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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.   

Kathmandu- CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has tested positive for Covid-19.  A PRC test conducted on January 22 showed Covid-19 positive, according to party leaders.  Oli has been in isolation in his residence Balkot, Bhaktapur. The main opposition leader was supposed to convene a press conference on January 23.

Kathmandu-- CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has said that postponement of local elections is not acceptable to his party. Issuing a press statement concerning the contemporary political situation, the main opposition leader firmly opposed the ruling coalition’s reported plan to hold the elections of the national parliament deferring the elections of local governments which is supposed to take place in April.

 Oli, however, said that his party is ready to face any elections. Our party has always stood in favor of a fresh mandate and we are firm in our position, we are ready to face elections any time, says Oli.  There are divergent views inside the ruling coalition regarding the elections.  Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is preparing to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the elections. Similarly, the ruling coalition is planning to hold consultations with Election Commission. 

At least seven civilians, including four women, were killed and nine others wounded when a bomb blast hit a minibus in Herat city, capital of Afghanistan's western Herat province, Xinhua reports.

"Seven dead and nine wounded were admitted to Herat Regional Hospital following a bomb blast in Herat city Saturday evening," Harif Jalali, physician-in-chief of the hospital, told Xinhua.

According to local residents, the incident occurred when an improvised bomb planted in a minibus was detonated in Police District 12, a Shiite-dominated neighborhood in the city, 640 km west of Afghanistan's Kabul. Some of the wounded were in critical condition.