16 happenings of 2016

Published On: January 1, 2017 08:00 PM NPT By: Republica  | @RepublicaNepal


· January 23: Parliament amended the constitution four months after its promulgation making changes to the provisions related to inclusion and delineation of electoral constituency.

· February 5: Over four-month-long disruption along the Nepal-India border points ended just ahead of the then Prime Minister K P Oli's India visit. 

· February 9: Former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sushil Koirala passed away, ahead of the NC general convention.

· February 19: The then PM Oli visited India, signed an agreement with the Indian side allowing Nepali vehicles' movement to Bangladesh through Kakarvitta-Bangabandhu corridor and on using Vishakhapatnam port. 

· March 19: UK Prince Harry arrived in Kathmandu on a five-day visit to Nepal.

· March 20: Oli visited China, signed historic trade and transit treaty, and agreement on construction of railway link between the two countries through Tibet. 

· June 20: Fifteen Nepali security guards killed in suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan's capital Kabul. 

· July 13: Nepali Congress and Maoist lawmakers filed a no-confidence motion against PM K P Oli.

· July 24: Oli resigned from the prime ministerial post ahead of voting on no-confidence motion.

· August 3: CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected as prime minister.

· September 1: India banned Nepali ginger import, just a week before Prime Minister Dahal's visit to New Delhi.

· October 15: PM Dahal left for India on an official visit.

· October 20: UML and Maoist MPs registered impeachment motion in parliament against CIAA Chief Lokman Singh Karki. 

· November 3: Indian President Pranab Mukherjee arrived in Kathmandu on an official visit. He also visited Janakpur and Pokhara.

· November 29: Government registered second amendment to the constitution in parliament. 

· December 29: China announces a plan to hold first joint military exercise with Nepal in 2017.


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