News, March 2010

02/03/2010: 
  • Rising impunity could impact peace process (kp), OHCHR fate uncertain, by Anil Giri (kp), 
  • ‘Five conditions for Maoists to join govt’ (kp), 
  • NA suggests govt to recount Maoist combatants before integration (nn), 
  • NC, UML meet on key issues ahead of Godavari conclave, by Arhun Bhandari (ht), 
  • HLPM finally begins serious debate (nn), The creation of space: There is an ideological vacuum waiting to be filled on the right of Nepali politics, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), 
  • Democratic discussions: Public dialogue requires openness, a sense of equality and a celebration of difference, by Anil Bhattarai (kp), Burdens of contemporary constitutions: A genealogy, by Anuj Mishra (ht), Threats from Maoist cadres make life difficult for NC, UML district activists (nn)

01/03/2010: 

  • Enshrine our rights in new constitution (kp), 
  • CA calendar likely to be amended for tenth time (rn), 
  • CA members’ visit put off (kp), 
  • The hundred-day deadline has just passed for the promulgation of Nepal’s long-awaited new constitution, by Bipin Adhikari (Himal Southasian), 
  • Constitution is unlikely to be completed on time, interview with Ram Sharan Mahat, Nepali Congress (kp), 
  • New govt HLPM agenda, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), 
  • NWPP pulls out of ruling coalition (ht), 
  • View from the cantonment, by Kiyoko Ogura (Himala Southasian), Gifts galore: The UN-prepared farewell package for disqualified Maoist combatants is excellent, by Kul Chandra Gautam (kp),
  • Nepal warned on financial crimes: money laundering & terrorism financing, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp)