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Kosh Raj Koirala

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Govt skips consultation meet called by EU poll mission

Published On: March 24, 2018 06:40 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Mar 23: In a clear indication of souring relations between the government and the European Union (EU) mission in Nepal, government officials including those from the Election Commission (EC) have boycotted a stakeholders' consultation meeting organized by the EU Poll Observation Mission in Kathmandu, Friday.

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Govt boycotts consultation meeting organized by EU poll observation mission

Published On: March 23, 2018 01:12 PM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Mar 23: In a clear manifestation of souring relations between the government and the European Union (EU) in Nepal, government officials including those from the Election Commission (EC) have boycotted a stakeholders meeting organized by the EU Poll Observation mission in Kathmandu on Friday.

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PM inducts 15 members to cabinet

Published On: March 17, 2018 06:50 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, March 16: Prime Minister KP Oli on Friday expanded his cabinet by inducting 15 new ministers, including four state ministers, taking the total number of cabinet members to 22. The prime minister inducted six ministers and three state ministers from his party, CPN-UML, and six ministers and a state minister from the CPN (Maoist Center).

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VVIPs on Nepal visit will now receive guard of honor at Army Pavilion

Published On: March 5, 2018 06:30 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Mar 5: Revising the previous location of offering such honor, the newly-formed government of K P Sharma Oli has decided to establish a new practice of offering the guard of honor to all the visiting foreign VVIPs at Nepal Army Pavilion, Tundikhel.

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Pak PM arriving to congratulate Oli

Published On: March 3, 2018 06:00 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, March 3:  Pakistani Prime Minister Sahid Khaqan Abbasi is arriving in Kathmandu on Monday, in the first high-level visit here by a foreign dignitary after   K P Sharma Oli assumed office as prime minister of Nepal.

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India shifts stance, drops amendment call

Published On: February 3, 2018 07:21 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: In a major shift in its  position, India has advised Nepal’s Madhes-based parties to settle the issue of constitutional amendment internally through negotiations with major political parties.

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Swaraj conveys Modi's wish to work closely with CPN UML-led government

Published On: February 2, 2018 07:00 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who arrived in Kathmandu on a goodwill visit on Thursday, conveyed the message of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he is eager to work closely with the CPN UML-led government.

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Swaraj coming to reset ties, feel pulse: Experts

Published On: January 31, 2018 07:27 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: As Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj prepares to arrive in Kathmandu on Thursday as the emissary of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there is a cautious optimism in Nepal that the bilateral relations between the two countries would move smoothly even as the leftist parties are poised to form a new government.

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Army rejects Indian firm's DPR for fast track

Published On: January 17, 2018 06:45 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: The Nepal Army (NA) has decided not to purchase the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Kathmandu-Terai/Madhes Expressway prepared by an Indian consortium, citing technical shortcomings and exorbitant price.

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FSFN, RJPN may support UML-led govt

Published On: January 8, 2018 03:29 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

We will support any party that assures us constitutional amendment. Parliamentary arithmetic after the election is such that bringing any amendment to the constitution is not possible without UML support.

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Cabinet endroses ordinance on TRC, CIEDP terms extension

Published On: January 6, 2018 01:58 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: The government has decided to extend the terms of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission for the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) for a year.

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New ordinance to extend term of TRC, CIEDP by a year

Published On: January 4, 2018 08:45 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: As the extended terms of two transitional justice mechanisms are expiring next month even without accomplishing a small portion of their mandated tasks, the government has started necessary preparations to further extend their terms for a year through an ordinance.

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President may authenticate ordinance today

Published On: December 29, 2017 05:30 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: The ongoing political deadlock over the formation of the National Assembly is likely to be resolved soon.

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Managing second-rung leaders a major challenge for unification

Published On: December 28, 2017 11:49 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: As formal and informal negotiations continue between the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) for party unification and formation of the new government, management of second-rung leaders of both the parties has emerged as a major challenge.

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Mistrust within left alliance grows as govt formation stalls

Published On: December 26, 2017 07:00 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Dec 26: As the formation of the new government gets delayed over the National Assembly ordinance row and the unity process becomes uncertain,  mistrust between the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center), which had forged an electoral alliance with an understanding to subsequently unify the two leftist parties, has deepened in recent days.

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Nepal in fix over Trump's 'coercive' diplomacy on Jerusalem

Published On: December 22, 2017 06:30 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Many countries including Nepal are in a fix as US President Donald Trump is exercising “coercive diplomacy” against countries not supporting his controversial move to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

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Leftist poll win has little to do with India, China: Experts

Published On: December 21, 2017 06:40 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: As the leftist parties -- CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) -- prepare to form a new government after their resounding victory in the recent parliamentary and provincial assembly polls, media reports speak of discomfort in India and 'cautious optimism' in China.

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Oli, Dahal for talks in tandem on govt formation, party merger

Published On: December 16, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: The CPN-UML and  CPN (Maoist Center), that forged an electoral alliance with further  plans to unify the two leftist parties, have  started formal negotiations for simultaneously expediting party unification and  government formation following their resounding victory in the recent parliamentary and provincial assembly polls.

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Myanmar army chief’s visit stirs controversy

Published On: December 13, 2017 02:06 PM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: The visit by Myanmar’s Army Chief Min Aung Hlaing has courted controversy in Kathmandu as the general prepares to wrap up his four-day visit to Nepal on Wednesday.

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Key architects of left alliance lose election

Published On: December 11, 2017 02:53 AM NPT By: Kosh Raj Koirala

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: Although the electoral alliance between the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) in the parliamentary and provincial assembly polls has landed a landslide victory for the left alliance across the country, two senior leaders who took lead role to make it possible have lost the elections.

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