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The silence period for the National Assembly ekections, scheduled for January 36, has begun. The silence period had started from Sunday midnight.

As per the election code of conduct, the political parties, candidates, leaders, civil society, media and general public have been barred from campaigning or soliciting votes during silence period.

The Election Commission has urged the concerned authorities to abide by the election code of conduct to hold the elections in free, fair, fear and peaceful manner.

Kathmandu- United States has ordered the departure of eligible family members from the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv and authorized the voluntary departure of U.S. direct-hire employees due to the continued threat of Russian military action against Ukraine, Voice of America reports.

The State Department also is asking U.S. citizens in Ukraine to consider departing the country now using commercial or other privately available transportation options.

The State Department reissued its Level 4 Travel Warning for Ukraine, saying “Do not travel to Ukraine due to the increased threats of Russian military action and COVID-19.” Previously, the travel warning had also been at Level 4, due to COVID-19.

The Lalitpur Metropolitan City has decided to halt all the services except for emergency ones from today after some of its staffers tested positive for Covid-19.

Issuing a statement, the Metropolitan City said that it has decided to halt all the services other than the essential ones as some of its infected staffers are undergoing treatment and some are in home isolation.

The services will be halted till next Friday.

Located in the heart of Sindhuli Bazaar on the BP Highway that is now the fastest and shortest route between Kathmandu valley and the Tarai, this outlet of ‘Burger House and Crunchy Fried Chicken and Madhuban Nepali Chulo’ has everything from burgers and pizzas to a variety of Nepali food. 

Opened under the franchise of the Burger House and Crunchy Fried Chicken, it features a self-owned local restaurant Madhuban Nepali Chulo catering to all kinds of customers, from after-college teenagers to families coming in on the weekend. The owner, an artist, comedian, and media personality was fascinated by the idea of a restaurant as a space for connection and socializing and wanted to open one in his hometown. His other goal was to cover as wide a variety of clients as possible. 

Burger House and Crunchy Fried Chicken and Madhuban Nepali Chulo

Chef’s Special Dishes:

Crunchy Fried Chicken 
Dhido 
Chicken Burger

Location: Sindhuli Bazaar
Meal for 2: 500
Phone pay: Yes
Reservation:  974-6513771

Kathmandu-- Special Representative of International Federation of Red Cross(IFRC) Secretary-General Walter Cottee W paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka on January 23.  According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they discussed humanitarian activities of IFRC in Nepal and other issues.

Kathmandu- It is an open secret that some members of the ruling coalition want to delay the local-level elections. The Election Commission (EC), a constitutional body mandated for holding the elections, has already proposed April 27 for holding the local level polls. But political parties are neglecting the EC proposals. 

The coalition ruling is seeking ways to postpone the election. That is why they are talking about the contradictory provisions in the constitution and electoral laws. On January 23, the ruling coalition held consultations with some legal eagles who are divided on when the elections should take place.

Some parties want to delay the elections but are not ready to take the blame, which is why they are looking for some ambiguous provisions in the constitution.  If the parties are honest, there won’t be any problems to hold elections on the EC-proposed date, said a ruling party leader, adding, it is a tactic to buy time and postpone the elections. 

On January 23, the ruling collation held consultations with constitutional exports to solicit their views on contradictory provisions in the constitution and Local Election Act 2017.  “Constitutional lawyers have advised the government to amend the law to make it compatible with constitutional provisions,” said Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, who is also the government spokesperson. He also said that government would move ahead as per the constitutional provisions.

However, the environment is not conducive for amending the law as the main opposition CPN-UML has been obstructing the Parliament. The UML has already made it clear that it would not accept any move that would defer the local elections.

That is why chances of the local elections happening in April\May are slim. The next window for holding an election in November this year. The ruling coalition is also proposing to hold all three-tier elections at a go. However, EC has said that it is not possible to hold all three-level elections at once due to logistical issues.   

Kathmandu- CPN (Maoist Center) has called its Central Committee meeting for February 10 to select the party’s 15-member office-bearer team.

 Though it has been more than three weeks since its held 8^th convention of the party, Maoists have not been able to elect its office bearer team.

Issuing a circular, CPN (Maoist Center) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the CC meeting that takes place in Kathmandu will select the office-bear team and give full shape to the party’s CC and Standing Committee. 

Kathmandu- Rastriya Prajatantra Party(RPP) has said that Election Commission(EC)’s instructions remove Hindu state and monarchy from its party’s statute goes against the letters and spirit of the constitution.

An office-bearer meeting of the party on January 23 decided to seek legal remedies against the EC’s unconstitutional move. RPP is likely to knock on the door of the Supreme Court against EC’s letter.

Earlier, EC has dispatched a letter to the pro-monarch party to remove the Hindu state and monarchy from party’s statute stating that such provisions are against the constitution of Nepal 2015.