The latest political change in Nepal, marked by the collapse of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government, underscores the critical need for a concerted focus on the country's most pressing issues. Frequent changes in the coalition and the government have put the country's pressing issues such as unemployment, economic slowdown and growing youth exodus on the backburner.

President Paudel is expected to appoint Oli as the Prime Minister on Sunday after completing the necessary procedures.

KATHMANDU, July 12: CPN-UML Secretary Yogesh Bhattarai has clarified that by ending the game of making the country a political laboratory, a new power equation has been formed to awaken the message of hope among the people.

KATHMANDU, July 12: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has sharply criticized the recent alliance between the Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN-UML.

KATHMANDU, July 11: The Nepali Congress (NC) has directed its lawmakers to vote against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s confidence motion, which is scheduled for July 12.

KATHMANDU, July 8: CPN-UML member of the House of Representatives (HoR), Achyut Prasad Mainali has demanded the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.

KATHMANDU, July 8: The CPN-UML has quit the Bagmati Province Government and has also withdrawn its support to the government.

KATHMANDU, July 7: The CPN-UML took the opposition bench seat in the House of Representatives (HoR) meeting held on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, July 5: The CPN-UML has informed the Parliament Secretariat that it has withdrawn its support to the government led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

UML asks PM Dahal not to take long-term decisions

KATHMANDU, May 12: The CPN-UML has quit the Madhesh province government. Four UML ministers submitted their resignations to Chief Minister Saroj Kumar Yadav on Sunday.

BAJHANG, April 28: CPN-UML’s Daman Bhandari has maintained the lead in the ongoing vote count in Bajhang constituency (A).

KATHMANDU, April 15: The CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) are set to hold a joint rally in Ilam-2 on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, March 22: The CPN-UML has called its secretariat meeting.

KATHMANDU, March 3: As mistrust and tensions deepen between ruling Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the likelihood of a new political alliance is rapidly gaining traction. The emerging coalition is anticipated to involve the Maoist Center, CPN-UML, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), and Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP).

KATHMANDU, March 3: The CPN-UML has nominated Bhagwati Neupane as the chief whip of the UML Parliamentary Party in the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The main opposition CPN-UML has demanded that the government table the report of the commission formed to investigate the fatal incident that took place in Balkumari of Lalitpur.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23 : The CPN-UML, the main opposition party, is currently conducting an election in Kailali district to select its new leader.

KATHMANDU, Feb 22: The Central Committee (CC) meeting of the CPN-UML is taking place today as well. In the meeting, the  team leaders will present the outcomes of the group discussions held on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU,  Feb 15: The CPN-UML has called a meeting of the party’s Secretariat later today.

KATHMANDU,  Feb 2: CPN-UML has called a parliamentary party meeting.

KATHMANDU, Jan 23:  The main opposition party CPN-UML has submitted a letter of attention to the government with 751 points of demand.

BAGLUNG, Jan 7: The mayor of Dhorpatan Municipality, Dev Kumar Nepali, accused of swindling the common people out of about Rs 2.25 billion, is yet to be arrested, due to protection from the political and police administration.

KATHMANDU, Jan 6: The main opposition party CPN-UML has prepared to contest all 19 seats in the National Assembly member elections. A meeting of the party secretariat held on Friday started preparations for nominations for all 19 seats, expressing dissatisfaction with “the ruling coalition's attempts to confuse and defame the UML with media trials in the name of cooperation in the election.”

KATHMANDU, Jan 4:  Madhav Nepal, chairman of CPN (Unified Socialist), has expressed his displeasure over the idea of allocating seats to the UML in the National Assembly.

BHOJPUR, Dec 14: CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has said the 'Mission 84' campaign launched for prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali is of the Nepali people.

KARNALI, Dec 4: The CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has said that the prospect of exploring petroleum products in Dailekh district would help achieve the long-term goal of prosperous Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: The streets in most parts of Kathmandu remained deserted, yet tense on Thursday due to separate protests organized by the CPN-UML-affiliated Yuva Sangh and medical entrepreneur Durga Prasai-led group.

KATHMANDU, Oct 26: On behalf of CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, the tea reception scheduled on the occasion of Dashain, Tihar, Nepal Sambat and Chhath Parba, has been postponed by one day.

KATHMANDU, Oct 20: CPN-UML  Chairman KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to host a tea reception on October 31 on the occasion of the Bada Dashain, Tihar, Nepal Sambat and Chhath festivals.

BIRATNAGAR, Oct 15: The chief minister of Koshi Province, Kedar Karki, has expanded his cabinet by inducting two ministers.

DHANUSHA, Oct 11: All the preparations for the first provincial convention of Nepal Communist Party (UML) Madhesh Province to be held in Janakpurdham from today have been completed.

SURKHET, Oct 1: The process of voting is currently underway for the election of the leadership of CPN-UML Karnali Province. The voting started at 10AM today. The first session of the UML convention, originally scheduled for two days, failed to reach a consensus on the leadership selection, necessitating the election on the fifth day.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: It is seen that there will be a competition between Min Bahadur Shahi and Gulab Jung Shah for the Karnali Province Chairmanship of the CPN-UML.

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: The Bagmati Province convention of the CPN-UML is starting today. UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli will inaugurate the convention which will start at 11AM today at Bhrikuti Mandap in Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, Sept 19:  The main opposition party, CPN-UML, is organizing a special programme at Narayan Chaur in the capital on the occasion of the Constitution Day on Wednesday. The program will be held at 7 AM.

KATHMANDU, August 16 : Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has stated that conspiracies are being hatched from various quarters to derail the current constitutional course because the government has taken proactive measures to combat corruption.

KATHMANDU, July 27: In today's meeting of the National Assembly, the main opposition party CPN-UML demanded the formation of a high-level committee to investigate the case of illegal gold smuggling through the Tribhuvan International Airport.

KATHMANDU, July 26: The main opposition CPN-UML has demanded an investigation into the 100-kg gold smuggling case.

KATHMANDU, July 10: On Monday, the three top leaders of the major parties are discussing the issue of uplifting the obstruction in parliament.

LUMBINI, July 5: The CPN-UML, the main opposition in Lumbini Province Assembly, has finally decided to support the budget presented for the fiscal year 2023/24.

KATHMANDU, June 19: The Socialist Front, which has been formed with the direct participation of the ruling CPN (Maoist Center), which is leading the incumbent government, seeks to build an alternative force at a time when the country’s political course is becoming unpredictable. Two major parties of the country came up with this concept to announce the alternative power alliance to keep the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML under check and balance.

KATHMANDU, May 5: The CPN-UML has called its secretariat meeting on May 9.

JANAKPURDHAM, April 4: CPN-UML ministers who were a part of the Madhesh province government have officially resigned. In accordance with the resignation process, the UML ministers submitted their resignation letters to Chief Minister Saroj Kumar Yadav.

KATHMANDU, March 2: The CPN-UML has attached higher priority to its 'Mission Grassroots' campaign than the upcoming presidential election. Under the 'Mission Grassroots' campaign, seven vice-chairpersons and seven secretaries of the party have been mobilized in the field with high priority.

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: While discussions are going on that the next president should be elected on the basis of national consensus, the Maoist Center which is leading the current government, appears divided along two lines over the issue. While one group of the Maoist Center says that the country’s next president should be made from within the existing alliance, the other group insists that a person without any direct affiliation to a party should be made the president

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has stressed the need for forging national consensus on the presidential candidate.

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: The CPN-UML has expelled Ghanashyam Bhusal and Prabhu Sah from the party on charge of being involved in the activities against the party during recently-held elections of the members of House of Representatives and provincial assemblies.

ROLPA, Nov 23: UML's Surya Thapa is leading the vote count for a seat in the House of Representatives (HoR) in Pyuthan. Rastriya Janamorcha’s Durga Poudel, who is a common candidate of the ruling alliance, is trailing behind Thapa by around 4,000 votes.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: CPN-UML central secretariat meeting is to be held in Balkot to prepare the closed list of candidates under the proportional representation category.