Political News

By Our Reporter With the successful conclusion of the elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies, the country should have entered a new phase of political stability. But it could not happen as the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML made the formation of the National Assembly an issue …

By Our Reporter Although the left alliance swept the elections both in the federal and provincial levels, the two parties have been suspicious about each other. The comments of UML general secretary Ishwor Pokharel that a single person should be the PM, leader of the parliamentary party and party chief …

By Our Reporter President Vidya Bhandary is just 55 and this is not time for her retirement. Therefore, KP Sharma Oli faction in the UML is in a mood to elect Bhandary to the post of the President for the next term of five years, say UML sources. JN Khanal …

By Our Reporter If all goes as planned, CPN-UML chair K P Oli will be the next Prime Minister of Nepal. As the main leader of the left alliance that clinched a comfortable majority in the House of Representatives and the chief of the party that emerged as the largest …

By Our Reporter The elections have put NC President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in a difficult position. Deuba, who had said that an astrologer had told him that he would become Nepal’s PM for seven times, has lost not only the chance of becoming PM for the fifth …

By Our Reporter The unofficial results of the votes of the proportional representation (PR) system for the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies show that there will be only five national parties in Nepal. They are: The CPN-UML, NC, Maoist-Centre, Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal and Federal Socialist Forum Nepal. According to …

By Our Reporter Wang Weiguang, President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), said that socialism with Chinese characteristics is for strong China and peaceful and prosperous world. At an interaction programme organized on Monday, 18 December in Kathmandu, Wang briefed on recently concluded 19 National Congress of the …

By Our Reporter In No 1 province, Sherdhan Rai (Oli camp) is almost sure to become the chief minister. Bhim Acharya (Sunsari), brother in law of JN Khanal, is also the candidate to get the post of the chief minister, however, he will have less chance to become the chief …

Prachanda’s Maoist Center now insists that his party merger must take place prior to the formation of government. K.P. Oli’s CPN/UML is so much in a hurry to form government that it wants prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to initiate the process of vacating government and ease his entry as …

By Our Reporter Masashi Ogawa, Ambassador of Japan hosted a reception on Friday to celebrate the 84th auspicious Birthday of His Majesty Emperor Akihito at his official residence, Tahachal. Four hundred VVIP and VIP guests including Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun as a chief guest, ministers, ambassadors and heads of international …