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News Analysis
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Registration and voting regulations are making it difficult for many Nepalis to get to the polls
Features
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The biggest group in Province 2, Dalits will occupy almost zero positions of power in the local government.
News
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Oli has effectively become a caretaker prime minister and will need to make way for a new government. But is the political drama prudent in the midst of a pandemic?
Features
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Mass protests demanding a return to monarchy and a Hindu state show the public’s simmering discontentment with a left-led government
Features
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Even those within Deuba’s own party think he is building an alliance with the PM
Features
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2 percent elected to head rural or urban municipalities, 1 percent elected to head wards
Perspectives
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Patriarchy alone is not a sufficient explanation for the lack of women in candidate selection for the recently held local elections.