Anatomy of a banda
Sunday’s nationwide banda is held in protest of an incident in Kailali in which five people lost their lives. Police and Maoist-led squatters clashed in the incident that had been building up for a...
View Article“Worst display of violence since Jana Andolan-II”
More than 70 people, including a Maoist CA member and a Deputy Superintendent of the Police (DSP), were injured in the clashes between the police and the Maoist protestors on Sunday. It was the first...
View ArticleNation of strikes
Nepal Medical Association has called for a nationwide shutdown of all health institutions, except emergency services, demanding that the government provide professional security in all medical...
View ArticleThe business of money
Remember those Airbus jets that Nepal Airline Corporation wanted to buy, and deposited a non-refundable sum of US $750,000 towards them in November? The Public Account Committee of the parliament is...
View ArticleBanda called off
An update: The Maoist party has agreed to withdraw the indefinite strike supposed to have begun on Sunday. The High Level Political Mechanism meeting on Tuesday had urged the Maoist leaders to withdraw...
View ArticleMaoists announce indefinite strike
The Maoist Party has announced indefinite national strike from 2 May “for peace and constitution.” Nagarik writes: During a press conference, attended by leaders from the Central Committee, Maoist...
View ArticleLocals up in arms against banda
Locals opposing the banda have clashed with Maoist supporters in various parts of Kathmandu on Thursday, the fifth day of the indefinite strike called by the Maoists to force the government to step...
View ArticleRally to go on despite threats
Organisers of the Peace Rally scheduled for Friday have received threats of bodily harm, one of the organisers said on the condition of anonymity because of fear of further harm. The banda-opposing...
View ArticleThousands rally for peace
Thousands of people gathered in Basantapur Darbar Square on Friday morning for the peace rally organized by various human rights, civil society and professional organisations. Even though the message...
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