Dinesh Subedi

In many constituencies, women have been deliberately pitted against “influential” men, reduced to numbers for quota fulfillment rather than genuine political participation. 

Nepali Communist Party Coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s decision to contest from Rukum East has reignited national attention and debate over the district’s development gaps, unresolved martyrs’ records, and the legacy of the Maoist insurgency.

As mental health problems rise worldwide, Nepal is grappling with a deepening crisis—made worse by a shortage of specialists, social stigma, and the unchecked spread of unregulated counseling trainings.

In a patriarchal society where masculinity is often equated with invulnerability, these men continue to carry their trauma in silence—physically broken, emotionally scarred and still awaiting justice. Their pain, long dismissed or ignored, is a stark reminder of the gaps in Nepal’s trans...

Rolpa, May 25: At least five people were killed in a jeep accident in Rukum West on Thursday.

ROLPA, Feb 9: A company that has not completed any work for 25 months after being awarded a contract in Rolpa has gone missing after receiving an advance of Rs 66.6326. Tripureshwari-Vibhanshu JV, based in Kathmandu, had signed a contract on December 15, 2020 to electrify various locations in the di...

ROLPA, Nov 27: Participating in the recently-held general elections was like biting a bullet for the Maoists who came to the election field in the last local level elections as a part of the ruling alliance. Even the party’s bastion in Rolpa was not secure. Apart from Rukum West, the presence of Mao...

ROLPA, Nov 24: In Rukum West, Janardan Sharma, the candidate of the Maoist Center for the member of the House of Representatives (HoR), has increased his vote margin. As a total of 29, 850 votes have been counted so far, Sharma got 19, 693 votes, while Nanda Ram Devkota of CPN-UML received 4,907 vot...

ROLPA, Nov 23: UML's Surya Thapa is leading the vote count for a seat in the House of Representatives (HoR) in Pyuthan. Rastriya Janamorcha’s Durga Poudel, who is a common candidate of the ruling alliance, is trailing behind Thapa by around 4,000 votes.

ROLPA, Nov 23: Bedraj Singh of the Nepali Congress (NC) has won the election to the membership of the provincial assembly from Jajarkot (1).