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Nepal may be used as a playground of foreign forces, warns Madhav Kumar Nepal

Madhav Kumar Nepal, the former Prime Minister of Nepal, explains the politics around US interests in the region in the light of the controversial Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Madhav Kumar Nepal on threat of extreme right in Nepal

Madhav Kumar talks about the ongoing political instability in the country, the threat posed by the rising influence of the far right, and the path ahead for the left to defend Nepal’s socialist and secular values enshrined in the constitution.

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Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ becomes Nepal’s prime minister for third time

Dahal, of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), will be prime minister for two-and-a-half years after which he will be succeeded by his erstwhile rival K.P. Oli of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist)

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Talks for government formation on after election results declared in Nepal

These were the second elections to be held under the present constitution in Nepal that came into effect in 2015. Voting took place in a single phase this time for the federal and provincial polls

Nepalese student union launches hunger strike at Tribhuvan University to demand educational reform

The students, who began their hunger strike on July 12, have demanded reforms from the University administration regarding policy, infrastructure, management, courses and more

Nepal approves US’ Millennium Challenge Corporation grant amid protests. What’s next?

Weeks of instability in the Nepali parliament finally resulted in the ratification of the USD 500 million grant deal with US agency Millennium Challenge Corporation. This was preceded by massive protests by political parties that are opposing the government’s deal, viewing it as a threat to Nepal’s sovereignty

South Asian women community health workers demand labor rights and occupational safety

On the International Day for Universal Health Coverage, Public Services International brought together Community Health Workers from India, Pakistan and Nepal for the launch of the campaign “Community Health Work is Work”

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Narayan Kaji Shrestha on creating socialist models of development in Nepal

Former deputy prime minister of Nepal and secretariat member of the Nepal Communist Party, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, talks about what development means for a socialist country.

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Labor department intervention ends strike at Nepal’s Hotel Hyatt Regency

The workers staged a one-week strike, claiming the management had ill-treated them and not implemented the terms and conditions of the contract

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Unity of struggles is required to counter the global rise of the right

In the part 2 of this exclusive interview to Peoples Dispatch, former Prime Minister of Nepal and senior leader of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Madhav Kumar Nepal talks the recent historic victory of communist parties in Nepal.

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Dalit liberation and communist movement in Nepal

Sabitra Bhusal, central committee member of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) talks about the legal and constitutional provisions and the impact of the communist movement in the process of eradication of caste-based discrimination in Nepal.

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The story of Nepal’s agricultural transformation

Bamdev Gautam, Secretariat member of the Nepal Communist Party, talked to Peoples’ Dispatch about the changing outlook towards agriculture in Nepal.