Interview

Kathmandu, March 11: House of Representatives (HoR) member Kalpana Chaudhary said it was a wrong tendency to think everything right while remaining in power and everything wrong when in opposition. Talking to RSS, lawmaker Chaudhary noted that they could not perform much in the parliament due to political wrangling for power. “It has been almost one-and-a-half years since the people …

Kathmandu, Feb 27: Leader of Nepal Workers and Peasant Party (NWPP), Prem Suwal, asserts that country’s economy would not thrive as long as the agriculture is ignored. Suwal, who was elected as a member of the House of Representatives from constituency no 1 of Bhaktapur district, expressed worry over sheer indifference to the issues raised at parliament for farmers and …

Mahendranagar, Feb 11: Nepali Congress lawmaker Ramesh Lekhak has said if consensus eludes among political parties on transitional justice, due process would be followed to conclude it. Lekhak said he was devoted to law making since his first term of House of Representatives (HoR) membership. However, people are shared development agenda rather than law and policy making before election, he …

Sudurpaschim, Feb 6: Lawmaker Tara Lama Tamang has said the issues he raised during special hour and zero hour in federal parliament went unheard. “I repeatedly voiced for people’s welfare and concern of my constituency in the House of Representatives, but they were not addressed,” he shared the plight. Talking to the RSS reporter from Dhangadhi, Siddha Raj Bhatta, Tamang …

Kathmandu, Feb 5: Lawmaker Ganga Prasad Yadav asserted that the Members of Parliament are not free to articulate their opinions on critical issues of the country in the parliament – an effective place for presenting people’s voice. Talking to RSS, he commented that the party whips limit the lawmakers in articulating their views. “The parliamentarians cannot speak against the party …

Kathmandu, Feb 2: It has been a year since Kusum Devi Thapa assumed the responsibility as a federal parliamentarian. The main role of the Member of Parliament is law-making. The first year was not satisfactory in law-making as anticipated. Only one law was enacted during the year. The parliament has not been effective in terms of legislative process. The government …

Kathmandu, Jan 18: It has been a year since the present government led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ assumed office. The government has accorded high priority to enforcement of constitution, strengthening of federalism, economic recovery and reform, investment promotion, employment creation, improved public service delivery with citizen-friendly governance, corruption control and introduction and implementation of laws, policy and …

Kathmandu, Nov 14: Nepali Congress leader and the member of the House of Representatives, Durlabh Thapa Chhetri, has said that people in a developing country like ours expected the Member of Parliament (MP) to be more focussed in the infrastructure development works than in their legislative functions. Talking to RSS, legislator Chhetri said although the MPs have to be involved …

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on Tuesday, met with Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin in Beijing. China and Suriname enjoy a long history of friendship, and this year marks the 170th anniversary of the arrival of the Chinese in Suriname. Wang told Ramdin (Radmin) that China is willing to be Suriname’s reliable partner in the process of development and revitalization and …

The total number of Palestinian deaths in Gaza has surpassed 10,000 since the latest round of Hamas-Israel conflict started on October 7, 2023, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged for a humanitarian ceasefire amid the unfolding catastrophe in Gaza that grows more dire with each passing hour. Will a ceasefire be possible? …