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News
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Seventeen years after emancipation, many ex-kamaiyas prepare to vote in local elections for the first time
Features
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The nationwide local elections, held for the second time since Nepal went federal, concluded at 5pm with relatively free and fair voting, amid sporadic incidents of violence.
Features
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Determined to crush Maoist rebels instead of seeking a political solution, Oli is repeating the same mistakes Deuba made in the 90s which resulted in a decade-long people’s war
News
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Oli has effectively become a caretaker prime minister and will need to make way for a new government. But is the political drama prudent in the midst of a pandemic?
Perspectives
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Candidates for the local level elections are advertising more and more on social media, especially Facebook, presenting the Election Commission with new problems it must account for.
Perspectives
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Federalism appears to be working in exactly the two places—with distinct regional identities—where it was most likely to work.
