Fact Check
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What the prime minister claims as ‘fact’ is not a ‘fact’ at all
Dahal said: The economic growth forecast for the year is 6.2 percent. This hasn't happened in 24 yea...
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Maoists were not the first to demand federalism
Federalism did not figure in the 40-point demand submitted to the government by the CPN (Maoist) in ...
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CP Mainali and Eknath Dhakal made wrong claims while opposing electoral threshold
Many countries have electoral thresholds. For instance, in Turkey there is a 10 percent threshold to...
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Who should be credited for ending load-shedding?
UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli said the load-shedding had ended as per the work plan made by his governm...
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Amendment bill’s citizenship provision for foreign woman marrying Nepali similar to 1990 constitution
Home Minister and Nepali Congress leader Bimalendra Nidhi last week said the citizenship provision i...
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Oli’s claim that Province 2 is Nepal’s poorest is incorrect
CPN-UML Chairman and former prime minister KP Oli, while addressing a rally in Rajbiraj of Saptari d...
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Army’s Naya Sabuj Battalion was not created by a UML-led government
CPN-UML General Secretary Ishwar Pokharel made the following claim during an interview on ‘STV...
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RPP-N had done better in Kathmandu than in Jhapa in 2013 CA election
Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba last week said RPP-Nepal had received its highest numbe...
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Upendra Yadav wrongly claims consent of all provinces is needed to alter boundaries of any provinces
FSFN chief Upendra Yadav claims that Constitution's Article 274 requires says that the boundary of a...
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A myth debunked: Nepal isn’t second richest country in water resources
Many in Nepal say that Nepal is the second richest country in terms of water resources. And many Nep...
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