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The Himalayan Times 27 January 2022 Flaws in the constitution? Constitution of Nepal 2015 is the present governing Constitution of Nepal, which came into effect on September 20, 2015, replacing the Interim Constitution of 2007. Nepal entered into the new political era with the promulgation of this constitution. In doing so, it has formally ended centralized and unitary system of governance, and established a people centered democratic republic federal state. The people of Nepal have become the ultimate sovereign power of the nation. The Constitution introduces a competitive multi-party democratic system, civic freedom, fundamental rights, human rights, periodic elections, voting rights, full freedom of the press, and an independent judiciary. It provides a vision of a prosperous nation, built on principles of socialism, the rule of law, democratic values, durable peace, good governance and sustainable development. Having said these about the constitution, the five-party coal...

  The Himalayan Times 20 January 2022 COVID and corruption More than 200 countries, including Nepal, around the world have been affected by the COVID-19 for the last two years with more than 300 million confirmed cases and more than five million deaths as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its recent news bulletin. Now, the new variant Omicron, which originated in South Africa, has started creating panic in the people in many countries, including Nepal where the number of infected cases seem to be gradually increasing. WHO opines that COVID can spread through small liquid particles, which range from larger respiratory droplets to smaller aerosols released when an infected person coughs, sneezes, speaks, sings or breathes. It spreads mainly between people who are in close contact with each other, typically within 1 metre. It can also spread in poorly ventilated and/or crowded indoor settings where aerosols remain suspended in the air or travel farther than 1 ...

  The Himalayan Times 6 January 2020 Parties’ conventions Nepal and the people saw a series of major political parties’ general conventions in the recent days, generating both expectations and frustrations from the outcome of the conventions. In line with their parties’ constitution and the requirement of the Election Commission, all the political parties are supposed to hold their general conventions every four to five years depending on their constitutional provisions. Peoples’ major concern and curiosity were on the outcome of the UML, RPP, NC and CPN-MC conventions, who wanted to see the senior leaders of these major parties replaced by the second-rung leaders. This, however, did not happen in the three major political parties, except in the RPP “Party conventions of UML, RPP, NC and MC” (THT, January 4, Page 4). UML’s Bhim Rawal showed courage by challenging his boss K.P.Oli but failed to garner a sizable number of votes against the later which indicated that the major...