Nishan Khatiwada

Nishan Khatiwada is a correspondent for Nepal Live Today covering political issues. He has previously worked with The Annapurna Express.

K P Oli is losing influence in one province after another. What made him weak in provincial politics?

Recent incidents in Karnali, Gandaki, Lumbini and Sudurpaschim provinces reflect the erosion of KP Oli’s influence

One faction to join the govt, the other for revolt: Where is JSPN heading?

Kathmandu: Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal (JSPN) is a divided house. While Upendra Yadav and Baburam

Madhav Kumar Nepal, who led UML for 15 years, is a man without a party today: Where did he fail?

Kathmandu: On May 24, K P Sharma Oli, Chairman of CPN-UML, expelled senior leader Madhav

Telling truth to power: How cartoonists in Nepal are articulating people’s outrage against PM Oli and President Bhandari

Kathmandu: Creative artists have made cartoons the mediums to articulate the outrage of the people

Claims and counterclaims of majority: Experts say President Bhandari should decide based on facts and proofs

Kathmandu: Though KP Sharma Oli showed up in the last moment with a claim that

Has meritocracy died in Nepal? Political leaders control appointments in top offices, flouting competence criteria

A worrying scenario, of late, is that the political parties are distributing powerful public positions

Record of new low in Nepali politics: Leaders are fighting for power, people are dying without oxygen

Today political leaders worked extra hours for a power struggle. As the president’s given deadline

Will Nepali Congress be able to form a coalition government?

Kathmandu: Though the Parliament’s arithmetic shows slim chances for the Nepali Congress forming a new

Floor test for PM Oli: Thakur-Mahato faction demonstrate unparliamentary character*

Kathmandu: Political analysts and commentators have termed the decision of the Mahanta Thakur-Rajendra Mahato faction

Bidhya Devi Bhandari: Country’s president or a party’s patron?

Kathmandu: Nepal’s President Bidhya Devi Bhandari gathers controversies time and again due to her interest

Vote of confidence for PM Oli: All eyes on Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal

Kathmandu: Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli is trying to bring political parties to his

A show of immorality in Lumbini

Kathmandu: Hospitals in Lumbini province have been running short, Covid-19 patients struggling to get hospital

A gangster in cabinet: How Deepak Manange’s appointment as sports minister of Gandaki is a mockery of rule of law, republic

Kathmandu: On April 29, the government of Gandaki Province led by ruling CPN-UML, appointed Rajiv

Political parties became the spreaders; PM Oli triggered the process

Kathmandu: On December 20, 2020, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli dissolved the parliament. The