BIRATNAGAR, July 9: Preparations are being made for the expansion of the cabinet in Koshi Province. Koshi Province Chief Minister (CM) Uddhab Thapa is going to expand his cabinet today.

DANG, May 22: The cabinet is going to be expanded today in Lumbini Province.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reached Sheetal Niwas to hold a meeting with President Ram Chandra Poudel.

KATHMANDU, March 30: Discussion was held among the ruling alliance parties on the issue of cabinet expansion this morning.

KATHMANDU, March 29: Ruling parties have agreed to expand the cabinet in two phases.

KATHMANDU, March 29: After Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal  asked for the name of the minister for cabinet expansion, CPN (United Socialist) Chairman  Madhav Kumar Nepal called an emergency Secretariat meeting of the party.

KATHMANDU, March 28: The ruling parties are scheduled to hold a meeting on Tuesday to finalize the power-sharing deal.

ITAHARI, Oct 10: Sunsari leader of the Nepali Congress (NC), Rajiv Koirala who has staked his claim to the post of Province 1 chief minister has said that the senior leader of the party Ram Chandra Paudel and leaders from the Koirala family have not raised a single question over the decision of the party’s President Sher Bahadur Deuba.

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: The Council of Ministers is likely to be expanded within a few days as the ruling coalition parties have finally reached an agreement.

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: The ruling CPN (Maoist Center) is scheduled to hold discussions in the standing committee (SC) meeting on Sunday regarding the leaders to be sent from the party to join the government as ministers.

KATHMANDU, Sept 23: A meeting of the top leaders of the ruling parties on Wednesday ended inconclusively as the coalition partners could not agree on a power sharing deal in the new cabinet. The top leaders are expected to sit again today to finalize the deal.

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: A meeting of the ruling coalition held on Sunday morning failed to draw any conclusion on the issue of cabinet expansion once again. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar.

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: The top leaders of the ruling coalition are meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence at Baluwatar today.

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has asked the top leaders of the ruling coalition partners for the list of ministers saying that it has become too late to give full shape to the cabinet.

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Bagmati Province Chief Minister Asta Laxmi Shakya has expanded the Cabinet today, inducting six ministers and four ministers of state into her Cabinet. In the expanded Cabinet, Rachana Khadka, Bijay Subedi, Shanti Prasad Poudel, Pradip Kumar Katuwal have been appointed as ministers for Economic Affairs and Planning; Social Development; and Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment and Health, respectively.

KATHMANDU, September 2: Chairman of the newly-formed CPN (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that the expansion of the Cabinet is less likely before September 8.

KATHMANDU, August 30: A meeting between members of the ruling coalition government is currently underway at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar. Sources said the meeting is focused on finalizing the allocation of ministries to coalition partners and giving full shape to the cabinet that has only six members even a month after the formation of a new government.

Deuba, Dahal, Nepal meet at Baluwatar

August 29, 2021 12:45 pm

KATHMANDU, August 29: A meeting among Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal was held today at the PM’s residence in Baluwatar on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 5: The 'indecisiveness' of the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the CPN-UML over whether to join the government has caused an inordinate delay in the expansion of the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led Cabinet.

KATHMANDU, July 28: A meeting of the ruling alliance is currently underway at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Baluwatar.

KATHMANDU, July 23: Six new ministers took the oath of office and secrecy in Gandaki Province on Friday.

POKHARA, May 19: Chief minister of Gandaki Province, Prithvi Subba Gurung is expanding his council of ministers on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: Supreme Court on Monday sought written clarification from the government over the latter's decision to expand cabinet even after the recommendation made to dissolve the House of Representatives.

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: Prime Minister KP Oli has inducted five new ministers into his cabinet.