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Uma Shankar Aragriya
Uma Shankar Aragriya () is a Nepalese politician belonging to the CPN (UML) who served as the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by Supreme Court on 22 June 2021 making the tenure of just 18 days and shortest till date. He was also a member of the 1st Federal Parliament of Nepal after winning in 2017 Nepalese general election from Dhanusha 2 constituency. Arglariya formerly a popular leader, is thought to join Nepali Congress as his party, Loktantrik Samajwadi Party went clean swept in Dhanusha district in recent local level election. Political life His father was an active member of Nepali Congress while Agariya also remained in Nepali Congress till 2008 when he went to Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal led by Upendra Yadav with present Vice-president of Nepali Congress Bijay Kumar Gachhadar. In 2009, when the party broke, he came to Madheshi Janadhikar Forum (Loktantrik) led by Bijay Kumar Gachhadar. The party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Culture, Tourism And Civil Aviation (Nepal)
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) is the governmental body for promoting tourism, culture and private sector involvement in Nepal. It also serves as the Nepalese aviation regulatory body. The ministry is located in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu. History The Ministry of Tourism was established in 1978 by the Government of Nepal. The portfolios of Civil Aviation and Culture were added in 1982 and 2000 respectively. This structure was dissolved again in 2008, when the ministry was split into the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation on the one side and the Ministry of Culture and State Restructuring on the other side. In 2012, the ministry was again renamed and gained its current form as the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Organisational structure The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has several departments and subdivisions: * Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal * Department of Archaeology * Nepal Airlines Corporation * Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India in the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and the largest city. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janta Samajwadi Party Nepal
The People's Socialist Party, Nepal ( abbr. PSP-N; ne, जनता समाजवादी पार्टी, नेपाल), also known as Janata Samajbadi Party is the sixth-largest political party in Nepal. Since the 2022 local election, the party has been limited to stand only as the third largest party of Madhesh Province after the Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) respectively. Recently the party faced multiple splits under Mahantha Thakur, Baburam Bhattarai, Mahendra Ray Yadav and Resham Lal Chaudhary. With 12 out of 275 seats in the lower house House of Representative and 3 out of 59 seats in the upper house National Assembly, the party is the fifth-largest and one of the most powerful bargaining political parties in the Federal Parliament, after CPN (UML), the Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist). History Formation of PSP-N The Rastriya Janata Party Nepal and Samajbadi Party, Nepal were in constant negotiations throughout 2019 wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
The Rastriya Janata Party, Nepal, abbr. ''RJPN'' ( ne, राष्ट्रिय जनता पार्टी, नेपाल, translation: National People's Party, Nepal) was the fourth-largest political party in Nepal after the Nepali Congress, the Nepal Communist Party and the Samajbadi Party, Nepal. It was formed on 21 April 2017 after the merger of Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party, led by the Mahantha Thakur, Terai Madhes Sadbhawana Party, led by the Mahendra Raya Yadav, Sadbhavana Party, led by the Rajendra Mahato, Nepal Sadbhawana Party, led by the Anil Kumar Jha, Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum (Republican), led by Rajkishor Yadav and Rastriya Madhesh Samajwadi Party, led by Sharat Singh Bhandari. The party was founded with the ideology of democratic system. On 22 April 2020, the party merged with Samajbadi Party, Nepal to form Janata Samajbadi Party, Nepal. History On 14 April 2017, six of the seven constituents of the United Democratic Madhesi Front agreed in pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh Basnet (Nepalese Politician, Born 1975)
Mahesh Basnet ( nमहेश बस्नेत}) is a Nepalese Communist politician. He is a member of the House of Representatives elected from Bhaktapur district in the election of the Federal Parliament held in 2017. He is alleged to have kidnapped Janata Samajbadi party Surendra Yadav. He served as Minister of Industry under Prime Minister Sushil Koirala. He served as Chief of Youth Force Nepal on 2008 and is serving as Chairman of Youth Association Nepal since 2009. He contested in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election from Bhaktapur district constituency number 2. While serving as Minister of Industry, Basnet waived off the loans provided to industrialists affected by earthquake. Family He was born on 16 January,D at G-4, Bhaktapur district to father Purna Bahadur Basnet and mother Ishwari Basnet. His autobiographical book ''Ma Mahe'',''sh'' was published in 2016 which w,as co-authored by Shikhar Ghimirey Shikhar Ghimirey ( Nepali: शिखर घिमि ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Representatives (Nepal)
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses may have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal (Nepali: नयाँ शक्ति पार्टी, नेपाल, translation: New Force Party, Nepal) was a democratic socialist political party in Nepal formed by former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on 12 June 2016. On 6 May 2019, the party merged with Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal to form Samajbadi Party, Nepal. History Background Baburam Bhattarai was a senior vice-chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and was involved in the party for over two decades, including during the Nepalese Civil War. He became the Prime Minister of Nepal while a member of the UCPN (Maoist). As Prime Minister he dissolved the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly to pave the way for new elections. After the constitution of Nepal was promulgated on 25 September 2015 by the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly he resigned from the newly formed Parliament of Nepal and quit his party to form his own political "force". On January 21, 2016 he anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhes Movement
Madhesh Movement ( Nepali: मधेस अान्दोलन) was a political movement launched by various political parties, especially those based in Madhes, for equal rights, dignity and identity of Madhesis Tharus, Muslims and Janjati groups in Nepal. In nearly a decade, Nepal witnessed three Madhesh Movements - the first Madhesh Movement erupted in 2007, the second Madhesh Movement in 2008 and the third Madhesh Movement in 2015. Ramesh Mahato was first Madhesi martyr in 2007 at Lahan. History and status The discussions around the 1990 constitution became crucial in encouraging the Madhes movement that aimed to abandon cultural and lingual superiority of the high castes. Madhes Movement I The first Madhes Movement broke out in the southern plains of Nepal in 2007. About the origin of the first Madhes Movement, Journalist Amarendra Yadav writes in ''The Rising Nepal'', "When the then seven-party alliance of the mainstream political parties and the CPN-Maoist jointl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar ( ne, बिजयकुमार गच्छदार; born February 1, 1954) is a Nepalese politician and leader of the Nepali Congress. He has served five terms as deputy prime minister of Nepal under the government of Madhav Kumar Nepal ,Baburam Bhattarai, KP Sharma Oli, Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Sher Bahadur Deuba. He was the second vice-president of Nepali Congress. Political career In April 2008, he won the Constituent Assembly election, 2013 with 23769 votes. Gachhadar was previously in the Madhesi people forum and Nepali Congress (Democratic), and was Minister of Water Resources. Gachhadar was formally expelled from Nepali Congress in March 2008, by that time he had already joined PRF. He was subsequently appointed as Minister and sworn in on 22 August 2008. On 4 June 2009 he was appointed as the deputy prime minister for the first time keeping in consideration his contribution to establish Madhav Kumar Nepal's administration. Again as per the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhesh Province
Madhesh Province ( Nepali/ mai, मधेश प्रदेश) is a province of Nepal that was formed after the adoption of the Constitution of Nepal. It is Nepal's most populous province, and smallest province by area. It borders Province No. 1 to the east, Bagmati Province to the north, and India’s Bihar state to the south. It has an area of -about 6.5% of the country's total area. It has a population of 6,126,288 as per the 2021 Nepal census, making it the most populated province of Nepal. The Koshi River and Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve acts as provincial demarcation border between Madhesh Province and Province No.1 in the east. And the demarcation line between Chitwan National Park and Parsa National Park (previously Wildlife Reserve) acts as provincial demarcation border between Madhesh Province and Bagmati Province in the west. The province includes eight districts from Saptari District in the east to Parsa District in the west. The majority of the province's po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Nepalese Local Elections
The 2022 Nepalese local elections were held on 13 May, 2022 in 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities. These were the second set of local-level elections to be held since the promulgation of the new constitution in 2015. Electoral system Each local body has an elected head, a chair for rural municipalities and a mayor for municipalities. They also have a deputy head, a deputy chair for rural municipalities and a deputy mayor for municipalities. Local levels are further subdivided into wards which have a ward chairperson and four members out of which two must be female with one of them from the Dalit community. The Chairperson/Mayor and a Deputy chairperson/Deputy Mayor are chosen by voters of the entire local level while Ward Chairperson and Ward Members are chosen by voters of the concerned ward. A single ballot is used for voting and First past the post electoral system is used to select the winner. Qualifica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhanusha 2 (constituency)
Dhanusha 2 is one of four parliamentary constituencies of Dhanusha District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017. Incorporated areas Dhanusha 2 incorporates Kamala Municipality, Janaknandani Rural Municipality, Sahidnagar Municipality, Aaurahi Rural Municipality, wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Bideha Municipality, wards 1, 4, 6 and 9 of Hansapur Municipality and wards 17 and 18 of Janakpur Sub-metropolitan City. Assembly segments It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment * Dhanusha 2(A) * Dhanusha 2(B) Members of Parliament Parliament/Constituent Assembly Provincial Assembly Provincial may refer to: Government & Administration * Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country * Provincial city (other) * Provincial minister (other) * Provincial Secretary, a position in Can ... 2(A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
