HELLO NEPAL

The Himalayan Times 21 February 2019 Poor law and order It seems that maintaining law and order situation in the country has been a challenging job for the government and its concerned authorities, considering the increasing number of heinous crimes carried out by anti-social elements. Common people feel that the government and its concerned authorities have completely failed to nab the culprits and put them behind bars. Culprit(s) of Nirmala Pant’s seven month-old rape and murder case is/ are still at large. Likewise, other culprits involved in other rape and murder cases in different parts of the country are freely roaming around.  Another shocking and dreadful incident occurred in Mithila Municipality of Dhanusha district on February 23. An 11-year old girl was raped before being murdered “Eleven-year old gang-raped before she was burnt alive” (THT, Feb.19, Page 1). As reported, the innocent girl, who could not speak, was burnt to destroy any evidence of r...

The Himalayan Times 28 January 2019 Respect sovereign people To me, the ongoing political environment of Nepal is not favourble for bringing the desired changes in the social, economical and overall development of the nation as envisaged by the common people considering the high-handedness of the ruling party. Democracy does not mean ruling the country with high handedness on the basis of arithmetic strength in the parliament. It is the system that demands the respect of the opposition and hearing the people’s voices through their elected representatives. It is a system that should follow the universal norms and values of democracy. The Parliament in itself is not sovereign, it represents the sovereign people. The Parliament should not be a forum for some rowdy leaders to chase their own interests rather than it should be a place looking for the well being of the nation and its people. The passage of the National Health Education Bills without letting the main opposi...

The Himalayan Times 24 January 2019 Political tussle continues Nepal has been practicing its federalism for the last one year soon after the completion of three tiers of elections. Accordingly, local, provincial and federal governments are in place in line with the new constitution. Most of the three tiers of governments are in the hands of the Nepal Communist Party. The Nepali Congress could not perform well during the elections because of its intra-party feud and factionalism. Since then, the K.P. Oli led two thirds majority government is at the political helm that seems to be not performing well as per the people’s expectations.   In the mean time, it seems the ruling party does not want to bow down an inch in incorporating its own agreements made with Dr. K.C   in the past regarding the National Medical Education Bill (NMEB). The main opposition wants to see the government endorsing the bill without any deviations. This situation has invited political tu...