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Dont even think about it Kathmandu Post Nepal, July 6 -- It is no secret that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is sceptical about federalism and secularism. The cat is out of the bag yet again, this time through what could be termed a formal attempt at relinquishing the two fundamental tenets of the 2015 Constitution of Nepal. On Saturday, during the CPN-UMLs Central Committee meeting, youth leader Mahesh Basnet proposed reviewing the constitutional provisions of federalism and secu...

As internet becomes more essential, complaints of poor service increases Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, July 6 -- With tens of thousands of people watching the quarter-finals of the Euro 2020 football championship on the internet Friday night, total internet traffic through Nepal Internet Exchange reached 50 gigabytes per second (gbps), slowing the speed of internet connection for Nepali consumers. This figure at any specific moment generally stands at 10 to 15 gbps, according to Ind...

Supremacy of the constitution Kathmandu Post Nepal, July 6 -- The issue of the dissolution of the House of Representatives is currently being debated by the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court, and a decision is expected within a day or two. The House has been dissolved twice in five months. On May 21, Prime Minister Oli suspended the House again even before the ink had dried on the Supreme Courts February 23 decision reinstating the House. Oli had dissolved the lower hous...

Nepal starts operating its largest hydropower station Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, July 6 -- The 456-megawatt Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project, Nepals largest so far, reached a milestone on Monday with one of its six 76-megawatt units starting power generation. Once the project starts evacuating power from all its six units to the national grid, Nepal will earn a status of becoming a power surplus country during the wet season. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated the project...

Nepal likely to receive 1.5 million doses of J&J jab from COVAX Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, July 6 -- If everything goes as planned, Nepal is most likely to get 1.5 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine next week under the COVAX facility, multiple officials at the Ministry of Health and Population confirmed. COVAX, the international vaccine-sharing scheme backed by the United Nations, which has committed to providing 13 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, sufficie...

Whither Nepals foreign policy Kathmandu Post Nepal, July 5 -- The fundamental principles of Nepals foreign policy have been clearly and consistently communicated to the international community ever since Nepal joined the United Nations in 1955, and especially since the countrys first democratically elected Prime Minister, BP Koirala, addressed the 15th regular session of the UN General Assembly in 1960. In his memorable speech entitled Small Nations Have a Role to Play, BP Koira...

On liberty, conspiracy, and vaccination Kathmandu Post Nepal, July 5 -- Although countries like Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States have done particularly well getting Covid-19 vaccines into arms as fast as possible, vaccine hesitancy remains a serious hurdle. In the US, it has already derailed President Joe Bidens goal of administering at least one vaccine dose to 70 percent of the US population by July 4. In a CNN poll in April, about 26 percent of US respondents...

Reviewing BPs court testimony Kathmandu Post Nepal, July 4 -- The underlying essence of truth and reconciliation is the very spirit that is espoused by Koirala in his testimony. The title court testimony may sound like a hot topic today when the entire country is waiting for the sarvoccha adaalat, or Supreme Court, to speak. I imagine a painting, a work of fine art in which men and women drawn by the spirit of some creative energy are craning their necks to look at the centre of...

Bangladeshi migrants among 43 missing as boat sinks off Tunisia United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, July 4 -- At least 43 migrants, including Bangladeshis, are missing while 84 were rescued after a boat heading towards Europe sank off the coast of Tunisia on Saturday, the Tunisian Red Crescent said. Mongi Slim, head of the organisation, told The Associated Press that the boat, which was carrying 127 migrants, left Libyas coastal city of Zuwara on Friday to cross the Medi...

India looks west Kathmandu Post Nepal, July 4 -- Recent conciliatory moves by Indias nationalist government on its western flank have rightly aroused global interest. But Prime Minister Narendra Modis calculus appears relatively simple. Faced with continued Chinese aggression on Indias northern frontier and a likely Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, improving relations on the countrys western flank, with Pakistan, seems prudent. In recent weeks, there have been reports of secre...