HELLO NEPAL

  Recently,the former five prime minister had issued a press statement blaming PM Oli as a threat to the constitution and democracy. Is it Oli or they or all of them are equally responsible for creating this scary and unstable political situation in the country? How long they continue to play blame game amidst the COVID-19 pandemic? Why don't they cooperate with the government to tackle this dreadful pandemic rather than blaming it for not doing sufficiently setting their political confrontation aside for the time being. It was and is so sad to see the people dying due to lack of appropriate health delivery service for which they do not seem to be a bit concern. What a shame? As Prachanda recently mentioned, during a press meet, that monarch was far better as compared to the president, time has also come for the other former prime ministers and other senior political leaders to sincerely contemplate their past political blunders and be ready for the political reconciliation for t

The Nepali Congress (NC) has proposed to hold its 14th general convention on September 1-4, nine days after the previously announced dates amid uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The party has to organize its general assembly by mid-September as per the constitutional obligation. The convention is expected to elect new leadership from the central to the local levels.   Sher Bahadur Deuba was elected as the party president for four years during the 13th general convention held in March, 2016, He is again vying for the chair after completing his first four years term. Likewise, there seems to be other senior leaders including Bimalendra Nidhi, who are talking about competing against Deuba for the NC boss. Time has come for the NC’s senior leaders whoever vying for the future president to seriously and sincerely contemplate the party’s   political blunder in the past and to be bold enough to take the NC into its original political principle and philosophy as envisioned

Considering the possibility of third wave of COVID 19 pandemic in the near future, the World Health Organisation today called upon countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region to scale up and implement public health and social measures rigorously, and boost the accelerated vaccine rollout in a bid to prevent another surge of COVID-19 as more countries have confirmed the prevalence of highly transmissible variants. Nepal is among 11 countries in this region.      More efforts are needed in the coming days to test, trace and isolate the people depending on the seriousness of third wave of COVID 19 variant which is said to be more dangerous. Societal interventions such as physical distancing, hand washing and proper use of masks need to be stringently implemented. These measures should be in full force and for longer periods in the areas where more transmissible variants of concern are reported. Having said all these, Is our government aware of and appropriately prepared for this approac

  The Himalayan Times 17 June 2021 It is unfortunate to see Nepal facing citizenship problems for decades due to the vested interests of the political parties and their upper level leaders who continue to use the citizenship bill for personal political gains.    This time, PM Oli tried to use this bill through an ordinance for his political gain at a time when his government is at risk of losing power. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court (SC) ”Apex court's stay on citizenship ordinance raises questions” (THT, June 12, Page 1) put a break on it, failing his clandestine political move. But, on the other hand, genuine citizens have been barred from getting citizenship because of the SC’s stay order. This bill was one of the demands of the JSP-N before joining the government. Now, it remains to be seen what will happen to its other demands. Will the JSP-N ministers continue to stay in the government even if their demands are not fulfilled? Also, the recent press statement of the

The coronavirus pandemic has affected both developed and developing countries at the same time. In the aftermath of the crisis, there are temptations to give less priority to the reduction and control of corruption and protect the corrupt.     COVID 19 patient receiving treatment in one of the private hospitals in Kathmandu       Pharmacy selling drugs     Images of some of the renowned private hospitals in Kathmandu     Some nasty people see this grave situation as an opportunity to take advantage of emergency opportunities and use their every ill intention for personal gain. Corruption is criminal, immoral and the ultimate betrayal of public trust. It is even more disgraceful during a time of crisis, such as the current coronavirus pandemic. We hear, read and listen that some ministers are found involved in corruption cases and not punished for their crimes. Are our provincial and federal governments operating transparently setting reasonable directives and guidelines for prope

Over   the   past   year,   the   rapidly   growing   pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges   to   Nepal’s   health   delivery system.   The COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, deep implications for individuals, societies, and    health    systems    across    the    country.    When    tackling a virulent virus like SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, early interventions were crucial to stay ahead of the disease. For which, the government was slow to address the appropriate measures to take for its control. Although, it was swift to act and impose the strictest restrictions in the early days of the virus spread, it completely failed in the later period to tackle the worsening situation, when the second wave of COVID 19 started hitting the nation.    Acute shortages of life saving oxygen and unavailability of beds in the hospitals among others caused a huge numbers of deaths of severely COVID 19 infected persons around the country. Easy access to PCR test and i

It is unfortunate to see Nepal facing citizenship problems for decades due to vested interests of the political parties and their upper level leaders who continue to use citizenship bill for their personal benefits.     This time, PM Oli’s government tried to use this bill through ordinance for its own sake at a time when the government is at risk of losing its power. It looked this time. PM Oli seemed desperate to use this bill for his political gains, but, the Supreme Court (SC) put a break on it making his mission failed. But, on the other hand, there seemed to be problem with the other genuine citizens of getting citizenships because of the SC’s stay order on the ordinance ”Apex court's stay on citizenship ordinance raises questions” (THT, June 12, Page 1). This bill was one of the demands of JSP-N before joining the government. Now, it is yet to be seen what would happen to the its other demands. Will the JSP-N ministers continue to be in the government even if their dem

  The Himalayan Times 10 June 2021 Is the constitution still alive? PM Oli has reshuffled his cabinet for the 16 th time during his three years premiership. This time, he has inducted eight ministers and two state ministers from Mahanta and Mahato faction of the Janata Samajbadi Nepal Party-Nepal (JSP-N) side lining the Baburam and Yadav faction of the same party “Oli reshuffles Cabinet, Appoints Mahato deputy prime minister” (THT, June 5, Page 1). This could be a contributing factor for these two factions to split in near future which Oli had been trying to do so for some time for his own political benefits.   The opposition alliance led by the NC condemned Oli’s move of reshuffling the cabinet citing this is a mockery of constitutional and democratic values “Opposition slams Oli govt” (THT, June 6< Page 2) when his decision to dissolve the HoR is sub judice in the Supreme Court. Surprisingly, Oli has retained only four old Cabinet members from his faction and removed othe