HELLO NEPAL

The Himalayan Times 17 August 2016 Fatal bus accident It never can be any pleasing news when we hear about people travelling to and from their homes being killed in road accidents. Monday’s Kavre bus accident that killed 27 persons and injured 39 seriously “27 killed in Kavre bus plunge” (THT, 16 August, Page 1) was very unfortunate. They lost their lives either by their own fault or by the careless driving of drivers. So far, thousands of passengers were killed in different parts of the country where the condition of roads especially in the hilly areas are extremely dangerous. Road accident occurs in the plains also due to reckless driving. However, drivers are not alone to be blamed for the dreadful road accident. The bus in Kavre was carrying more than 80 passengers. Some of them were even sitting on its rooftop which should have been prevented by the traffic police assigned along the highways. Unless, the police personnel, who are responsible to be vigilant...

The Himalayan Times 12 August 2016 Elections There was nothing to hide about the reason of sudden fall of Oli-led government. Once the CPN-MC realized Oli’s power hunger that made him undermine the gentlemen’s agreement which had taken place between him and Pushpa Kamal Dahal, it decided to pull out of the coalition government. All the previous UML led governments had also faced the same fate due to its internal feud. Both Madhav Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal’s governments had hardly survived for one year due to power games played by them. This time, Oli is to be blamed for his downfall due to his egoistic and arrogant working style. It is really pity to see the senior leaders continuing to play self-centred power politics rather than for the nation and its people. Now, the Dahal-led coalition government backed by NC and other fringe parties is at the helm. He has started making several promises to the public to be fulfilled during the next nine months. Let us hop...

The Kathmandu Post 7 August 2016 ANOTHER CHANCE It was wonderful to go through John Narayan Parajuli’s article at a time when Prachanda will have another opportunity to prove that his party had fought a ten year war with the state to emancipate the nation and its people from years of a harsh life and suppression by autocratic regimes (“Dahal’s redemption” 3 August, Page 6). Prachanda could not able to prove his capabilities to do so during his earlier nine month long premiership. He failed completely to live up to public aspiration. Considering his background, may be he was not fully politically matured to run the government. He should have now learned his lessons and understood the democratic political process to effectively and efficiently run the state for the next nine months. There are, for sure, many challenges ahead for his coalition government during this transitional phase. The most important issue is to address the political and constitutional grievanc...