Maoist politburo meeting postponed

KATHMANDU: Unified Communist Party of Nepal Maoist’s (UCPN-M) politburo meeting, scheduled for Sunday morning was postponed to Monday. The postponement was due to the hectic schedule of Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and other leaders in meetings with different parties for… बाँकी अंश »

Nepali political parties urged to form new gov’t by Saturday

KATHMANDU, May 5 (Xinhua) — Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav has urged the political parties to form a new government by Saturday within the next four days. In a letter furnished to the parliament secretariat, Yadav asked the parties to… बाँकी अंश »

Nepali supreme court issues show cause order to president

KATHMANDU, May 5 (Xinhua) — The Nepali Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday asked the President Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat and Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Rookmangud Katawal to furnish their written explanations before the court within the next ten days. Issuing… बाँकी अंश »

Katawal sacked, Khadka acting CoAS

KATHMANDU: The government Sunday decided to retire Chief of Army Staff Rukmangud Katawal. After a meeting of the council of ministers held at Baluwatar, government spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara said that Lt. Gen Kul Bahadur Khadka has been appointed as… बाँकी अंश »

AI launches campaign for justice to Nepal conflict victims

Amnesty International (AI) on Friday launched year-long “national campaign for justice, truth and reparations in Nepal”. Amnesty said more than two years after the adoption of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement, none of those responsible for horrific crimes, whether committed by… बाँकी अंश »

UCPN-Maoist-UML fail to end deadlock

Kathmandu, April 11 – A meeting of two major government coalition partners – the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and the Communist Party of Nepal- (Unified Marxist-Leninist) failed to end their deadlock and to agree on resuming the stalled… बाँकी अंश »

Candidates wooing students in last-leg campaign

As the Free Students’ Union (FSU) elections near, students in and outside the Kathmandu valley Tuesday busied themselves in their last leg of election campaign. Electioneering for March 19 student polls closes by midnight Tuesday. Student organisations are in the… बाँकी अंश »

Nepal records least human rights violation in South Asia

Despite the fact that Nepal is undergoing political instability and seeing no respite from violence even after the end of armed rebellion by the Maoists, it has been ranked a good performer in safeguarding human rights compared to other South… बाँकी अंश »