December 09 2009 Last updated 9:31 pm
Prime Minister Madhav-elect Kumar Nepal met Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala to discuss issues related to the composition of the new cabinet including formation of a high-level joint mechanism, distribution of ministerial berths, the common minimum programme and policy… बाँकी अंश »
KATHMANDU: Euphoric Gurkha veterans and their families categorically call themselves great admirers of model-turned English actress Joanna Lumley for her tireless support to the one and half decade of legal battle against the British government. They are obliged to Lumley,… बाँकी अंश »
KATHMANDU: Three major Parties, Nepali Congress, CPN (UML) and Madheshi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) have intensified their consultations, internal homework and selection of their leaders to represent the government, a day after CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal was elected to the… बाँकी अंश »
KATHMANDU: Senior CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal was on Saturday elected unopposed as the Prime Minister even though the Unified CPN-Maoist boycotted the entire election process. Two CPN-Unified lawmakers and one from Janata Dal also stayed away. Nepal (56), who… बाँकी अंश »
Caretaker Prime Minister and Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal held separate discussions with leaders of fringe parties Saturday morning in an effort to avert formation of a UML-led government. Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal (RPP-N) chairman Kamal Thapa met Dahal in… बाँकी अंश »
KATHMANDU: The three-day central committee meeting of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) on Friday proposed the formation of the new government under its own leadership. The MJF came up with an alternative proposal as well. It decided to support any… बाँकी अंश »
KATHMANDU: Caretaker Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Thursday called for a broader consensus among the political parties to tackle the critical problems faced by the country. Speaking at a book launch programme, PM Dahal said formation of the… बाँकी अंश »
KATHMANDU: Issuing a regulation that leaves the position open to anybody meeting qualifications, Nepal government has done away with an age-old practice of appointing South Indian Brahmins as priests and chief priests of the famed Pashupatinath Temple. The new regulations… बाँकी अंश »
Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala has asked caretaker Prime Minister and Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to cooperate in the ongoing efforts to form a new government under the leadership of CPN (UML). During a meeting Friday evening, Koirala… बाँकी अंश »
While the UML seems still far from securing simple majority for a new government, its chairman Jhala Nath Khanal has called for a “government of national unity”. Inaugurating a literacy campaign launched by the party’s student wing, ANNFSU, in the… बाँकी अंश »