earlier rejected by parliament (rep
30/09/2016), House
endorses
3 budget-related bills (kp 01/10/2016)
Parliament
holds
discussions on six bills (ht 29/09/2016)
Discussion
on
forming panel to recommend impeachment starts: There
are constitutional provisions that call for an
11-member Parliament committee to recommend
impeachment (kp 27/09/2016)
Question-answer
session
to resume in Parliament (kp 14/09/2016)
MPs
seek
pay hike amid criticism over paying less attention to
House (kp 13/09/2016) [Currently,
they get Rs 56,228 each month and they demand a rise
to Rs 88,925 while most of the earthquake victims
living in tents still wait for the first distribution
of Rs 50,000 from international aid!], Lawmakers
set
to get 58 percent pay hike: Criticised for low
attendance, missing crucial meets (kp 29/09/2016)
They
came,
signed in, left: Lawmakers skip Parliament discussion
on key bills, by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/09/2016),
Lack
of
quorum stalls passage of vital bills (ht
10/09/2016)
House
adjourned
for a week (kp 22/08/2016) [Please
take
time: The not coming nomination of non-inclusive NC
ministers is far more important than legislative work
in parliament!]
House
panel
to select proposals for discussion (kp 17/08/2017)
Far
from
it: The use of parliamentary whips too often makes the
vibrant role expected of lawmakers increasingly
irrelevant (ht 16/08/2016) [Especially
the use of such whips while voting on the new
constitution was in violation of the interim
constitution and the inclusive conception of the
constituent assembly!]
Speaker
decides to restrict lawmakers' foreign visits (rep
16/08/2016)
Towards
a
kleptocracy? There are worrying signs that interest
groups have hijacked our democracy, by John
Narayan Parajuli (kp 13/08/2016)
No
business:
House postponed by week, by Binod Ghimire (kp
09/08/2016), Writ
against
proposal in House not registered (ht 09/08/2016) [??]
Parliament
set
to vote to elect new PM tomorrow (kp 02/08/2016)
Ambassadorial
nominations:
PHSC pulls govt up over agreemo issue; Asks not to
send names until parliamentary panel completes its
task (kp 02/08/2016), PHSC
grills
five ambassador nominees: Out of the 22 nominees,
hearing of the remaining three proposed career
diplomats will take place today (kp 03/08/2016), Hearing
of
two more proposed envoys held (ht 04/08/2016), Hearing
of
eight envoy nominees completed (kp 05/08/2016), Hearing
of
proposed envoys from foreign service concludes, by
Ramesh Khanal (ht 05/08/2016)
Hearing
of
SC justices starts (kp 28/07/2016), Parliamentary
panel
completes hearing on Supreme Court justices, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 29/07/2016)
In
House,
MPs trade charges: No-trust vote scheduled for today
(kp 24/07/2016)
House
meets
today without fixed agenda (ht 21/07/2016)
PHSC
puts
off hearing of SC justice nominees: Hearing scheduled
to start Sunday had to be postponed sine die
after committee chairman ‘called in sick’ (kp
17/07/2016)
NC,
Maoist
Centre block budget endorsement: The NC and Maoist
Centre say budget passage only after the House decides
on no-confidence motion against PM Oli, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 16/07/2016), House
proceedings
postponed till July 21, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
16/07/2016)
Parliament
passes
Appropriation Bill: For the first time in 15 years,
govt has timely authority to spend; Raises hopes that
development spending would be expedited (kp
10/07/2016)
House
hearing
begins today: Chief election commissioner nominee to
be quizzed today, Acting CJ Karki on Sunday, by
Sarin Ghimire (kp 08/07/2016)
MPs
divided
over constituency development provision (ht
08/07/2016)
Symbolic
protest
of silence at ‘zero hour’ (kp 06/05/2016),
Lawmakers
flay
govt for failing to resolve problems (ht
06/07/2016)
National
Security
Council Bill in Parliament (ht 05/07/2016)
PHSC
to
open plaints only on day of hearing, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 04/07/2016), PHCS
receives
15 plaints against 34 nominees (kp 05/07/2016)
House
convenes
after deal on housing grant: Govt agrees to release Rs
200,000 aid to quake victims in two tranches, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 30/06/2016)
PHSC
starts
its work, finally (kp 24/06/2016)
NC
demands
specifics on reconstruction delay, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 24/06/2016) [This
may sound reasonable but the question remains why this
party as well did nothing when it was leading the
government!!],
Main
opposition
obstructs House demanding grant amount for quake
victims (ht 24/06/2016), Parliament
session
put off until tomorrow after NC obstruction (kp
25/06/2016), House
likely
to be deferred again over rebuilding delay: Nepali
Congress adamant on getting its concerns addressed
before Parliament resumes business, by Sarin
Ghimire (kp 26/06/2016), House
obstructed
yet again, NC accuses PM of being indifferent (kp
27/06/2016)
House
meeting:
Ministers flayed for ‘anti-charter’ acts (kp
22/06/2016), House
panel
lists bases for local body restructuring (kp
22/06/2016)
Govt
buckles
under pressure, to return amendment bill (kp
22/06/2016), House
sends
BAFI Bill back to panel following criticisms, by
Rupak D. Sharma (ht 22/06/2016)
Deliberation
begins
on appropriation bill: Former FM Mahat raises concerns
of removal of programmes introduced by previous
governments (kp 21/06/2016)
PHSC
to
elect chairperson tomorrow (kp 21/06/2016)
House
rules
passed, finally: Hearing committee formation opens
door for endorsement of judge, ambassador nominees,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/06/2016), Parliament
forms
15-member PHSC, by Prakash Acharya (ht
20/06/2016),
Govt
spells
plan to implement statute (ht
20/06/2016),
Govt
tables
Charter plan in House (kp
20/06/2016)
Ruling
coalition,
NC agree to pass parliament regulations (ht
19/06/2016), House
rules
passed, finally: Hearing committee formation opens
door for endorsement of judge, ambassador nominees,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/06/2016), Parliament
forms
15-member PHSC, by Prakash Acharya (ht 20/06/2016)
Earthquake
victims:
Lawmakers fight over verification process (kp
16/06/2016)
Process
to
endorse House regulations begins today (kp
15/06/2016), No
discussion
on House rules as NC seeks 4 days (kp 16/06/2016)
Lawmakers’
pay
and perks set to be hiked: To draw Rs 55,225 in
salary, Rs 33,700 in allowance (kp 07/06/2016)
Process
to
pass House rules to start on June 15 (kp
05/06/2016), Parliament
Regulation
through voting if no consensus by June 15, by
Prakash Acharya (ht 05/06/2016)
House
paves
way for phasing out SLC, by Binod Ghimire (kp
05/06/2016)
Discussions
on
budget to conclude today (ht 03/06/2016), Thematic
discussion
on budget ends: 164 lawmakers participate in
deliberation n 28 seek clarification on provisions for
the upcoming fiscal year (kp 04/06/2016)
Bid
to
resolve House rule dispute fails (kp 28/05/2016)
Parliament
set
to take decisions on key issues, by Binod Ghimire
(26/05/2016)
Finance
Committee
endorses new bill, by Bibek Subedi (ht 26/05/2016)
House
panels’
I/NGO-funded programmes draw flak (ht 24/05/2016),
MPs
lambaste
House panel over INGO-funded seminars (rep
24/05/2016)
NC
seeks
Tarai parties’ support on House rules (kp
21/05/2016)
Parliamentary
regulations:
Full House to start discussion on May 29 (kp
19/05/2016)
House
rules
hard for parties to pass: Six months on, political
parties are still debating the size of the
parliamentary hearing committee (kp 15/05/2016), Major
parties
fail to forge consensus on PHC strength, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 15/05/2016), Parliamentary
regulations:
Consensus chance ‘slim’; Parties likely to settle the
stalemate through voting in House (kp 16/05/2016),
House
likely
to vote to decide PHSC strength (ht 16/05/2016), Parliamentary
regulations:
Five parties register six amendment proposals; Size of
hearing committee major bone of contention, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 17/05/2016), Proposals
on
PHSC strength registered (ht 17/05/2016)
House
votes
to endorse policies and programmes, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 14/05/2016),
Comments
On
Polices And Program Of Government For FY 2016 (2073),
by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 14/05/2016)
First
meeting
of budget session lasts only 5 minutes (kp
04/05/2016), Budget
session:
Day 1 lasts minutes (ht 04/05/2016)
Parliament
to
decide strength of PHSC (ht 03/05/2016)
Parties
agree
to unveiling budget on May 28: Policy and Programs
only after pre-budget discussions, by Ashok Dahal
(rep 02/05/2016)
Leaders
eye
middle path on House rules: Parties under pressure to
find a solution before budget session begins, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 02/05/2016)
President
to
present govt’s policy and programme on May 7, by
Prakash Acharya (ht 02/05/2016)
House
to
have a lot on plate as session starts (kp
28/04/2016)
Leave
parliamentary
hearing to existing PHC: PRDC chair, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht
28/04/2016)
Lack
of
parliamentary hearings has chain effect across govt
(rep 27/04/2016)
House
session
may begin from May 3, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
26/04/2016), Budget
session
from May 3 (kp 27/04/2016)
Parliament
session
likely in 20 days (ht 23/04/2016), Ball
in
major parties’ court on Parliamentary Regulations
(ht 23/04/2016)
Parliament
regulations:
Plan to finalise rules set to hit snag again, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 21/04/2016)
Parliament
delegation
busy in Britain: The team led by Speaker Onsari Gharti
meets British MPs and learns of their parliamentary
system, by Nabin Pokharel (kp 21/04/2016)
House
session
delay hits law formulation, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp 14/04/2016), Govt
set
to call House session from mid-May, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 19/04/2016)
Top
leaders
neglecting House panel meetings: Good Governance and
Monitoring Committee draws attention of 21 members
regarding absence from five consecutive gatherings,
by Prakash Acharya (ht 12/04/2016) [Please
stop to call such persons 'leaders'!!]
Govt
afraid
of calling House session: NC (ht 10/04/2016)
House
rules
impasse continues as meeting deferred indefinitely,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/04/2016), House
committee
defers vote on regulations draft: Hearings for
justices, EC chief rendered further uncertain (rep
08/04/2016)
Vote
on
parliamentary regulation on Thursday (kp
05/04/2016), Decision
on
parliamentary regulations on April 7 (ht
05/06/2016)
Govt
likely
to skip House session: Government could go for budget
session directly, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht
03/04/2016)
Six
months
on, parties spar over House rules: Size of the Hearing
Committee appears to be the bone of contention, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 28/03/2016)
Parliament
regulations:
Drafting panel members want party leaders to bury the
hatchet; Nepali Congress MPs ‘boycott’ meeting (kp
22/03/2016), Parliamentary
regulations
delay affects key hearings: Regulation yet to finalize
after 5 months of committee formation, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 22/03/2016), Bid
to
pass House Regulations before April 6 (ht
24/03/2016)
Parliament
rules
likely in four days: Senior party leaders to have
final say if dispute persists (kp 17/03/2016), PRC
begins
discussion on Parliamentary Regulations, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 17/03/2016), Hearings
for
11 new justices unlikely soon (rep 17/03/2016), Report
on
Parliamentary regulations discussed (ht
18/03/2016), Finalisation
of
house regulations:NC-UML tussle delays rules;
Regulation Drafting Committee fails to convene a
meeting on Sunday after only 13 out of 61committee
members turned out (kp 21/03/2016)
Speaker
sends
back CC recommendation of Yadav for EC chief (rep
11/03/2016), Speaker
defends
sending back justice names: Says she’s ready to take
hearing ahead if nominations are sent again, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 15/03/2016), SC
issues
interim order to conduct hearings for justices, by
Nabin Khatiwada (rep 15/03/2016)
Appointment
of
SC justices: Parliament Sectt refuses to act on JC
advice; The parliamentary hearing could not be
conducted, as new Parliamentary Regulations have not
been enacted (kp 07/03/2016), Lawyers
differ
on Speaker’s power to send letter to JC for review
(ht 08/03/2016), Speaker
sending
back recommendations dismays JC, by Nabin
Khatiwada (rep 08/02/2016), SC
justice
appointment: Speaker’s decision on nominees sparks
uproar; Some legal experts have questioned the
Speaker’s move, saying it is likely to spark dispute
between Parliament and judiciary, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp 09/03/2016), Tussle
between
UML, UCPN-M fuels conflict between judiciary,
legislature, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht 11/03/2016), 2
petitions filed for and against Speaker’s move, by
Bhadra Sharma (kp 12/03/2016), Judiciary-legislature
blame
game: UCPN (M) says ball in prime minister’s court
(kp 13/03/2016) [What about
independence of judiciary? The political parties are
only a part, not the owners of the state!],
Parliament
regulations
to be finalised ‘within a week’ (kp 14/03/2016)
Three
dozen
bills pending in Parliament (kp 29/02/2016)
Malaysia
visa
processing: Officials put through wringer over VLN
Nepal (kp 23/02/2016)
First
session
of parliament under new Statute ends (kp
18/02/2016)
Regulation
drafting
panel deadline likely to be extended (kp
16/02/2016)
No
code
of conduct for House members: Speaker’s duty to
discipline lawmakers: Former Speaker Dhungana;
Parliament in Nepal has never set ethical standards
since the one convened during the democratic set-up in
1991, by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/02/2016)
Laws
for
lawmakers: There should be a code barring MPs from
House business if a conflict of interest exists,
by Dinesh Raj Shivakoti (kp 01/02/2016)
House
adjourned
till Feb 12: Tomorrow’s meeting post-poned due to lack
of con-sensus on House rules (kp 26/01/2016), ‘Resolve
dispute
over Parliament regulations’ (ht 26/01/2016), Next
House
meet on Feb 11 (kp 27/01/2016)
193
Acts
amended (kp 25/01/2016)
MPs
deliberate
amendment bill, morcha boycotts (kp 22/01/2016)
More
time
for House rules drafting: Several bills forwarded to
respective committees for discussion (kp
22/01/2016)
Statute
amendment:
House meeting likely to form Special Committee (kp
19/01/2016)
Dispute
over
panel size delays House hearing: Opposition backs
incumbent 73-member hearing committee while the ruling
parties want it reduced to the constitutional size
(kp 18/01/2016)
Big
III
ready to give parliamentary legitimacy to political
mechanism, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 17/01/2016)
PAC
grills
Home Ministry officials on NID project (kp
13/01/2016)
MPs
sensitised
to population, health and development issues (ht
01/01/2016)
Muluki
Ain
revision: House panel to seek feedback (kp
01/12/2015), House
panel
seeks people’s suggestions on civil, penal code bills
(ht 01/12/2015)
Parliament
waits
to tackle key problems, parties still at odds, by
Prakash Acharya (ht 18/11/2015), 40
bills
gathering dust at Parliament Secretariat, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 18/11/2015)
House
panel
urges effective fuel distribution (ht 30/10/2015)
Parliament
to
begin presidential election procedures on Saturday
(ht 24/10/2015), First
female
Speaker Magar chairs parliament meeting (rep
25/10/2015)
First
female
Speaker Magar assumes office (kp 19/10/2015)
Speaker,
dy
speaker posts: Parties fail to pick candidates based
on consensus (kp 16/10/2015), Ruling
parties
pick Gharti for Speaker: Nepali Congress to announce
its candidate today (ht
16/10/2015,
Maoist
leader
elected first female Speaker, by Binod Ghimire (kp
17/10/2015), From
Maoist
guerilla to first female Speaker, by Ashok Dahal
(rep
17/10/2015),
Onsari
first
woman Speaker in Nepal’s history, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht
17/10/2015),
NC
supported
Gharti Magar at ruling coalition’s request (rep
17/10/2015)
House
meet
begins today (kp 02/10/2015)
President
summons
Parliament session, by Binod Ghimire (kp
26/09/2015)
Seven
days
set for amendment proposals, by Prakash Acharya
(ht 31/08/2015), Lawmakers
get
7 days to file amendments to constitution bill, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 31/08/2015)
Appropriation
bill
endorsed (kp 25/08/2015)
Two
bills
up for discussion (kp 17/08/2015)
Govt
faces
challenge to endorse budget, by Binod Ghimire (kp
04/08/2015),
UCPN-M,
UML
boycott debate on budget (ht 04/08/2015), Maoists
to
partake in budget talks (kp 08/08/2015)
Appropriation
bill:
‘Govt failure’ likely to delay discussion (kp
03/08/2015)
UML
flays
‘one-party’ budget: Says FinMin Mahat prepared it
snubbing UML ministers; Asks NC to make corrections
(kp 16/07/2015), UML
threatens
to vote against ‘NC’s budget’, by Prakash Acharya
(ht 16/07/2015), Oppn
slam
NC’s ‘unilateral’ move (kp 16/07/2015), Implentation
a
challenge: Mahat (kp 16/07/2015), UML
disputes
with NC over budget programs (rep 16/07/2015), Finance
minister
sddresses UML’s budget concerns (kp 17/07/2015), NC,UML
burythe
hatchet, by Prakash Acharya (ht 17/07/2015)
Budget
to
be presented on Tuesday (kp 12/07/2015), UML
seeks
oppn vote for budget programme (kp 12/07/2015)
Policies,
programmes
to be unveiled on July 8 (kp 05/07/2015), Prez
to
unveil govt programmes and policy on July 8 (ht
05/07/2015), Parliament
to
endorse govt’s policy, programme today (kp
12/07/2015), Lawmakers
slam
govt document (ht 12/07/2015), House
endorses
policy document, by Binod Ghimire (kp 13/07/2015),
Govt’s
policies,
programmes endorsed, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht
13/07/2015)
Budget
session
begins (kp 01/07/2015), Pre-budget
discussions
begin (ht 02/07/2015), Prioritise
agriculture,
creation of jobs, reconstruction: Lawmakers (kp
02/07/2015), UCPN
(Maoist):
Bring budget in consensus (kp 03/07/2015)
Prez
calls
budget session of Parliament from Tuesday (kp
26/06/2015)
Parliament
mourns
earthquake victims (kp 08/05/2015), Adopt
one-door
policy: Panel (kp 08/05/2015), Parliament
passes
special condolence motion (ht 08/05/2015)
Speaker
wants
winter session called (ht 01/04/2015), Govt
‘delaying’
winter session of parliament (kp 09/04/2015), Delay
in
holding parliament's winter session worries oppn
(rep 11/04/2015)
CA
to
meet on April 6 (kp 30/03/2015)
Parliamentary
directives:
Govt bodies find compliance difficult, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 29/03/2015)
PM
orders
halt to visa outsourcing process, by Anil Giri (kp
28/03/2015), Govt
told
not to outsource visa processing job (kp
30/03/2015)
MPs
committed
to ‘or’ provision for citizenship (kp 27/03/2015)
Visa
scam
rages in House: Panel summons DPM Gautam, FM Pandey
over ‘secret’ govt deal with private firm (kp
26/03/2015), Minister
gets
an earful over visa outsourcing bid (kp
27/03/2015), Gautam
defends
proposal for online visa processing (ht
27/03/2015), Home
Minister
Gautam defends online visa application system (ht
28/03/2015)
Call
the
House (ht 26/03/2015)
Strong
presence
of women in first CA did make a difference,
interview with Binda Pandey (kp 16/03/2015)
MPs’
foreign
junket in controversy: No approval from Speaker;
Labourers’ money used (ht 12/03/2015), Sah’s
foreign
trip in limbo: Says he won’t use foreign employment
welfare fund to lead a small team (ht 13/03/2015)
House
obstruction
hits passage of Bills, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
28/02/2015)
Lharkyal
is
new UCPN (M) lawmaker (kp 09/02/2015), Controversial
Lharkyal
is CA member (rep 09/02/2015), Lama
sworn
in as CA member (kp 16/02/2015)
CA
sends
issues to PDCC, again: Dialogue Committee gets 5 days
to forge consensus (kp 09/01/2015), CA
to
send disputed issues to CPDCC again: Schedules its
next meeting for January 13, the daypanel has to
submit its report after discussion, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht
09/01/2015)
House
panel
invites PM (kp 05/01/2014)
Content
important
not deadline: BRB (ht
21/12/2014)
[!!!], ‘Decisive’
talks
fall through: Maoist leaders walk out of PM-chaired
meeting (kp
21/12/2014)
[The demand that the
opposition has to accept the ruling parties' proposal
without changes has nothing to do with consensus
offer!!], UCPN-Maoist
walks
out (ht
21/12/2014),
NC,
UML,
Madhesi parties to intensify talks (ht
21/12/2014),
CA
vote
not an easy option (kp
21/12/2014),
PAPAD
submits memo to President Yadav (ht 21/12/2014)
NC,
UML
for ‘decisive talks’ with opposition (kp
20/12/2014),
NC,
UML
to opt for voting if no consensus (rep
20/12/2014),
Toe
‘progressive’
line: BRB to ruling parties, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp
20/12/2014),
Oppn
front
warns of protest: Protests if NC, UML are inflexible:
FDRA (kp
20/12/2014),
FRA
gearing
up to launch agitation: NC says resolution should
besought on negotiating table, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht
20/12/2014),
Janajati
alliance
stages protest for identity-based federalism (kp
20/12/2014),
No
alternative
to agitation, say Madhesi forces (kp
20/12/2014),
Nembang
urged
to take initiative for consensus (ht 20/12/2014)
CA
continues
debate on its next step (ht
19/12/2014),
“The
clock
is ticking”, interview with CA Chair Subhas
Nembang (nt
19/12/2014),
One
month
to go: Politicians agree to agree, sending a sense of
cautious optimism about the constitution, but they
need to settle their power struggle first (nt
19/12/2014),
Contentious
consensus:
There is much more to the constitution debate than the
constitution, by Anurag Acharya (nt
19/12/2014),
Directly-elected
Prez
call renewed (kp
19/12/2014),
NEFIN
to
member bodies: Don’t join Tuladhar-led move (kp
19/12/2014)
[Janajati (and Madheshi) will
never get their just demands fulfilled as long as they
are unable to cooperate!!], Forge
consensus
or be ready for vote, says PM (ht
19/12/2014)
[A two-thirds majority for the
non-inclusive proposal of the ruling parties can
hardly be imagined!], NC,
UML
for giving top leaders 5 days to settle disputes
(rep
19/12/2014),
MJF-Nepal
pledges
single Madhes (ht
19/12/2014),
Model
of
judiciary: A Thorny Issue on Constitution Drafting,
by Nabin Khatiwada (rep 19/12/2014)
Leaders
claim
progress on judiciary, electoral system: Differences
persist on federalism, forms of government, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Pranab Kharel (kp
18/12/2014),
CA
members
voice their party stances: Discussions show that
deadlock nowhere near resolution (ht
18/12/2014),
UML
reiterates
two-third majority if no consensus (rep
18/12/2014),
Oppn
warns
against bringing statute through majority (rep
18/12/2014),
UML:
Extremist
forces threat to statute writing (kp 18/12/2014)
MPs
divided
over statute procedure: Ruling parties question PDCC’s
relevance; Propose settling disputed issues at the
Constituent Assembly (kp
17/12/2014)
[Only the CA has to decide on
the new constitution, not the parties and their male
Bahuin leaders!!], CA
prolongs
meeting to await consensus among parties (ht
17/12/2014),
CA
chair
urged to remove deadlock (rep
17/12/2014),
FSPN
warns
ruling parties (ht 17/12/2014)
Flexibility
a
far cry as CA deliberations begin (kp
16/12/2014),
PDCC
must
settle disputes: Maoists (kp
16/12/2014),
UCPN-M
for
returning disputes to CPDCC (ht
16/12/2014),
Ruling,
oppn
leaders sharply divided on returning to CPDCC (rep
16/12/2014)
CA
takes
up disputed issues: PDCC Chair Bhattarai insists
consensus still possible (kp
11/12/2014),
Bhattarai
tables
CPDCC report: Says mandate of people’s movements takes
precedence over that of elections (ht
11/12/2014),
Choice
is
between disastrous and unpalatable: Bhattarai (rep
11/12/2014),
Parties
in
‘positive discussions’ to settle contentious subjects
(kp
11/12/2014),
Parties
to
seek consensus through series of talks (rep
11/12/2014),
Ruling,
opposition
parties trying to woo each other (ht
11/12/2014),
Fear Of
Missing The January 22 Deadline Looms Large, by
Uttam Maharjan (rn
11/12/2014),
Weapons
of
choice: What would be the long- and short-term
consequences if the two-thirds majority should get its
way?, by Pramod Mishra (kp
11/12/2014),
Regressive
statute
will be torn: CPN-M (ht 11/12/2014)
NC
Lawmaker
passes away (kp 08/12/2014), NC
CA
member Hari Khadka passes away (ht 09/12/2014)
A
slippery slope: Unless drastic amendments are made to
the CA Rules of Procedure, a new constitution by
January 22 is no longer possible, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp
25/11/2014),
On
the
brink: Constitutional process (rep 25/11/2014)
A
year after election, CA still lacks full shape, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 19/11/2014)
Russian
roulette:
Nepal’s constitution process (rep
12/11/2014),
BRB
for
dispute resolution panel within PDCC (kp
12/11/2014),
Bhattarai
proposes
forming mechanism within CPDCC to settle disputes
(rep), CPDCC
fails
to find a way out (ht 12/11/2014)
Budget
session:
39 days wasted in wrangle with opposition (kp
10/11/2014), President
ends
budget session (ht 10/11/2014)
CA
court
rules in favour of UCPN (M) MP Mandal (kp
06/11/2014), CA
Court
upholds Mandal’s victory (ht 06/11/2014)
Sexual
harassment
at work: Parliamentary committee passes Bill
unanimously (ht 06/11/1014), Bill
regarding
harassment at work passed (kp 10/11/2014)
UML,
Maoist
MPs against arms treaty ratification (kp
05/11/2014), Lawmakers
debate
Arms Trade Treaty (rep 05/11/2014)
Parliament
approves
proposal to ratify Saarc seed bank pact (kp
05/11/2014)
IPNMN
unveils
manifesto: Pledges to secure single identity-based
federal units (ht
03/11/2014),
Janajatis
kick
off nationwide stir: The movement plans to fight for
ethnic, gender and linguistic equality of marginalised
communities in the new constitution, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp
03/11/2014),
Madhesi
parties
sidelined: Gupta (ht
03/11/2014),
PM
against
protests until statute is out (kp
03/11/2014)
[Wow, a really democratic
stand! The excluded masses shall once again accept
what the male Bahun leaders decide!!], PDCC
fails
to chart way for constitution writing (kp
03/11/2014),
CPDCC
fails
to submit report: Meeting to continue until contents
are finalised (ht
03/11/2014),
CPDCC
meeting
to continue today also; Existential crisis for leaders
id consensus fails: Bhattarai (rep
03/11/2014),
NC,
UML
float seven-Pradesh model, by Prakash Acharya (ht
03/11/2014),
NC,
UML
agree on 7-province model: Koshi, Janakpur, Rajdhani,
Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali, Seti-Mahakali proposed as
names, by Ashok Dahal (rep
03/11/2014),
NC,
UML
bid to register proposals opposed (ht
03/11/2014),
UCPN
(M)
reiterates statute in consensus (kp
03/11/2014),
Parliament
resumes
after HM’s apology (kp
03/11/2014),
House
proceedings
resume after Gautam's apology (rep
03/11/2014),
RPP-N’s
Houseobstruction
ends (ht
03/11/2014),
Hindu
activists
resume strike (kp
03/11/2014),
Nepal’s
moment:
US envoy’s unsolicited advice to political actors:
find common ground, stick to January deadline for new
constitution, by Peter W. Bodde (kp 03/11/2014)
Consensus
elusive (kp
01/11/2014),
Parties
fail
to reach agreeable solution: Leaders to consult CA,
PDCC chairmen next (kp
01/11/2014),
Ruling
parties
to register common views at CPDCC, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht
01/11/2014),
Consensus
must
for statute drafting, say 22 parties (kp
01/11/2014),
Consensus
chances
slim: Dahal; 22-party alliance to tell CPDCC to submit
report (ht 01/11/2014)
Fringe
parties
for vote if no accord: PDCC chairman consults leaders
of smaller parties (kp
31/10/2014),
UML
divided
over official stance on contentious issues (kp
31/10/2014),
Consensus
eludes
three major parties (ht
31/10/2014),
NC,
UML
for forwarding disputes to full CA (rep
31/10/2014)
NC,
UML
try to bridge trust gap: Ruling parties deliberate on
preparing questionnaire (kp
30/10/2014),
NC,
UML
working on common view (ht
30/10/2014),
NC,
UML
to finalise their stance on federalism today (rep
30/10/2014),
Ruling
parties
must be ready to compromise: UCPN-Maoist (ht
30/10/2014),
No
further
flexbility on federal model: UCPN (Maoist) (rep
30/10/2014),
UCPN
(M)
ready to adopt flexibility (kp
30/10/2014),
Voting
process
for statute in quagmire (kp 30/10/2014)
Big
3
count on informal talks as November 1 deadline looms
(kp
28/10/2014),
Dishonouring
previous
pacts will invite dire consequences: Dahal (kp
28/10/2014),
Major
parties
pledge timely constitution (ht
28/10/2014)
[Many things these male Bahun
leaders currently discuss are worse than no
constitution!!], Consensus
will
be easy if leaders’ concerns addressed: Bhattarai
(ht
28/10/2014)
[It's far more important to
address the concerns of the excluded majority of
Nepali society!!], Leaders'
ambitions
have prolonged deadlock: Bhattarai, by Thira L.
Bhsal (rep
28/10/2014),
NC,
UML
for minimum pradeshes, reformed parliamentary system
(ht 28/10/2014)
PDCC-judiciary
consultation:
Top judges for splitting JC tasks, by Pranab
Kharel (kp
27/10/2014),
Constitutional
bench
not constitutional court: CJ, other justices; EC
suggests MMPR electoral model, 3 pc threshold, by
Thira L. Bhusal and Ashok Dahal (rep
27/10/2014),
EC
insists
on 3pc threshold as PR pre-requisite in elections:
Uprety says the EC is against reserved constituencies
as some sections have proposed (kp 27/10/2014)
Lawmaker
Paswan
faces termination (kp 24/10/2014), CA
Court
scraps Hajari's CA membership (kp 27/10/2014)
Parties
in
no hurry for CA vote on disputes (kp 24/10/2014)
Second
round
talks indecisive; next sitting after Tihar holidays
(kp 23/10/2014), Three
party
talks end inconclusively: They realise need for
consensus, but parties still can’t find common ground
(ht
23/10/2014),
Big
3
parties to meet again on Oct 26-27: Gokarna meeting
fails to yield result (rep
23/10/2014)
[Hopefully, they enjoyed their
luxury stay at the expense of the state!!], Nembang
confident
about solution (ht
23/10/2014)
[?? The required solution is
not even under discussion!!]
Nov
1
PDCC limit to sort disputes (kp
22/10/2014),
CPDCC
gets
one last chance to accomplish tasks; Deadline extended
till Nov 1; CA calendar amended first time,
by Prakash Acharya (ht
22/10/2014),
CPDCC
gets
12 more days to settle disputes (rep
22/10/2014),
Resort
talks
fail to yield much (kp
22/10/2014),
Three
party
meet ends in fiasco: Parties to continue negotiation
on thorny issues of new statute again on Wednesday
(rep
22/10/2014),
Three
major
parties get talking ‘seriously’ (ht 22/10/2014)
Constitution
writing:
Big 3 for Oct-end consensus cut-off, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp
19/10/2014),
Nembang
prods
parties to pick option early (kp
19/10/2014),
Vote
inevitable
if consensus obstructed: NC tells UCPN-M (ht
19/10/2014)
[What the parties call
consensus is always a one-sided view!!], Dahal
blames
NC, UML for stalemate (kp
19/10/2014),
Top
leaders
blame each other at UML tea party (ht
19/10/2014),
22
parties
to intensify stir after Chhath (ht 19/10/2014)
CA
fails
to abide by its calendar: CPDCC likely to get one more
extension to forge consensus (ht
18/10/2014),
CPDCC
yet
again misses deadline given to settle disputes
(rep
18/10/2014),
Parties
to
seek more time for accord sake (kp
18/10/2014),
22-party
alliance
appeals for consensus (kp), I’m
ready
to lead people’s revolt, says Dahal (ht) [???
This should be the task of a non-Bahun, if possible a
woman, and it must be peaceful!!],
Dahal:
I'll
lead movement if statute put to vote (rep
18/10/2014),
Hard
Days
Ahead: Political leaders have failed to reach a
consensus on constitutional issues, pushing the
process of constitution writing into uncertainties
(sp 18/10/2014)
PDCC
fails
on accord, questionnaire fronts (kp
17/10/2014),
Bhattarai
tells
parties to bring consensus proposal today (ht
17/10/2014),
Consensus
or
vote: Parties to meet today for decision (kp
17/10/2014),
Top
leaders
head to Gokarna for talks (ht
17/10/2014),
Consensus
on
contention: There is no point continuing with endless
meetings and keep fooling people all the time, by
Damakant Jayshi (nt
17/10/2014),
Minister
no-show:
House meet put off (kp 17/10/2014)
Parliament
withheld
due to the absence of ministers (Setopati
16/10/2014), Constitution
writing:
Major parties to hold talks on voting process (kp
16/10/2014),
Parties
to
go for voting if consensus bid fails: UCPN-M could
agree to six or seven pradesh model if NC and UML
agree to mixed ethnicity based pradeshes (ht
16/10/2014),
Big
3
to try for consensus, prepare for vote in tandem
(rep
16/10/2014),
Parties
present
their positions in writing (kp
16/10/2014),
Congress
fails
to woo Madhesi parties (ht
16/10/2014),
The
Madheshi
parties are one on core issues, interview with
Laxman Lal Karna, Sadbhavana Party (rep
16/10/2014),
It's
doable:
Constitution making (rep
16/10/2014)
‘Statute
deal
not on the horizon’: Maoist chairman blames hardened
NC-UML position, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
15/10/2014),
Deal
not
possible in next three days: Dahal; Says Congress, UML
backtracked on agreements reached during the previous
CA (ht
15/10/2014),
We're
ready
to settle for fewer than 10 provinces: Dahal, by
Ashok Dahal (rep
15/10/2014),
PDCC
settles
land reform dispute (kp 15/10/2014)
Big
3
talks focus on judiciary: ‘Agreed’ in principle to
form Constitutional Court to look into disputes
related to federalism (kp
14/10/2014),
Major
parties
form team to suggest on judiciary (ht 14/10/2014),
Temple
and
state: It must be understood that secularism has
become firmly entrenched in the national polity
(kp 14/10/2014), Constitution
of
consensus: Consensus through force may give us
constitution but in the process we will have forgotten
why we wanted federalism to begin with, by Bishal
Thapa (rep 14/10/2014) [The
leading politicians already have forgotten this for
long!!]
Parliament
concludes
Appropriation Bill debate (ht 13/10/2014)
Parties
brace
for statute give-n-take: Possible deal motivates
leaders, by Bhadra Sharma (kp
13/10/2014)
[A bad constitution is worse
than a delayed constitution since it leads to further
long-term conflict!!], Leaders
flexible
on number, names of provinces: Maoists want
identity-based names for provinces (rep
13/10/2014),
Section
of
NC for north-south alignment (rep
13/10/2014),
Major
parties
disagree to agree again, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht
13/10/2014),
Talk
panel
to re-convene today: Constituent Assembly asks PDCC to
forge consensus by end of week (kp 13/10/2014)
6-7
states
official NC position: Party to table proposal at the
upcoming meeting of Political Dialogue and Consensus
Committee, by Anil Giri (kp
12/10/2014)
[Flexibility sounds
different!!], NC
comes
up with proposal on disputed issues of constitution:
Suggests two federal structures, PM elected by House,
Electoral College-elected President; Two-tier
Parliament, single Pradesh Sabha, by Prakash
Acharya (ht
12/10/2014),
NC
moots
six-state and seven state models: Three states in
Tarai plains, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
12/10/2014),
PM
Koirala
roots for maximum 7 federal states with multiple
identity (rep
12/10/2014),
UML,
NC
at odds over forms of govt (kp 12/10/2014)
22
parties
organise rally for consensus: Press for identity-based
federalism in statute (ht
11/10/2014),
Oppn
rally
for identity-based federalism (kp
11/10/2014),
Alliance
threatens
to scrap statute not ensuring identity (rep
11/10/2014),
For
3rd
shot at accord, PDCC gets one week (kp
11/10/2014),
CA
extends
CPDCC deadline for third time, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep
11/10/2014),
CPDCC
gets
extension Deadline for preparing first draft of
statute to be affected (ht 11/10/2014)
CA
likely
to give PDCC more time for building consensus (kp
10/10/2014),
Bhattarai
seeks
PM Koirala’s help in forging consensus (ht
10/10/2014),
NC
faction
campaigns for Hindu state revival (kp
10/10/2014),
UCPN-Maoist
urges
CA members to join movement, by Tika R. Pradhan
(ht
10/10/2014),
CPN-UML:
Vote
if no consensus; Party seeks to endorse new statute
through a two-third majority as per provisions of
Interim Constitution (kp
10/10/2014),
RPP-N
objects
to political mechanism (kp
10/10/2014),
RPP-N
threatens
to obstruct House (ht 10/10/2014), RPP-Nepal
ends
House obstruction after government clarifies (ht
11/10/2014)
Big
three
seal 5-point deal: Legislature-Parliament business
resumes, by Pranab Kharel (kp
09/10/2014),
House
obstruction
ends: Deadlock cleared after parties seal five-point
deal (ht
09/10/2014),
Cross-party
deal
sets statute wheels in motion, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp
09/10/2014)
[??], Give
and
take: Both opposition and ruling parties need to
demonstrate flexibility in constitution writing
(kp
09/10/2014),
Ready
to
compromise on forms of govt: UML (kp
09/10/2014),
CPDCC
submits
its report to CA: It lacks consensus on any of
themajor contentious issues (ht 09/10/2014)
Tension
as
mid-Oct draft deadline drifts (kp
08/10/2014),
PM
urges
oppn to withdraw protests (kp
08/10/2014),
Constitutional
issues
should be decided through dialogue: PM (ht
08/10/2014),
PDCC
to
submit its report today: Committee Chairman Bhattarai
likely to mention that more disscussions are required
for consensus (kp
08/10/2014),
CPDCC
fails
to settle vexing statute issues, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht
08/10/2014),
Constitution
writing
process: UML to discuss voting with fringe parties
(kp 08/10/2014)
House
panels
not ensuring accountability, by Prakash Acharya
(ht 08/10/2014)
Oppn
parties
announce stir to press demands: Reject NC, UML’s
proposal to settle disputed issues through vote
(kp
07/10/2014),
Three
opposition
fronts announce stir (ht
07/10/2014),
Parties
at
odds over voting; set to miss another deadline (kp
07/10/2014),
PDCC
extends
terms of two sub-committees (kp
07/10/2014),
CPDCC
to
give its report today but without questionnaire
(ht 07/10/2014)
Parties
seek
one week to settle disputed issues (kp
01/10/2014),
CPDCC
fails
to meet second deadline (ht
01/10/2014),
No
alternative
to consensus, says Bhattarai (ht
01/10/2014),
Major
disputes
must be settled through consensus: Bhattarai;
'Decision through voting may invite conflict' (rep
01/10/2014),
House
meet
put off for third week in row (kp
01/10/2014),
Oli
slams
UCPN-M supremo Dahal (ht
01/10/2014),
Maoists
obstructing
statute: Nepal (ht
01/10/2014)
[All party leaders obstruct
the constitution writing process since 85 percent od
the population have no say!!], EC
proposes
3pc threshold for parties to secure PR seats (kp
01/10/2014)
[!!], EC:
51
pc vote a must for directly-elected prez or PM, by
Santosh Ghimire (rep 01/10/2014)
Bhattarai
issues
quit threat amid impasse (kp 30/09/2014), CPDCC
chair
tables options to end rift Committee may miss today’s
deadline to forge consensus, by Prakash Acharya
(ht
30/09/2014),
House
obstacle
leaves key bills in tatters: The Maoists continue to
demand implementation of the past agreements and an
important role in the peace process, by Pranab
Kharel (kp
30/09/2014),
House
adjourned
till Oct 8 (ht
30/09/2014)
[Only to remember: The house
has already been adjourned since August 29!!!],
Destination
doubtful:
Given intra-party tussles and the lack of a trust
deficit, a constitution by the January 22 deadline
looks unlikely, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
30/09/2014)
FRA,
AIF
to launch joint movement (ht
29/09/2014),
Yadav
threatens
agitation: Says govt ignoring consensus in
constitution-writing process (ht
29/09/2014),
‘Statute
victim
to leaders’ inability to take decisions’ (kp
29/09/2014),
Bhattarai
doubts
timely drafting of constitution (ht
29/09/2014),
‘CA,
PDCC
making no progress’ (kp 29/09/2014)
Constitution
to
have more commissions (ht
28/09/2014),
CPDCC
for
7 constitutional bodies in new statute: Joint house
committee to monitor bodies, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep 28/09/2014), Consensus
continues
to elude Big Three (ht
28/09/2014),
Constitution
promulgation
by Jan 22: Oli (kp
28/09/2014)
[????], Will
lawmakers
abide by CA chair’s directive? Chances of Constituent
Assembly members staying in Valley slim (ht
28/09/2014)
Constitutional
bodies
to report to Parliament (kp 28/09/2014)
Parties
likely
to miss Sept 30 deadline as well, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 27/09/2014), Rift
in
CPDCC on right to property provision (ht
27/09/2014),
NRNs,
ex-Gurkhas
may get special citizenship (kp
27/09/2014),
'Special
citizenship'
sans political rights for NRNs mooted: Dispute
persists over compensation for land above ceiling,
by Prakash Dahal (rep
27/09/2014),
Meeting
to
clear House impasse comes a cropper (kp
27/09/2014)
NC
leads
effort to resume Parliament: Ruling party under
pressure to accept Maoist chief Dahal as HLPC chair
(kp
26/09/2014),
NC,
UCPN-M
talks positive (ht
26/09/2014),
Major
parties
close to agreement on lifting House obstruction
(rep 26/09/2014)
Parties
‘to
miss’ mid-Oct limit: A month needed to prepare first
draft after pact: Panel (kp
25/09/2014),
Top
leaders
doubtful about timely statute: Maoist stand on HLPC,
identity issue poses obstacles (rep
25/09/2014),
CPDCC
fails
to make tangible progress (rep
25/09/2014),
Federal
Republican
Alliance wooing fringe parties: FRA suspects ruling
parties could get constitution approved on basis of
numerical strength (ht
25/09/2014),
House
obstruction
may end tomorrow: Parties agree not to include RPP in
HLPC (ht 25/09/2014)
PDCC
to
discuss citizenship law, CIAA jurisdiction (kp
24/09/2014), CA
fails
to renew lease even after 3 months, by Ashok Dahal
(kp 24/09/2014)
Lawmakers
trade
charges over House disruption, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep 23/09/2014)
NC,
UML
Janajati MPs say ‘no’ caucus: Argue caucuses redundant
when there are other forums to voice agenda, by
Bhadra (kp 22/09/21014) [All
other forums are under control of male Bahuns (less
than 6.5 percent of the population) who are only
interested to preserve their privileges in the new
constitution!!]
Statute
deadline
nears, ethnic MPs plan caucus (kp
21/09/2014),
Indigenous
CA
members to form loose alliance (ht
21/09/2014),
Preparing
for
battle for equal rights: MJF-N (ht
21/09/2014),
PDCC
in
informal accord bid; talks to go at two levels, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
21/09/2014),
Bhattarai
plans
to work out consensus on statute issues within
deadline: First report of CPDCC to be submitted to CA
on September 24, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht
21/09/2014),
CPDCC
resumes
work, but sluggishly: Largely ineffective so far
(rep
21/09/2014),
Signature
drive
initiated to amend citizenship draft bill (kp
21/09/2014),
Parties
near
agreement on ending House obstruction: Issue of giving
legal status for war-era land transactions yet to be
resolved (ht 21/09/2014)
Another
chance:
CPDCC time extension (rep
20/09/2014),
Parties
fail
to resume parliament business; Fresh Maoist demand:
Legalise property deals endorsed by war-era
‘Revolutionary Council’ (kp 20/09/2014)
PDCC
gets
two weeks to settle issues (kp
19/09/2014),
CA
gives
CPDCC two more weeks to settle disputes: Asks Baburam
Bhattarai-led committee ro prepare questionnaires by
October 7, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep
19/09/2014),
House
remains
stalled (rep
19/09/2014),
Failed
roundtable
cost govt Rs 400,000, by Ashok Dahal (rep
19/09/2014)
Statute
drafting,
dispute resolution to go in tandem (kp
18/09/2014),
CA
members
press for consensus (ht
18/09/2014),
Shooting
one’s
own foot: CPN-Maoist will lose all relevance if it
boycotts constitution-drafting process (kp
18/09/2014)
NEFIN
stage
sit-in protest outside CA (kp
17/09/2014),
Round-table
meet
plan fails: CPN-M says it’s futile to hold all-party
conference if only statute issues were to be discussed,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
17/09/2014),
NPC
put
off sine die after CPN-M boycotts meet, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht
17/09/2014),
‘CPN-Maoist
acted
with ill-intention’: CA calendar not to be affected,
say ruling parties, by Prakash Acharya (ht
17/09/2014),
Int’l
community
stands one on statute (kp 17/09/2014)
CPN-M
pushes
for more issues on table: NC’s Poudel says conference
will take place even without CPN-Maoist (kp
16/09/2014),
Writ
against
CA appointments (ht
16/09/2014),
Petition
demands
scarpping of 17 CA nominations (rep 16/09/2014)
Leaders
at
odds over CA calendar amendment (kp
15/09/2014),
CA
members
split on consensus (ht
15/09/2014),
Lawmakers
oppose
deals on statute outside CA (rep
15/09/2014),
House
disruptionon,
Bills piling up: Next meeting this evening (ht
15/09/2014),
‘Identity
basis
for federalism’: 33-party bloc finds common point amid
differences (kp
15/09/2014),
Destination
unknown:
All-party conference (rep
15/09/2014),
RPP-N
boycotts
all-party meet (kp 15/09/2014)
Parties
agree
to take up only statute items: All-party conference to
begin on Tuesday morning in CA building (kp
14/09/2014),
Task
force
clears all bottlenecks: All party conference to have
82 representatives (rep
14/09/2014),
Each
party
toget five minutes in conference (ht
14/09/2014)
[What shall this conference be
good for???], Doing
it
right: Writing a constitution that is acceptable to
all is more important than a delay in its promulgation,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp
14/09/2014)
[Such constitution cannot be
written by the male Bahun elite of the political
parties! It requires the appropriate participation of
all sections of Nepali society!!],
New
CA,
old tricks: The second CA inherits from its
predecessor the broken spirit of collaboration among
political parties, by Tika P. Dhakal (rep
14/09/2014)
[as well as the constant
disregard of the interim constitution and the
non-inclusiveness of dialogue!!]
Parties’
focus
more on process, less on content (ht
13/09/2014),
House
obstructed
again: Sapkota says govt run by criminals (ht
13/09/2014),
Stage
set
for all-party meet on Sept 16, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp
13/09/2014),
All-party
conference
fixed for Tuesday (ht
13/09/2014),
Parties
agree
to hold nat'l conference on Sept 16 (rep
13/09/2014), ‘No
foreign
trips before statute’ (kp 13/09/2014)
PDCC
submits
reports to CA: Bhattarai requests more time for
consensus-building (kp
12/09/2014),
Bhattarai
tables
CPDCC’s report in CA: Seeks more time to forge
consensus on 13 unresolved issues (ht
12/09/2014),
I'm
under
pressure not to expedite statute: Bhattarai; Harps on
consensus again (rep
12/09/2014),
TMLP
cadres
burn effigies of Oli and Mahat (kp
12/09/2014),
Leaders
at
odds over all-party meet date: CPN-Maoist leader
Pampha Bhusal says top leaders want more discussions
to find common ground on the disputed issues (kp
12/09/2014),
Four
parties
fail to fix conference date (ht
12/09/2014),
Nat'l
political
conference unlikely before PM's return from US, by
Ashok Dahal (rep
12/09/2014),
National
conference,
a likely exercise in redundance, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 12/09/2014)
CA
full
house meet today; PDCC to table reports for
deliberation (kp
11/09/2014),
Big
three
to take shot at consensus: Informal meeting to explore
points of compromise (kp
11/09/2014),
CPN-UML:
If
consensus eludes, let’s go for vote (kp
11/09/2014),
CA
schedule
can’t be pushed, Oli tells UML lawmakers (ht
11/09/2014),
Koirala
against
Dahal-led HLPC (kp
11/09/2014)
[i.e. Shekhar Koirala], NC
leader
rules outtimely constitution (ht), All-party
govt,
if not HLPC: Dahal (ht
11/09/2014),
Statute-making
difficult
if no consensus govt or HLPC: Dahal (rep
11/09/2014)
[Statute writing is neither
the task of the government not of the party leaders!
It is the task of inclusively composed representatives
of the people!!], Opposition
continues
House obstruction (ht
11/09/2014),
‘It
was
PM’s idea to bring aboard Baidya’ (kp
11/09/2014),
Red
line:
Parties in the CA should be flexible with the Baidya
Maoists, but only so much (kp
11/09/2014),
CPN-Maoist
wants
all-powerful political conference, interview with
Bhim Rawal, CPN-UML (rep 11/09/2014)
CA
gets
reports from talks panel: Panel Chairman Bhattarai
seeks more time for consensus; CA meeting expected to
amend working calendar, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
08/09/2014),
The
long
game: PDCC report listing both gains and failures of
CA still a positive sign (kp
08/09/2014),
CA
likely
to send unresolved issues back to CPDCC (rep
08/09/2014),
Starting
error:
Constitution deadlines (rep
08/09/2014),
PM
rules
out putting offconstitution deadline (ht
08/09/2014)
[???], CA
sidelined
citizenship issue: Experts, by Chahana Sigdel (kp
08/09/2014),
'New
condition'
for citizenship thru mother alarms rights activists
(rep
08/09/2014),
Magar
for
citizenship in mother’s name (ht
08/09/2014),
Retain
Constitutional
Council, Judicial Council in statute: Deuba (ht
08/09/2014),
Youth
Force
formed for identity-based federalism (ht
08/09/2014),
Consensus
will
be sought till very end of constitution process,
interview with Krishna Prasad Sitaula, Nepali Congress
(kp
08/09/2014)
[And why do you not seek
consensus with the excluded sections of Nepali society
(ca. 85 percent) instead of only consensus among the
male Bahun leaders of the political parties??],
All-party
meet
to dwell on unresolved issues (ht
08/09/2014),
Will
National
Political Conference Bring All Together?, by
Nandalal Tiwari (rn
08/09/2014)
[A precondition would be that
the number of participating male Bahuns is not higher
than 6.5 percent!], International
law
conference concludes: Call to ensure economic, social
and cultural rights (ht 08/09/2014)
Talks
panel
misses consensus deadline, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp
07/09/2014),
Parties
not
to amend CA Rules: Decide to give one more chance to
CPDCC to resolve disputed issues (ht
07/09/2014),
CA
calendar
to be amended: CPDCC seeks more time to settle thorny
issues, by Ashok Dahal (rep
07/09/2014),
Parties
yet
to agree on the term of Constitutional Court: Deuba,
by Narhari Sapkota (kp 07/09/2014)
CA
set
to miss first crucial deadline today, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep
06/09/2014),
Consensus
deadline
expires today: Discord whether to seek more time or
submit reports, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
06/09/2014)
[Submitting reports now is
nonsense since all the discussions have so far been
among predominantly male Bahun party
leaders! To seek more time only makes sense if those
who discuss the issues become inclusive, i.e. male
Bahuns should have a share of not more than 6.5
percent of the discussants!], Ruling
parties,
oppn divided over amending CA Rules, by Prakash
Acharya and Tika R. Pradhan (ht 06/09/2014)
Disputes
remain;
3 parties agree to meet today (kp
05/09/2014),
No
consensus
on pradeshes (ht
05/09/2014),
Constitutional
statusfor
commissions (ht
05/09/2014),
CA
chair
wants committee report tabled on schedule (ht
05/09/2014)
[??], Three
parties
agree to CPN-M demand for all-party meet (kp
05/09/2014),
Big
three,
CPN (Maoist) agree for all-party conference: Panel to
suggest modalities, jurisdiction, by Ashok Dahal
(rep
05/09/2014),
Task
force
formed to hold political conference (kp
05/09/2014),
Among
believers:
We should protect the right to religious freedom in
the new constitution (nt 05/09/2014)
Looming
deadline:
Only through compromise can parties come up with an
enduring constitution (kp
04/09/2014)
[A reasonable constitution
with durable value is not possible on this way! It
will only be a statue produced by male high caste
party leaders without any inclusion of the so far
excluded majority of society!!], Parties
‘flexible’
on disputed issues, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
04/09/2014),
NC,
UML
reach agreement (kp), Deal
on
thorny issues by Thursday, say top leaders, by
Ramesh Khatiwada (ht
04/09/2014)
[The leaders' just sitting
down and making is means ridiculing the inclusion
aspect of constitution writing!], Gautam:
Only
CA should issue statute (kp
04/09/2014),
House
meet
put off for third day (kp
04/09/2014),
House
in
recess for one week (ht
04/09/2014),
Has
Janajati
cause lost its verve? Prominent Janajati leaders, who
are also members of various mainstream parties, are
pushing the official lines of their parties, upending
the original agendas of ethnic groups, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp
04/09/2014),
Women
rights
bodies flay citizenship proviso (ht
04/09/2014),
Bar
convicts
of serious crimes from polls: CPDCC (ht
04/09/2014),
No
contesting
polls for CIMT-guilty: CPDCC urges big 3, others to
settle thorny issues (ht 04/09/2014), Back
to
square one: Kathmandu looks convinced that federal
model proposed ans aspired by Maoists and Madheshis
should not be apporved by the CA, by Mahabir
Paudyal (rep 04/09/2014)
‘Exclusive
CA’
raises eyebrows (kp
03/09/2014)
Parties
to
negotiate stances: Major parties NC, UML, UCPN (M)
begin dialogue on federalism and governance models
(kp
03/09/2014),
Major
parties
agree to all-party meet, differ on modality and ToR:
Decide to hold talks with CPN-Maoist again on Thursday
(rep
03/09/2014),
Big
Three
positive on all-sector conference, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht
03/09/2014),
Big
3
in fresh talks over key contentions (rep
03/09/2014),
Parties
revisit
contentious statute issues (ht
03/09/2014),
Disputes
to
be put to vote if no consensus: Nembang (rep
03/09/2014),
Experts
for
10 plus provinces (kp
03/09/2014),
Two
dominant
ethnic groups in pradeshes suggested: To reduce number
of federal units (ht
03/09/2014),
Code
drafters
at a loss over LGBTI concerns, by Weena Pun (kp
03/09/2014),
Statutory
provision
mooted to ban strikes (ht
03/09/2014),
Does
the
country really need Constitutional Court?, by
Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 03/09/2014), Can
CA
Vote Clear All Hurdles?, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
03/09/2014)
10-state
model
Maoist stance: Backs federalism model suggested by
panel in first CA (kp
02/09/2014),
'Federal
states
on the basis of identity, strength' (rep
02/09/2014),
Parties
weigh
three options, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
02/09/2014),
Parties
hard
put tackling trust deficit among them (ht
02/09/2014),
Party first:
If we are to have a timely constituition, the CA must
take a long break; Odd as it may sound, that would be
the smartest thing to do, by Bishal Thapa (rep
02/09/2014), Transitional
arrangements
after new statute: CPDCC to give continuity to
parliament, judiciary, by Ashok Dahal (rep
02/09/2014)
Stick
to
deadline: Nembang; CA chairman tells chairpersons of
five thematic committees calendar won’t be amended
(kp
01/09/2014),
Bhattarai
stresses
meeting Sept 6 dispute resolution deadline: Delay will
invite more complications, say other CA vommittee
members, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep
01/09/2014),
Consensus
uncertain
in six days: UCPN-Maoist blames ruling coalition of
Nepali Congress and CPN-UML for not engaging in
meaningful negotiations (ht
01/09/2014),
Poles
apart:
NC-UML will commit historic blunder if openings for
compromise are overlooked (kp
01/09/2014),
If
consensus
fails, constitution should be put to vote,
interview with CPN-UML General Secretary Pradip Gyawali
(kp
01/09/2014)
[?????], Oppn
parties
obstruct Parliament proceedings (kp
01/09/2014),
Opposition
stalls
House yet again over HLPC formation (rep
01/09/2014),
Madhesi
parties
miffed over lawmaker nomination snub (kp
01/09/2014),
Congress,
UML
leaders discontent (kp
01/09/2014),
16
CA
members sworn (ht
01/09/2014),
Maoists
reject
proposal to form 3-party HLPC (kp
01/09/2014),
UML
entrusts
Gautam with resolving HLPC issue (ht
01/09/2014),
HLPM
And
Political Consensus, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
01/09/2014)
Missed
deadline
may invite chaos: Many fear Assembly relapsing into
state of indecision, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
31/08/2014),
EC
suggests
2 models for central election (kp
31/08/2014),
Zero
out
of 26: CA member nominations (rep
31/08/2014),
PAC
to
continue graft probe against MP-elect Thapa (kp
31/08/2014),
Dissatisfaction
in
NC, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
31/08/2014),
UML
factional
rivalry deepens (rep
31/08/2014),
UML
secy
disapproves of party’s MP nominees (kp
31/08/2014),
UML
secretary
urges party chair to put issues on table (ht
31/08/2014),
Maoists
to
submit names for CA pick Monday (rep 31/08/2014),
End
Parliament
obstruction: PM Says, there’s no point getting
entangled with the issue of HLPC (ht
31/08/2014),
Congress,
UML
discuss contentious issues (ht
31/08/2014)
CA
likely
to miss Sept 6 deadline: Thorniest issues yet to be
resolved (rep
30/08/2014),
Where's
the
will? (rep
30/08/2014),
Minorities’
role
in statute drafting discussed (ht
30/08/2014),
Cabinet
nominates
17 CA members, finally; Names awaited from Maoist,
fringe parties, by Bhadra Sharma (kp
30/08/2014)
[Oligarchy, nepotism and
disregard of the interim constitution gaining ground
once again!!], Cabinet
nominates
17 of the remaining 26 CA members, by Prakash
Acharya (ht
30/08/2014),
Govt
names
only 17 CA members: Nominations spark dispute in
parties, by Santosh Ghimire (rep
30/08/2014),
Opposition
obstructs
House over HLPC delay, by Binod Ghimire (kp
30/08/2014),
Opposition
parties
stall Parliament proceedings: Dahal says NC, UML not
serious about constitution calendar (ht
30/08/2014),
Madhesi
parties
bone of contention in HLPC formation (ht
30/08/2014)
Parties
agree
to draft ‘flexible constitution’: Provisions on
federalism, secularism, press freedom and human rights
could be amended with two-thirds support in Parliament,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 29/08/2014), Non-amendable
provisions
reduced: National independence, sovereignty, integrity
to be non-amendable; press freedom, human rights,
periodic election, fundamental rights to be amendable
(ht
29/08/2014),
They
ink
deal after deal but bicker over implementation, by
Thiras L. Bhusal (rep), Shrestha
proposes
removing provision of 26 CA nominations (kp
29/08/2014)
[?? Follow the ruling of the
interim constitution and nominate MPs without party
affiliation! The you have no problems!], CA
members
need not benominated now: Shrestha (ht
29/08/2014)
[What do I care about the
interim constitution!! Yes, they should have been
nominated in January latest!], Shrestha:
Scrap
provision for 26 lawmakers (rep
29/08/2014)
House
elects
chairpersons in 12 parliamentary committees, by
Binod Ghimire (kp
28/08/2014),
Parliamentary
committees
get their chairs (ht
28/08/2014),
9
months after polls, all House panel heads elected
unopposed (rep
28/08/2014),
Nomination
of
CA members: SC moved seeking order to govt to wait for
clearance (ht
28/08/2014),
NC
leader
moves SC against nomination of 26 lawmakers (rep),
Constitutional
Court
not needed: Four SC judges (ht 28/08/2014)
Lawmaker
nominations:
Experts: Respect apex court verdict (kp
27/08/2014),
Don’t
wait
for apex court to review CA nominations, lawyers tell
govt (kp
27/08/2014),
CJ,
justices
against Constitutional Court in new statute (rep
27/08/2014),
House
committees
to get chiefs today (ht
27/08/2014),
11
house
committees to get heads today (rep 27/08/2014), Running
out
the clock: Despite claims by leaders that the
constitution will be written in time, there are
reasons to be skeptical, by Dipendra Jha (kp
27/08/2014)
Opposition
parties
to obstruct Parliament (ht
27/08/2014)
Dialogue
panel
to solve prickly issues in 2 wks (kp
26/08/2014),
Karna
sub-panelsubmits
report (ht
26/08/2014),
Bhattarai
invites
apex court judges (ht
26/08/2014),
CA
nominations
put off (ht
26/08/2014),
‘Change
nat’l
animal’ (ht
26/08/2014),
Ruling
parties
rule out formation of Dahal-led HLPC (ht
26/08/2014),
Ruling
parties
say no to HLPC (rep
26/08/2014),
Dahal
warns
House disruption (kp
26/08/2014),
Dahal
threatens
protests in parliament, street (rep
26/08/2014),
UCPN-M
to
obstruct House (kp
26/08/2014),
Think
big:
New constitution (rep
26/08/2014),
House
panel
set to vote for new heads on Wednesday (kp
26/08/2014),
House
committee
heads to be elected Wednesday, by Ashok Dahal (rep
26/08/2014),
Parliamentary
committees’
election slated for tomorrow (ht 26/08/2014)
CA
may
miss Sept 6 deadline for settling disputes; Major
parties yet to focus on thorny issues: Bhattarai,
by Thira L. Bhasal (rep
25/08/2014),
Chepangs
seek
their representation in CA (kp
25/08/2014),
3-party
meet
fails; CA appointments in limbo (kp 25/08/2014)
NC,
UML
agree to give CA full shape (kp
23/08/2014)
[This smells of another grave
violation of the interim constitution! These 26 MPs
should not be selected on the basis of affiliation to
any political party!! When the SC begin to stop the
continued break of constitutional law by the
politicians??], 22
of
26 CA members maybe named tomorrow (ht 23/08/2014)
Statute
writing
process: Big 3 struggle for common ground (kp
21/08/2014), Parties
at
odds over Constitutional Court (kp
21/08/2014),
CA
Court
tells govt to amend election laws: Asks EC to
introduce system that ensures that those getting
majority votes win, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht
21/08/2014),
Federalism
becomes
non-amendable (ht
21/08/2014),
Middle
way:
Parties need to find middle ground between identity
and economic viability (kp
21/08/2014),
Citizenship
through
mother a must in new statute: NWC (rep
21/08/2014),
Prez’s
re-endorsement
not possible, says PM: Koirala resumes work at his
office in Singha Durbar after two months (kp
21/08/2014)
[?????], Approval
of
President is not at all issue of the hour, says PM
Koirala (ht
21/08/2014)
[This is correct! His
re-endorsement should have taken place in February;
so, please live on with a not legitimised president!!],
CA
I
only discussed issues; CA II is also resolving them,
Interview with Subhas Chandra Nembang (rep
21/08/2014)
[The inclusive composition of
CA-I was one of the reasons for intnesive discussions;
in far less inclusive CA-II, only the exclusive circle
of party leaders discusses and tekas decision!! There
is hardly any participation pf Dalits, Janajati,
Madheshi and women in general in the decision process!],
Do
Not
Roil Communal Harmony, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
21/08/2014)
[This is a myth! In fact,
Nepal has been a single ethnic identity based central
state for the past 250 years! To prevent the end of
discrimination is the vested interest of the exclusive
leadership of the political parties!!!], Dilemmas
and
democracy: Are the leaders of the Nepali-language
minority willing to share state power with myriad
others?, by Pramod Mishra (kp
21/08/2014)
House
panel
claims jurisdiction over all ministries, govt bodies,
by Thira L. Bhusal (rep
21/08/2014)
CA
committee
fails to reach consensus on electoral system (kp
20/08/2014),
Panel
to
give more power to CIAA (kp
20/08/2014),
Parliamentary
committees
to get full shape, by Pranab Kharel (kp
20/08/2014),
‘Ready
to
change stance on forms of governance for inclusive
federalism’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
20/08/2014),
CA
panel
agrees on title of new constitution (ht
20/08/2014),
Dahal
unsure
of statute on time, but hopeful, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht
20/08/2014),
Dahal:
No
statute if NC, UML stick to own federalism stance,
by Ashok Dahal (rep
20/08/2014)
Slow
and
unsteady: The idea that Koirala is in place only to
draft constitution does not cut ice as constitution is
the responsibility of the CA rather than the
government, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (rep
20/08/2014)
CA
talks
panel confers with Janajati leaders, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp
19/08/2014),
Dalits
put
forth 27 demands to CA, by Dipak Bayalkoti (kp
19/08/2014),
Faulty
ideas (ht
19/08/2014),
Bhattarai
gives
tasks for major parties (ht
19/08/2014),
Major
parties
agree on flexible proposal (kp
19/08/2014),
Bring
all
on board: Dahal (kp
19/08/2014),
Parliamentary
panels:
Committee chairs’ names submitted (ht
19/08/2014),
House
adjourned
for one week (ht
19/08/2014),
House
in
recess; MPs to visit affected areas (kp
19/08/2014),
Constitution
drafting
process to go on (ht 19/08/2014)
CA
sub-panel
settles disputes over legislature (ht 18/08/2014),
CA
panel
finalizes number of members in parliament (rep
18/08/2014),
Good
start:
Bhattarai’s statute initiative (rep
18/08/2014),
At
least
one-yr tenure proposed for chief justice, by
Ananta Raj Luitel (ht
18/08/2014)
Zero
Hour's
zero impact irks lawmakers, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep 18/08/2014)
Maoist,
Madhesi
parties to prepare common position, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 17/08/2014)
Majority
of
lawmakers ignore CA dress code, by Pranab Kharel
(kp 16/08/2014) [The current
dress code is based on the current single ethnic
identity based central state thinking and has to be
abolished immediately!!!]
Govt
told
to do needful about floods, landslides: Relief for
victims, relocation of people, problem of shortage of
river materials raised in House (ht 15/08/2014)
Constitutional
Court
to be set up: House (ht 15/08/2014),
Experts
for
statute with amendment provision (rep 15/08/2014)
Unabashed
by
failings, lawmakers demand more facilities, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 15/08/204)
Closed-door
talks:
Parties ready to thrash out contentious issues, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
14/08/2014),
UML
stance
unchanged on federalism, forms of governance,
electoral system (kp 14/08/2014)
House
committees
engage in jurisdiction dispute, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 13/08/2014)
Statute
drafting
panel to complete its task today (kp
13/08/2014),
Parliament
committees
to have new heads (kp
13/08/2014),
Election
for
House committees' heads on Aug 20 (rep
13/08/2014)
Thapa
disobeys
Nembang (kp 13/08/2014), Kamal
Thapa
creates fracas in Parliament, apologises (ht
13/08/2014), Kamal
Thapa
exchanges verbal salvoes with speaker (rep
13/08/2014)
Prez
to
Koirala: Full CA key to statute legitimacy; Will hold
meeting of parties and decide CA appointments, PM
promises (kp 12/08/2014) [The
president as well needs new legitimation after the
elections to a second CA!!!]
Statute
not
possible by deadline: Mainali (ht 12/08/2014)
Govt
may
nominate 26members to CA in 15 days (ht
11/08/2014)
[Hopefully without party
affiliation as it is demanded by the interim
constitution!!], Panel
starts
talks with groups outside CA (kp
11/08/2014),
Tarai
parties
press for single Madhes state: Call for respecting
8-pt deal signed with Madhesi Morcha in 2008, by
Pranab Kharel (kp 11/08/2014)
Parties
begin
discussing statute issues (ht
10/08/2014),
NC,
Maoists
to take consensus approach (kp
10/08/2014),
Major
parties
step up talks for consensus on thorny issues (rep
10/08/2014)
Wake
up:
Were our lawmakers chosen to relax, pass their time
sleeping or play candy crush in CA hall?, by
Shristi Kafle (rep 09/08/2014)
Debate
commences
on Appropriation Bill (ht 08/08/2014)
PDCC
consults
experts for consensus building (kp
08/08/2014),
Preparations
to
submit report (kp 08/08/2014)
Statute
drafting:
Parties adopt new approach to settle disputes, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 07/08/2014)
CA
sub-panel
owns up earlier committee’s agreements (ht
06/08/2014),
Parliament
directs
govt to table social security Bill (ht 06/08/2014)
Bhattarai
says
talks under way on disputed issues of statute, by
Prakash Acharya (ht 02/08/2014), PDCC
to
record all reservations (kp
02/08/2014)
Parliamentary
panel
to findout flaws in electoral laws (ht
01/08/2014),
Anti-gender
violence
bill criticised in Parliament (ht 01/08/2014)
UCPN
(Maoist)’s
Sharma set to lead PAC (kp 01/08/2014) [There
cannot be enough male Bahuns in functions and
position! It's the best way to make Nepal inclusive!!]
Discussion
put
on hold over oppn threat, again (kp 01/08/2014), Budget
Discussion
Put Off Yet Again, by Ashok Dahal (rep 01/08/2014)
Government
briefs
House on Nepal-India agreement (kp
31/07/2014),
Pandey
briefs
Parliament on recent Nepal-India agreement (ht
31/07/2014)
Constitution
Writing:
Seriousness Is Lacking, by Mukti Rijal (rn
31/07/2014)
PP
leaders
to get Rs 20k monthly transportation allowance
(kp 30/07/2014) [??]
Forge
consensus
on thematic panel heads, parties told, by Prakash
Acharya (ht
29/07/2014),
Oppn
against
amendment bill for LSGA (kp
29/07/2014),
Bill
aims
to ensure 40% women's representation in local bodies
(rep
29/07/2014),
Contempt
of
Court: Bill may go up for public hearing (kp
29/07/2014),
Public
feedback
to be sought (ht
29/07/2014),
Parliament
wants
public feedback on contempt of court bill: Law
minister to tabvle proposal on Wednesday (rep
29/07/2014), Contempt
of
court bill: Parliament to solicit public views on bill,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 31/07/2014), Parliament
seeks
public feedback (ht
31/07/2014)
Four
Bills
tabled; House business postponed (ht 29/07/2014)
House
panels
headless for six months, by Pranab Kharel (kp
26/07/2014), Dialogue
committee
dwells on disputed issues (ht 26/07/2014)
CA
completes
six months: Parties must settle disputed issues to get
job done on time, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
25/07/2014),
PDCC
talks
to own past agreements (kp
25/07/2014),
Lower
House
to be called Pratinidhi Sabha (ht 25/07/2014)
Parliamentary
sub-panel
discusses energy policy (ht 24/07/2014)
Post-budget
discussion
to be delayed (kp 23/07/2013)
PDCC
owns
up decisions made by then statute panel (kp
22/07/2014)
Lawmakers
demanding
ECDP failed to spend their budgets, by Suresh
Yadav (rep 21/07/2014) [!!!!
Why do they want 49 millions more??]
CA
sub-Panel
gears up for talks with armed outfits, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp 20/07/2014), Talks
with
armed outfits to begin next week (kp
21/07/2014),
Talks
with
armed outfits of Ilam, Janakpur, Nepalgunj in offing
(ht 21/07/2014)
In
consensus
bid, CA panel to talk to leaders, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 18/07/2014)
CA
sub-panel
to hold talks with armed outfits (ht 13/07/2014)
Mahat
hints
at CDF approval, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
10/07/2014)
[one of the numerous fatal
failures of this government!!], NC
lawmakers
raise voice seeking Rs 50 million: Say finance
minister will face action if budget for constituencies
not allocated (ht
10/07/2014),
Apex
court
order sought against Rs 50m dole plan (kp
10/07/2014),
Money
for
nothing: Instead of demanding a Rs 50 million fund,
lawmakers must concentrate on a building strong,
accountable governance, by Lok Nath Bhusal (kp
10/07/2014),
Funds
For
Constituency Development: Not Necessary At All, by
Uttam Maharjan (rn 10/07/2014), SC
scraps
petition against CDF (kp
11/07/2014)
[??], SC
quashes
writ against budget for lawmakers: Says no order
required as govt is yet to decide on Rs 50 million
(ht
11/07/2014),
MP
Or
Five Crore Manager?, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn
11/07/2014), Govt
in
last-ditch effort to address CDF demand, by Anil
Giri and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/07/2014), NC
youths
oppose Rs 50m CDF plan (kp), War-induced
trauma
still haunts Rukum residents, by Krishna Prasad
Gautam (kp 13/07/2014),
CDF
Saga:
Focus Shift From Policy To Paisa, by Nandalal
Tiwari (rn 14/07/2014),
FinMin
defends
CDF allocation‘: Cheap loan has potential to transform
agriculture’, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
15/07/2014), 'Extra-curricular'
Budget
Bringing Smile To Some, by Prem Khatry (rn
15/07/2014),
It's
complicated:
What comes out loud and clear is that the proposal of
transferring development funds to MPs rests on
political, not economic ground, by Sukhdev Shah
(rep
15/07/2014), CDF
Allocations:
A Case Of Misplaced Priority, by Mukti Rijal (rn
17/07/2014)
Subcommittee
to
talk to armed outfits (kp 09/07/2014), Federal
Republican
Front in the offing: To pitch for identity-based
federalism in constitution (ht 09/07/2014)
CA
dialogue
sub-panel confers with parties (kp
08/07/2014),
Sub-panel
records
demands of fringe parties outside Constituent Assembly
(ht 08/07/2014)
All
for
money: Lawmakers’ demand for 50 million (rep
06/07/2014), Rs
50m
funds will widen disparities: NPC head; infrastructure
development in remote districts costlier, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep
06/07/2014),
Bad
proposition:
Doling out money to CA members is opposed to the
notion of financial accountability, by Khagendra
N. Sharma (kp
06/07/2014)
[Nepal's politicians generally
do things that are against the constitution,
democratic principles, the rule of law, human rights,
international law, etc!!], Demand
For
CDF Increase Raises Eyebrows, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn
09/07/2014),
To
give
or not to give: If lawmakers cannot guarantee
transparency and accountability, they do not deserve
even one million rupees they are drawing from state
coffers, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep
09/07/2014)
Temple
and
state: Despite becoming a secular state, Nepal has not
laid out the parameters for its model of secularism,
by Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp 06/07/2014)
NC
recommends
Rs 50m CDP for 240 constituencies, by Anil Giri
(kp
05/07/2014),
Cong
demands
Rs 5 crore foreach lawmaker (ht
05/07/2014),
NC
all
for Rs 50 million constituency fund, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep
05/07/2014),
NPC
asks
for district-wise project details (kp 05/07/2014)
Parliament
passes
govt’s policies and programmes: Next House meeting on
July 10; Fiscal budget likely on July 11, by
Prakash Acharya (ht
03/07/2014),
Govt's
policies
and programs endorsed through majority votes (rep
03/07/2014),
Rs
50m
demand likely to be met, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp
03/07/2014),
Pork
barrel
politics at peak: Lawmakers seek Rs 50m for
constituency development, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht
03/07/2014),
Govt
‘working’
to provide vehicles for parties’ top leaders (kp
03/07/2014),
A
capital issue: CA members greedy of state
dole-outsrisk damaging their public image (kp
03/07/2014)
Lawmakers
in
fund hunt: Call in NC for Rs 50m for each constituency
(kp
02/07/2014),
Female
parliamentarians
press for residence, transport facilities (kp
02/07/2014)
Many
miles
to go: Despite multiple impediments, the constitution
must be promulgated in time for a prosperous Nepal,
by Binamra Thapa (kp 02/07/2014)
Lawmakers
say
govt’s policies fail to live up to expectations
(kp
02/07/2014),
Policies
and
programmes condemned (ht
02/07/2014),
Oppn
flays
govt policies and programs (rep
02/07/2014),
Govt.
Policies
and Programmes: Implementation Aspect Is Vital, by
Narayan Upadhyay (rn 02/07/2014)
CA
concludes
discussion on all panel reports (ht 01/07/2014)
NC
lawmakers
criticise govt’s programmes: Coalition government
asked to amend the document, by Anil Giri (kp
01/07/2014),
NC,
UML
lawmakers slam document (ht
01/07/2014),
First
round
of deliberation concludes, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp
01/07/2014)
CA
poll
study committee begins work (ht 29/06/2014)
Minimum
number
of constitutional bodies sought in new constitution
(ht
28/06/2014),
Next
cabinet
will fill 26 CA seats, says DPM Gautam (rep
28/06/2014)
Statute
making
at a crossroads: Top leaders should begin dialogue in
the CA as well as in public to avoid another disaster,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
27/06/2014)
Quota
sought
for marginalised communities (ht 27/06/2014)
Lawmakers
insist
on Rs 50 m, threaten to halt new budget: Threaten to
halt new budget, by Ashok Dahal (rep 26/06/2014),
Daylight
robbery:
Budget allocation for MPs (rep 28/06/2014)
CA
debates
structure of legislative body (ht
24/06/2014),
NC,
UML
for revising PR electoral system (rep 25/06/2014),
Talking
reform:
Proposals of change to the electoral model must be
refined and discussed further (kp 26/06/2014)
Looking
at
logistics: While debating contentious issues, the CA
would do well to also keep track of the transitional
elements of logistics, by Prakash Bom (kp
24/06/2014)
Contempt
of
court billfaces lawmakers’ snub: Amendment sought to
provisions that curtail freedom of expression, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
24/06/2014),
Free
speech:
Protecting the judiciary’s dignity must notcome at the
cost of freedom of expression (kp 24/06/2014)
Panel
begins
consensus talks on disputed issues (kp
23/06/2014), Small
parties
oppose owning up settled issues (rep 23/06/2014)
CA’s
dialogue
panel dwells on judiciary (ht 21/06/2014)
CA
sub-panel
compiling report on debated issues (kp
20/06/2014),
Court
to
review ruling on 26 lawmaker picks (kp
20/06/2014),
Supreme
Court
to review own ruling on 26 lawmakers (rep
20/06/2014),
SC
to
revisit its May 13 verdict (ht 20/06/2014)
Forms
of
governance debate continues in CA (ht
19/06/2014),
Parties
to
lead sub-panels of Drafting Committee (ht
19/06/2014),
Policy
and
programmes presentation: Govt to declare date after
PM’s medical report, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
19/06/2014), Lawmakers
demand
larger constituency development fund (kp
19/06/2014)
NC
proposes
improved parliamentary system, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp
18/06/2014),
CA
continues
discussions (ht
18/06/2014),
Two
steps
back: Proposed constitutional provisions on
citizenship are regressive and only seek to uphold the
status quo, by Dipendra Jha (kp 18/06/2014)
CA
members
give differing views on forms of governance (kp
17/06/2014),
Lawmakers
debate
systems of governance (rep
17/06/2014),
Substance
first:
Form of government (rep 17/06/2014)
CA
debate:
Parties divided over forms of governance (kp
16/06/2014),
Forms
of
governance: CA begins discussion (ht
16/06/2014),
Parties
stick
to their guns on form of governance (rep
16/06/2014)
Controversy
over
Bill providing property rights to married daughters,
by Prakash Acharya (ht
15/06/2014),
Feeling
the
public pulse: The CA is repeating a mistake made by
the previous Assembly in not gauging public opinion on
federalism, by Krishna Sharma and Arun Bhattarai
(kp
15/06/2014),
Statute
Writing
Process: Federal Debate Kindles Hopes, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 15/06/2014)
House
forms
panel to probe ‘vote rigging’ (kp
14/06/2014),
Parliamentary
panel
formed to probe alleged poll anomalies: Given three
months to submit its report (ht
14/06/2014),
CA
members
play truant during deliberations: NC whip says no big
deal, by Ashok Dahal (rep
14/06/2014),
Statute
to
include provisory draft law: Conscription law to be
invoked if the state requires (kp
14/06/2014),
Parties
agree
on ‘compulsory service to nation’Citizens will have to
be ready to serve the country as and when needed
(ht 14/06/2014)
CA
debates
land, citizenship, rights: Apparently, the most
contentious issue is compensation for land acquired
(ht
13/06/2014),
Panel
interacts
with experts (ht
13/06/2014),
CA
demands
provision against conversions (kp 13/06/2014)
Vox
populi:
The PDCC must transparently engage all sections of
society over federalism (kp
12/06/2014),
On
right
track: Federalism debate (rep
12/06/2014),
Parliament
back
in order after 13 days (kp
12/06/2014),
House
resumes
after 12 days, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep
12/06/2014),
Opposition
ends
protest in Parliament (ht
12/06/2014),
Rs
15b
budget transferred: Mahat (kp
12/06/2014),
House
obstruction
taking toll on budget, constitution, says PM (ht
12/06/2014),
Fundamental
rights:
Constituent Assembly continues discussion for second
day (ht
12/06/2014),
Property
rights
ceiling discussion heats up CA, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 12/06/2014)
Prickly
statute
issues land in dialogue panel, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp
11/06/2014),
CA
forwards
report on issues: Debate on fundamental rights,
directive principles begins (ht
11/06/2014),
33-party
alliance
inface-saving mode: Ready to join constitution
drafting process, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht
11/06/2014),
Not
straight (ht 11/06/2014)
Dialogue
panel
starts talks with parties on contentious subjects
(kp
10/06/2014),
Oppn
continues
House haunt (kp
10/06/2014),
House
adjourned
till tomorrow: Parties only differ on who should chair
the political mechanism (ht
10/06/2014),
One
too
many? Political dialogue bodies (rep
10/06/2014),
CPN-M
presents
saleable proposal: Major party leaders finally
positive about all-party meet (kp
10/06/2014),
CPN-M
for
national political conference: Says party flexible on
seeking a way out of the stalemate, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht
10/06/2014),
Baidya-led
alliance
reiterates all-party body for new statute: Submits
eight-point demant to big three in the CA, by Kosh
Raj Koirala (rep
10/06/2014),
House
obstruction
cannot be justified, interview with Ram Sharan
Mahat (rep 10/06/2014)
Leadership
bane
for HLPC: Maoist chief Dahal noit to share chair of
cross-party mechanism with any other leader (kp
09/06/2014), House
stalled
over leadership of political committee, by Thira
L. Bhusal (rep
09/06/2014),
CA
panel
to start dialogue with parties (kp
09/06/2014),
Chaos
as
Gachhadar spits venom (kp
09/06/2014),
House
sees
heated exchanges among lawmakers, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht
09/06/2014),
Committee
seeks
details on budget reallocation in five days (ht
09/06/2014),
SC
summons
govt, House on lawmakers’ fund allocation (ht
09/06/2014)
CA
drafting
committee begins work on statute: Five subcommittees
formed; their works not to be shared with press (kp
31/05/2014),
CA’s
constitution
drafting committee begins its task (ht
31/05/2014),
Bhattarai,
Poudel
spar on state restructuring model (kp
31/05/2014),
Lawmakers
debate
state restructuring (ht), Second
chance:
Federalism debate (rep 31/05/2014)
UCPN
(Maoist)
obstructs parliament, by Pranab Kharel (kp
31/05/2014),
Opposition
obstructs
budget session on Day One, by Prakash Acharya (ht
31/05/2014),
Opposition
obstructs
first budget session meeting (rep 31/05/2014)
Debate
begins
on disputed issues: State restructuring and power
devolution key agendas, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
30/05/2014),
Top
leaders
air views on federalism (ht
30/05/2014),
UCPN
(Maoist)
says no to CA vote on thorny issues; voting if
consensus eludes: PM Koirala, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep 30/05/2014)
Statute
drafting
process: Parties treading the right path, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp
29/05/2014),
Seventh
Republic
Day: Institutionalisation of new system ‘slow’
(kp
29/05/2014),
NBA's
constitutional
conclave begins today (rep 29/05/2014)
CA
nominations:
SC cannot tread on executive turf, govt petitions,
by Pranab Kharel (kp
28/05/2014),
Govt
files
review petition in SC: Seeks more time as parties
working to forge consensus (ht
28/05/2014),
Govt
petitions
SC over ruling on 26 CA nominations, by Nabin
Khatiwada (rep
28/05/2014)
Paudel,
Acharya
swap roles in CA committees (ht 28/05/2014)
Efforts
on
to bring parties outside CA in statute drafting
process: Bhattarai (kp
27/05/2014),
Efforts
on
to deal with parties outside CA: Bhattarai says
Constitutional Dialogue and Consensus Committee,govt
doing homework, by Arjun Bhandari (ht 27/05/2014)
Two
sub-panels
formed to ease statute writing (kp 23/05/2014)
'CA
alone
can't ensure legitimacy of new statute' (rep
22/05/2014), Conscription
issue
sent to PDCC (kp
22/05/2014),
Military
training
issue sent to dialogue panel (ht
22/05/2014)
CA
members
against military conscription (kp
21/05/2014),
CA
members
divided over compulsory army training: UCPN-Maoist
continues to make a pitch for the idea; Cong,UML scoff
at it,term the demand ‘irrational, by Prakash
Acharya (ht 21/05/2014), NC
CA
members defy Nembang’s junket ruling: Nine of them
departed for a 10-day visit to China yesterday (ht
21/05/2014)
CA
takes
up thematic committees’ reports (ht
16/05/2014),
CA
begins
deliberations on contents of statue, by Thira L. B
husal (rep
16/05/2014)
CA
to
debate military conscription (kp 16/05/2014)
CA
members
told to put statute before House job, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 15/05/2014), Resist
the
temptation (ht
15/05/2014),
Parties
okay
with SC’s criteria for 26 nominees (ht
15/05/2014)
[There is nothing to okay!
These are the rules of the interim constitution that
should be well known to every politician!!]
Indigenous
groups
laud SC verdict on CA nominations, by Kamal
Pariyar (rep 14/05/2014), Hammering
it
home (rep
14/05/2014)
CA
begins
statute drafting process (kp
14/05/2014)
Budget
session
to start May 19: Nembang asks lawmakers to shun
foreign visits (rep 13/05/2014),
Lawmakers
ordered
to avoid foreign junkets; Such visits distract
CAmembers from the task of statute writing: Nembang,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
14/05/2014),
Nembang
rules
to stop foreign junkets, visits outside Valley (ht
14/05/2014), Nembang
asks
CA members to shun foreign trips (rep 14/05/2014)
CA
member
appointment: SC to govt: Give CA full shape within 15
days, by Pranab Kharel (kp
13/05/2014),
Nominate
26
CA members within 15 days, says apex court: Tells govt
authorities to select individuals from various fields
and all walks of life, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht
13/05/2014),
SC
gives
govt 15 days to name 26 lawmakers: Prohibits
nomination pf FPTP, PR candidates; states those
nominated should have independent standing, by
Nabin Khatiwada (rep
13/05/2014)
Outward
bound:
CA members should refrain from foreign visits and
concentrate on constitution instead (kp
13/05/2014)
New
statute
must be a political document of consensus: Experts,
by Arjun Bhandari (ht
13/05/2014)
Nembang
to
clip CA members’ wings: For shelving their foreign
trips till new constitution, by Arjun Bhandari (ht
12/05/2014), Over
50
lawmakers on foreign trips, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep 12/05/2014)
CA
to
deliberate on disputed statute issues from Tuesday,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 11/05/2014), CA
gets
2 reports from past thematic panels (kp
12/05/2014),
Add
speed (ht
12/05/2014)
Sub-panel
enlists
disputed issues in judiciary (ht 11/05/2014)
Previous
state
model ‘contentious’: CA records panel to send matter
of state restructuring for deliberation (kprep
10/05/2014),
State
restructuring
disputes singled out (htrep
10/05/2014),
CA
to
discuss old disputes starting Tuesday (rep
10/05/2014)
Constitution
drafting
panel meets experts (ht 09/05/2014), 2-yr-old
deal
basis for statute, say experts (kp 09/05/2014)
CA
sub-panel
identifies 48 statute-related issues (ht
08/05/2014)
CA
subcommittee
begins work to report past pacts (kp
07/05/2014),
CA
drafting
committee collecting views on statute-writing
principles, by Prakash Acharya (ht
07/05/2014),
Parties
reach
understanding to share House committees (ht
07/05/2014),
Constitution
experts
consulted (kp 07/05/2014)
Records
panel
not to own up decisions made outside 1st CA (kp
05/05/2014),
Panel
to
probe JC decision on cards: PHSC meeting on May 7 or 8
to decide on sub-committee (ht 05/05/2014)
Records
panel
subcommittees list agenda from first CA (kp
03/05/2014)
Whither
Legislative
Accountability?, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn
03/05/2014)
26
nominees
unlikely for fortnight or so, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 02/05/2014)
Silver
lining:
Number, names and boundaries of federal provinces will
feature as content issues once again; But they can be
resolved through referendum, by Mahabir Paudyal
(rep 01/05/2014)
House
session
draws to a close (kp
30/04/2014),
Prez
prorogues
House session (ht 30/04/2014)
CA
dialogue
panel in consensus bid for inclusive statute process
(kp
29/04/2014),
CA
sub-committee
to hold talks with stakeholders (ht
29/04/2014),
Constitution
panel
to equip itself well (ht 29/04/2014)
Sub-panel
enlists
issues from past CA (ht 27/04/2014)
CA
committees
get leaders (kp
26/04/2014),
Chairpersons
of
CA panels elected unopposed (ht 26/04/2014), CA
committee
chairpersons begin work (kp 27/04/2014)
Nembang
prods
govt to give CA full shape (ht
25/04/2014),
Big
3
set to keep vital CA panels: Bhattarai poised to lead
Political Dialogue Committee, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp
25/04/2014),
Bhattarai,
Sitaula,
Poudel in fray (ht
25/04/2014),
PM’s
panel
pick pricks Poudel (kp
25/04/2014),
Drafting
panel
works out schedule (kp 25/04/2014)
Parties
likely
to miss first statute process deadline (kp
24/04/2014),
CA
to
form panels through voting (kp 24/04/2014)
CA
committee
chairpersons: Hope for consensus even as vote planned
(kp
22/04/2014),
Voting
to
elect CA committee chairs on Friday (ht
22/04/2014)
In
House,
TRC bill gets wide support, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp
21/04/2014),
Lawmakers
divided
as parliament debates TRC bill: Amendments can be
registered by Thursday (rep
21/04/2014),
Ruling
party
lawmakers find flaws in TRC Bill, by Prakash
Acharya (ht
21/04/2014),
Memorandum
to
Chairman Nembang (kp
21/04/2014),
Conflict
victims
want revision of TRC bill, submit memo to Speaker
(rep),
Transitional
justice:
No TRC process is flawless. Still, for post-conflict
Nepal it’s the best way to heal our society (kp
21/04/2014)
[The TRC is necessary but it
must respect principles of human rights and justice!],
Whose
discourse?
Transitional justice seems to have been
intrumentalised by local elites to maintain existing
social structures, by Shradha Ghale (kp
21/04/2014),
State
should
officially acknowledge victims, interview with Ram
Kumar Bhandari, founder of the National Network of the
Families of the Disappeared and Missing (kp
21/04/2014),
House
calling:
Not only are provisions of new TRC bill flawed, my
first-hand experience suggests even the process of
preparing it was fault, by Raju Prasad Chapagai
(rep 21/04/2014)
CA
committee
to inform Nembang about failure to elect its chair
(kp 21/04/2014)
House
resumes;
parties for bulk handling of war cases, by Pranab
Kharel (kp
19/04/2014),
House
resumes
with agreement on TRC, CID, by Prakash Acharya (ht
19/04/2014),
Parliament
resumes
business as Maoists withdraw protest: TRC bill tabled,
deliberations to beginn Sunday (rep
19/04/2014),
Parties
fail
to pick head of CA dialogue panel; call for consensus
(kp
19/04/2014),
Panels’
poll
schedule tomorrow (ht 19/04/2014), Sectt:
CA
panel chiefs to be elected by April 28 (kp
20/04/2014),
RPP-Nepal
keen
to lead a CA panel (kp 20/04/2014)
Parliament
stalled
for the second day (ht
18/04/2014),
UCPN
(M)
keeps on disrupting parliament (kp
18/04/2014),
House
obstruction
likely to end today: Government should withdraw Fujel
cases: Dahal (rep
18/04/2014),
Maoists
positive
about letting House function (kp
18/04/2014),
Bills
on
TRC, Disappearance Commission tabled in parliament
(nn 18/04/2014)
CA
moots
reviving previous bills (kp 15/04/2014)
Fill
26
CA vacancies before electing CA panel chairs:
Lawmakers, by Ashok Dahal (rep
14/04/2014),
CA
panels
begin work on statute: Parties to elect committee
heads in consensus; vote to be last resort (kp
14/04/2014),
Lawmakers
say
no to foreign aid for CA work (kp
14/04/2014),
Give
House
business: Speaker (ht
14/04/2014),
CA
panel
berth a thorny issue (ht
14/04/2014),
UCPN
(M)
offered PDCC leadership (kp
14/04/2014),
Dahal
warns
of yet another conflict: Accuses Prime Minister of
backtracking on HLPC agreement (ht
14/04/2014),
Janajatis
announce
protest (kp), CPN-Maoist
leader
hauls CA over coal (ht 14/04/2014)
CA
panels
begin work six months after polls (rep 13/04/2014)
Five
Parliament
committees formed (kp
10/04/2014),
Pick
and
choose: PDCC and HLPC jurisdictions must be delineated
before moving forward (kp
10/04/2014),
Parties
stuck
over CA dialogue panel, HLPC leaderships (kp
10/04/2014),
HLPC
Again, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
10/04/2014),
PM
commits
to adhere to past achievements (kp 10/04/2014)
Parliament
staffers
seek extra perks (kp 08/04/2014)
CA
records
committee begins work (kp 07/04/2014)
Secretariat
proposes
working calendar, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
04/04/2014),
CA
secretariat
floats constitution calendar (ht
04/04/2014),
CA
aims
for statute by mid-February: First draft to be ready
by mid November, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep
04/04/2014),
CA
endorses
calendar; statute draft by mid-Oct (kp
05/04/2014),
House
endorses
timeline with minor changes (rep
05/04/2014),
Love
or
loss? Constitution timetable (rep 05/04/2014), CA
begins
work without 26 nominees: 'Nominations will take some
more days', by Thira L. Bhusal (rep
06/04/2014),
CA
seeks
all pact details: Asks government to furnish details
of all agreements signed with parties, groups post CPA,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 06/04/2014)
Administrative
reform
recommendations: ‘12 ministries in federal set-up’
(kp 04/04/2014)
Speaker
rues
delay in CA nominations (kp
01/04/2014),
15
parliamentary
panels set to take shape (ht
01/04/2014),
Fringe
party
lawmakers want either PAC or SAC: Reject membership of
other parliamentary committees, by Thira L. Bhusal
(rep 01/04/2014), Formation
of
House panels put off (ht
02/04/2014),
Formation
of
House thematic panels deferred, by Ashok Dahal
(rep 02/04/2014)
Slow
but
moving (ht
31/03/2014),
House
for
Mr Dahal (rep
31/03/2014),
CA
chair
to lawmakers: No foreign trips please: International
community urged not to lure lawmakers into trips
abroad, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 31/03/2014)
CA
calendar
within 15 days: Secretariat (kp 30/03/2014), Selection
of
CA panels’ heads likely to be delayed (ht
30/03/2014), New
CA
must focus on thorny issues : Experts, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 30/03/2014)
House
forms
public hearing committee (kp 29/03/2014)
Process
to
draft new constitution set rolling: CA forms five
committees, by Prakash Acharya (ht 29/03/2014), CA
unanimous
in adopting past pacts: Assembly approves five
committees to expedite constitution writing (kp
29/03/2014),
CA
starts
ownership process for last CA's work, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep
29/03/2014)
New
CA
set to cash in on last one’s gains, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht
28/03/2014),
CA
to
own up past agreements, Secretariat printing copies of
reports of earlier thematic committees; Agenda to be
tabled in Constituent Assembly today (kp
28/03/2014),
Proposal
to
own work of CA-I to be tabled today (rep
28/03/2014),
Big
III
to own up previous CA’s statute decisions (ht
28/03/2014),
CA
takes
ownership of first CA’s achievements (nn
28/03/2014)
NC,
CPN-UML
unwilling to let Dahal lead HLPC: Propose UCPN-Maoist
chairman to head Constituent Assembly panel (ht
27/03/2014), Big-3
top
guns to head CA thematic committees: Maoists want
high-level committee outside CA for Dahal, by
Ashok Dahal (rep
27/03/2014)
NA
Deployment
During CA poll endorsed by parliament (kp
27/03/2014),
House
panel
endorses army mobilisation during CA polls (ht
27/03/2014),
House
endorses
army mobilization for Nov polls (rep 27/03/2014)
First
meeting
of Constitutional Council on Thursday (nn
26/03/2014)
Parties
agree
to revive HLPC: Cross-party mechanism ‘no substitute
for Assembly’, by Anil Giri (kp), Big
3
to form body to assist govt, statute drafting, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 26/03/2014)
Anti-money
Laundering
bill endorsed by House (kp 25/03/2014), Legislature-Parliament
passes
five bills (ht 25/03/2014), Parliament
okays
three AML bills (kp 26/03/2014)
Parties
get
busy choosing heads of CA, parliamentary committees
(ht 23/03/2014), NC,
UML
to talk CA committee formation (kp 24/03/2014)
Extradition
Bill
opposed in Parliament (ht 22/03/2014), CA
adopts
rules of procedure (kp
22/03/2014),
Fresh
CA
Rules cleared: All 16 committees likely by Mar 28,
EC
doubtful
of local polls in May, by Bhadra Sharma (ht
22/03/2014),
CA
approves
new regulations four months after polls (rep
22/03/2014)
Straight
talk:
Wider consultations are necessary to ensure acceptance
of the constitution (kp
20/03/2014)
Second
CA
continuation of first one, say lawmakers (ht
20/03/2014)
Nembang
for
bigwigs to lead key panels (kp
19/03/2014),
Fuel
price
fury puts off House meeting (kp
19/03/2014),
House
adjourned
over petroleum price hike:Finance Minister talks of
reviewing hiked prices but opposition demands
the decision to be revoked (ht
19/03/2014),
Opposition
obstructs
House over fuel price hike, by Ashok Dahal (rep
19/03/2014), Opposition
stalls
House proceedings on Day II: Govt ready to halve fuel
price hike, oppn wants it cut by 75 pc, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht
20/03/2014),
House
disrupted
as protests continue (kp
20/03/2014)
Govt
registers
13 bills at Legislature-Parliament (ht 18/03/2014)
House
to
have 4 new panels to address public concerns, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/03/2014), Rules
for
uninterrupted work (kp), Major
parties
fail to nominate deputy PP leaders, whips: Parliament
secretariat says this has affected House proceedings
(rep
17/03/2014)
Thematic
panel
to take up ownership issue (ht 16/03/2014)
Ministers
to
answer lawmakers’ queries (kp 14/03/2014)
Delayed
dividend:
Political parties are taking forever to start the
all-important CA process (kp
13/03/2014),
The
fuss
is over (ht
13/03/2014),
On
with
it now: Constitution making task (rep
13/03/2014),
With
Rules
finalised, CA set to move forward, by Prakash
Acharya (ht
13/03/2014),
Unwieldy
committees
proposed at CA: Drafting panel suggests two 191-member
committees and three panels comprising 73 members each,
by Thira L. Bhusal (rep
13/03/2014),
Justices
review
CA elections (ht 13/03/2014)
Nefin
wants
remaining 26 CA seats (kp 12/03/2014), CA
nomination
hearing shelved (ht
12/03/2014)
[??], Parties
iron
out differences: Panel to table final draft at CA
meeting tomorrow, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
12/03/2014),
CA
chair
to certify, Prez to unveil new constitution: CA
Regulations 2014 draft finalized, by Ashok Dahal
(rep
12/03/2014),
CA
Rules
finalised, finally: Prez to unveil statute after
assembly chair certifies it, by Prakash Acharya
(ht
12/03/2014)
NC,
UML
ask MPs toattend House meets (kp
08/03/2014),
CA
caucus
debate rages; parties divided: Rastriya Prajatantra
Party-Nepal supports the position taken by the NC and
the UML on the caucus issue, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp
08/03/2014)
[Self-protection of male
Tagadharis!!], CA
rules
panel summoned to iron out differences (rep
08/03/2014),
Prez,
CA
chair may jointly authenticate constitution (ht),
House
hearings
sought for Regmi era appointments, by Pranab
Kharel (kp 08/03/2014)
Lawmakers
bask
in sun as House meets: Meeting adjourned as attendance
falls way below the quorum of 143, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 07/03/2014), Parliament
prorogued
for lack of quorum: Ordinances on extradition, crime
prevention not even discussed for passing (ht
07/03/2014),
UML
CC
for CA chair to authenticate constitution: Against
further debate on the issue (ht
07/03/2014)
Price
of
prohibition: Imposing whips and barring caucuses in
the CA will only create resentment (kp 06/03/2014)
Prez
lobbies
for bill right: Sheetal Niwas makes its position clear
to the parties involved in preparing CA rules, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
06/03/2014)
[Support to his party, the
Nepali Congress, by the 'independent' president! The
president has to be newly elected immediately!!],
NC
to
hold talks with UML brass (ht
06/03/2014),
Confusion
abounds
over Regmi govt appointments (kp
06/03/2014),
UML
stresses
parliamentary hearing: Khanal says it’s a must for
constitutional appointments (ht
06/03/2014)
House
okays
citizenship ordinance amid protest (ht
04/03/2014)
Janajatis
seek
half of 26 CA nominations (kp
04/03/2014),
Panel
drafting:
CA Rules asks for more time: Fails to resolve
differences on who will authenticate statute (ht
04/03/2014),
CA
panel
seeks 10 more days (rep
04/03/2014),
CA
regulations
drafting committee term extended (nn
04/03/2014), Vote
mulled
to settle CA rule dispute (kp
05/03/2014),
Top
guns
asked to settle dispute over CA regulation, by
Ashok Dahal (rep
05/03/2014),
Matter
of
prestige for two big parties: CPN-UML threatens to
take it to full House for resolution through vote,
by Prakash Acharya (ht
05/03/2014),
Govt
ready
to offer DPM to Maoists: Gautam, by LB Thapa (rep
05/03/2014)
House
seeks
details on Adhikari couple: Tells govt to clarify PM’s
reported statement on Tanakpur (ht
04/03/2014),
Nembamg
asks
PM to clarify Tanakpur remarks (kp
04/03/2014),
House
asks
govt to clarify PM remarks (rep
04/03/2014)
Monotonous
tune (ht 03/03/2014), CA
rules
of procedure: Congress-UML tussle over bill plays
spoilsport (kp
03/03/2014),
Inter-party
rift
on CA rules continues: Disputes will be settled before
tomorrow’s CA meet: Karna, by Prakash Acharya (ht
03/03/2014),
NC,
UML
dispute over prez authenticating statute bill, by
Ashok Dahal (rep
03/03/2014),
No
dispute
in CA nominations: RPP (ht
03/03/2014)
[???? Mr Thapa should read the
interim constitution before he quotes from it!!]
Speaker
presses
PM to appoint 26 CA members: Nembang seeks priority
for excluded, experts in seats (kp
02/03/2014)
[This is not only a priority,
it must be exclusive according to the interim
constitution!!]
Bill
related
to new statute: Congress for empowering Prez to pass
bill; UML opposes senior coalition partner’s demand
(kp
02/03/2014),
Who
will
do the honours? Prez or CA Chairman?, by Arjun
Bhandari and Prakash Acharya (ht 02/03/2014)
Non-Dalit
lawmakers
vow to back Dalit issues (rep 01/03/2014)
Constitution
Making:
Learn From The Past, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn
01/03/2014)
When
will
26 CA members be nominated? Information minister says
process will begin by tomorrow (ht
01/03/2014),
CA
rules
of procedure: Tough steps on anvil to keep House in
order, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
01/03/2014),
Ca
likely
to retain whip provision, by Pranab Kharel (kp
01/03/2014),
Five
CA
committees to ensure timely constitution, by
Prakash Acharya (ht
01/03/2014)
Speaker
concerned
about lack of agenda (kp
26/02/2014)
CA
panel
number bone of contention: Suggestions are for
creating five committees in total - three thematic and
two procedural (kp 26/02/2014),
CA
to
start real task in few more weeks: Deadline for CA
regulation drafting committee extended (rep
27/02/2014), Powerful
panel
proposed in CA, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
28/02/2014)
UCPN-M
to
field Gharti for CA vice-chair: Bhattarai likely to
head Constitutional Committee (ht 25/02/2014), Two
in
CA VC race; Gharti likely winner (kp
26/02/2014),
Onsari
Gharti
Magar elected CA Vice-Chairperson (nn
26/02/2014),
Gharti
wins
CA vice-chair post by a landslide (kp
27/02/2014),
Onsari
Gharti
elected CA vice-chair: 484 of 489 lawmakers present
cast vote in her favour (ht
27/02/2014),
UCPN
(M)
demands CA chair’s wings clipped: Maoist lawmakers
proposed that the CA chair and the vice chair should
have equal power (kp
27/02/2014)
[??]
Bill
to
oust ordinances: Bill to oust ordinances: Nineteen of
the total 24 ordinances need to be replaced by
parliament, by Pranab Kharel (kp 25/02/2014), House
forms
special security committee (kp 25/02/2014)
Big
II
against caucuses (kp 24/02/2014), 7-point
pact
detrimental to nation, says Rayamajhi (kp
24/02/2014),
CA
vice
chair poll schedule out (ht
24/02/2014)
The
prerequisites:
While all efforts should be directed at a timely
constitution, the importance of participatory
constitutionalism, the raison d'être of the CA, must
not be overlooked, by Raju Prasad Chapagai (rep
24/02/2014)
House
rules
drafted; panel divided over CA procedure, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai and Binod Ghimire (kp
23/02/201),
CA
panel
for 14 House committees, by Ashok Dahal (rep
23/02/201),
Own
first
CA’s work for timely statute: Leaders (kp
23/02/2014)
4
CA thematic committees proposed (kp 20/02/2014), CA
Chair
Nembang has tough task ahead, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp
20/02/2014),
CA
chair
says parties have 11 months to deliver constitution
(ht
20/02/2014),
Nembang
for
owning deals reached in previous CA (rep
20/02/2014),
Give
me
a sign: Constitution making (rep
20/02/2014),
Election
of
CA Vice-Chair on Feb 26 (nn
20/02/2014),
Statute
countdown
began on Jan 22, says Nembang, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 21/02/2014), CA
rules
drafting panel may seek extra time (kp
21/02/2014),
Four
committees
proposed in CA: Political committee to replace
constitutional committee, by Ashok Dahal (rep
21/02/2014),
New
CA
hopes for more assertive Nembang, by Thira L.
Bhusal (rep
21/02/2014),
CA
vice-chair
to be elected on Feb 26 (ht
21/02/2014)
CA
chairman
poll: CPN-UML, UCPN (Maoist) in the race, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp
17/02/2014),
CA
chair
election tomorrow (ht
17/02/2014),
NC
issues
whip, to vote for UML candidate (kp
17/02/2014),
Spokesperson:
Sense
& Sensibility, by P. Kharel (rn 17/02/2014), CA
to
elect chairman today: NC and UML to vote for Subas
Nembang; UCPN (M) and allies may field Krishna B
Mahara (kp
18/02/2014),
UML
seeks
support for Nembang to chair CA: Congress, RPP-Nepal,
fringe forces pledge to vote in favour (ht
18/02/2014),
Nembang
almost
certain to become CA chairman: Maoists undecided
(rep
18/02/2014),
UCPN
(Maoist)
decides to support Nembang's candidacy for CA Chair
(nn
18/02/2014),
Subash
Nembang
elected unanimous House Speaker (nn 18/02/2014), Nembang
on
CA chair, again: With backing from NC, he is elected
unopposed to top post by the 571-member CA, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai and Binod Ghimire (kp 19/02/2014), Nembang
elected
CA chair unopposed: Gets bouquets and brickbats from
lawmakers; Urged not to repeat past mistakes (ht
19/02/2014),
Nembang
unopposed
as CA chair, by Kosh Raj Koirala and Ashok Dahal
(kp
19/02/2014),
An
old
hand at parliamentary business (ht
19/02/2014)
Fewer
CA
committees mooted for swift constitution drafting:
Suggestions to reduce the number of procedural
committees to two, by Pranab Kharel (kp
17/02/2014)
A
month on, CA without agenda (kp 16/02/2014), Government
to
facilitate statute writing within year: PM (rep
16/02/2014) [Which
government??? What are your ideas on main issues of
the constitution??? When did you talk to other parties
on theses issues??? Especially, when did you discuss
these issues with representatives of the numerous
social groups of the country, i.e. outside the circle
of male Bahuns????]
House
defers
PM felicitation event: NC-UML tussle over Home
portfolio led the House speaker to put off the event
set for Friday, by Pranab Kharel (kp
15/02/2014),
Tussle
over
home haunts House (ht 15/02/2014)
49-member
panel
to draft CA rules of procedures, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 13/02/2014), 49-member
panel
to amend CA regulations (ht
13/02/2014), Karna
leads
CA procedures formulating committee (kp
14/02/2014), Karn
to
chair CA regulations drafting panel (ht
14/02/2014)
Major
parties
have pledged to take ownership of CA-I, interview
with Ram Sharan Mahat (kp 10/02/2014), Sutra
for
progressive constitution (ht 10/02/2014)
Old
challenges
for new CA: Chalise (kp 09/02/2014)
House
endorses
MLA ordinance (kp 08/02/2014), House
passes
three ordinances (ht 08/02/2014)
Parliament
passes
poll related ordinances (ht
06/02/2014),
Anti-money
laundering:
House okays ordinance despite Maoist objection (kp
06/02/2014),
Constitute
TRC
without delay: Rayamajhi (ht
06/02/2014),
UCPN
(Maoist)
pushes for early formation of TRC (rep 06/02/2014)
RPP-N
for
panels to adopt past CA pacts (kp 04/02/2014)
House
legitimises
Regmi govt, CA elections: Two-third majority votes in
favour of prez order; MJF-N,NWPP oppose 25-point
decree, by Prakash Acharya (ht
03/02/2014)
[Is it a legitimate and
constitutional procedure to legitimise stepps that
should not have been taken without legimation almost
one year back??], Statute
hurdle
removal endorsed, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/02/2014)
PWDs
to
stage hunger strike for CA representation (rep
02/02/2014)
Nine
financial
ordinances tabled at the house (nn
02/02/2014)
Bit
parties
block past CA pacts: Big 3 put proposals on hold after
strong opposition, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
30/01/2014), Big
Three
fail to push proposal through CA: RPP-N, RJ threaten
to obstruct House session, by Prakash Acharya (ht
30/01/2014),
Show
some
guts: Tabling federal motion (rep), Second
CA
meet forms business advisory panel (kp
30/01/2014)
Big
3
‘to adopt’ old CA pacts: Six-member task force to
prepare a proposal to ensure new constitution in one
year, by Anil Giri (kp 29/01/2014) [To
adopt the suggestions of the different committees of
CA-I would even be more important than the adoption of
the agrrements between the high lever party
politicians!!], Big
Three
get down to business: To table proposal today with
commitment to get statute in a year (ht
29/01/2014)
[What did such commitments
mean so far? Absolutely nothing!!], Big
3
to reaffirm federal democratic republic at new CA:
Panel to suggest what to own from past CA, by
Thira L. Bhusal (rep
29/01/2014),
NC
told
to come up with concrete proposal (kp
29/01/2014),
Parties
advised
3-step formula, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
29/01/2014),
‘Don’t
impose
first CA’s decisions’ (kp
29/01/2014),
Six
ordinances
tabled in House (ht
29/01/2014),
Legal
experts
decry tabling of TRC bill (kp
29/01/2014),
More
lawmakers
oppose ‘controversial’ ordinances (kp 31/01/2014),
Govt
to
replace TRC Ordinance with fresh Bills on two
commissions (ht 31/01/2014)
Hearing
on
CA nominees slated for Feb 3 (ht 28/01/2014), PMO
ordered
to attend hearing on 26 CA seats (rep (ht
28/01/2014)
5
ordinances tabled in the house (kp 28/01/2014)
Anti-Money
Laundering
Ordinance tabled in House (ht 28/01/2014)
First
meeting
of Legislature-Parliament commences (nn
26/01/2014),
TRC,
appointment
of Karki could stir debate (kp 26/01/2014), House
session
gets under way (kp 27/01/2014), Parties
ready
to own up first CA’s decisions, by Binod Ghimire
(kp
27/01/2014),
Big
Three
vow to capitalise on last CA’s gains, by Arjun
Bhandari and Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
27/01/2014)
Assembly
session
begins, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
23/01/2014),
Second
CA
inauguration inspires renewed hope: Assembly Chairman
Surya Bahadur Thapa in his address takes all down
history lane, by Prakash Acharya (ht
23/01/2014),
Constitutional
deadline:
There need to be quick agreements on the new govt and
the CA process (kp
23/01/2014),
CA's
first
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