KATHMANDU, April 27: The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), led by Netra Bikram Chand, has been split after the party sacked its secretariat members Hemanta Prakash Oli and Dharmendra Bastola, accusing them of going against the party's decisions.

BUTWAL, Nov 18: Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has urged armed groups that have not surrendered their weapons to come to the mainstream national politics by handing over their weapons.

KATHMANDU, Nov 16: The cadres of Nepal Bikram Chand aka Biblav-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) have burned tires at Bhadrakali, Kathmandu as a part of their protest against recent hike in the prices of petroleum products.

KATHMANDU, Nov 16: Police have arrested cadres belonging to Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal from Sundhara in the capital as they staged a protest against the recent hike in the prices of petroleum products.

DAMAULI, Nov 16: Eleven cadres of Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) mobilized on a roadway to enforce Nepal banda have been arrested here. They were calling for a nationwide general shutdown, demanding the government to withdraw its decision to increase the price of petroleum products.

KATHMANDU, March 5: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that Nepal has now entered a peaceful era following the three-point deal with the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’.

VIDEO: PM Oli and CPN General Secretary Chand jointly addressing agreement signing ceremony

We are committed to honoring three-point pact: Biplab

NAWALPUR, March 5: General Secretary of Nepal Communist Party (CPN) Netra Bikram Chand 'Biplab' became public after the government lifted a ban on his party. He became public from Daldale of Nawalpur district early Friday morning.

DHANGADHI, March 5: Central member of the Nepali Congress (NC),  Ramesh Lekhak has said NC took positively the talks held between the government and Netra Bikram Chanda ‘Biplab’-led Nepal Communist Party (NCP).

KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Police have rearrested a secretariat member of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal, Dharmendra Bastola even as the Supreme Court ordered the government to release him unconditionally.

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: The outlawed Netra Bikram Chanda “Biplab’-led Nepal Communist Party has said that it is positive to hold dialogue and negotiation with the government to resolve their demands.

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KATHMANDU, Oct 17: In case you missed them, here are the major news stories that Republica covered over the past 24 hours.

KATHMANDU, July 15:  Central Committee member of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) has been arrested by police from Kailali district on Wednesday morning.

Renounce violence, sit for talks

December 10, 2019 09:20 am

When the government took measures to crack down on the violent activities of the outfit led by Netra Bikram Chand in March this year, it was the right response given the circumstances of the time.

NEPALGUNJ, Nov 15: Police have arrested a leader of outlawed Communist Party of Nepal led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’ from Kohalpur in the district on Thursday night at around 11:30 pm.

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16 cadres of Biplab-led outfit arrested

November 9, 2019 14:36 pm

BAJURA, Police have arrested 16 leaders and cadres of outlawed Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’-led Nepal Communist Party from Majhpali of Gaumul rural municipality-3.

BAGLUNG, Sept 25: Police have arrested Baglung District Secretary of outlawed Biplab group Ram Bahadur Kunwar aka Nabin on Tuesday from his residence at Badigad rural municipality-5.

Come for talks

July 16, 2019 02:00 am

Netra Bikram Chand-led outfit—‘outfit’ because it has not been registered in the Election Commission and it is guided by violence—has to be contained.

BHOJPUR, July 11: Two persons including a policeman were killed in an exchange of fire with a cadre of the Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN (Maoist) in Bhojpur, Wednesday morning.

KATHMANDU, July 5: Government spokesperson Gokul Baskota has termed the Netra Bickram Chand (Biplab)-led Communist Party Nepal (CPN) a terrorist group and claimed that it has chosen a path of self-destruction.

Talk to Biplab

July 2, 2019 00:30 am

When the government can mainstream the secessionist outfit, why cannot it address Biplab’s concerns through talks? Why cannot it bring Biplab to peaceful politics?

KATHMANDU, May 28: A day after a series of bomb blasts were set off in different parts of Kathmandu Valley by the outlawed communist group of Netra Bikram Chand, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday asked the group leader to clarify what he wanted by promoting violence.

KATHMANDU, May 27: Police have confirmed the identity of those three killed in a hair salon blast at Sukedhara on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, May 26: Police have confirmed that the injured Rabindra KC as a cadre of student wings affiliated with Biplab-led group.

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BEJHAD, April 13: Bijay Budha Magar, chair of Teachers Association Palpa, has been arrested on the charge of his alliance with the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’.

KATHMANDU, April 11: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday scrapped a writ petition filed by the daughter of Hemanta Prakash Oli aka Prakash, the mid-central command leader of Netra Bikram Chand-led Comunist Party of Nepal (CPN), demanding the release of her father.

DANG, April 4: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has accused the government of inviting danger and violence by provoking the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) led by Netra Bikram Chand.

Biplab-led party withdraws strike

March 27, 2019 20:48 pm

KATHMANDU, March 27: The Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) has withdrawn the strike of March 30.

KATHMANDU, March 27: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’-led Communist Party of Nepal (CNP) to call off the nation-wide strike slated for March 30.

KATHMANDU, March 27: In an intensified search and arrest operation against leaders and cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), Nepal Police arrested as many as 20 of them on Tuesday.

ACHHAM, March 26: Nepal Police engaged in an exchange of fire with the cadres of the Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) in Achham District on Tuesday afternoon.

BUTWAL, March 26: Police have arrested district in-charge of Biplab-led NCP. According to district police, Nawalparasi, district in-charge of West Nawalparasi Ganga Gyawali ‘Suman’ was arrested on Monday night.

KATHMANDU, March 26: Prime Minister KP Oli has said that the government will detain all the leaders of the Netra Bikram Chand-led semi-underground splinter Maoist party by mid-April.

KATHMANDU, March 25: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday warned Netra Birkam Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) to surrender its weapons or get prepared for more crackdowns.

KATHMANDU, March 23: Nepal Police has arrested 130 leaders and cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) since the recent bomb blast in the capital which took a life.

The list of Netra Bikram Chand led Communist Party of Nepal's terror incidents on our record.

Echoes of Biplab

December 17, 2018 01:30 am

Biplab bitterly rues over having accepted the short-lived preposterous “Prachanda-path” that waylaid workers and threatened to drag the nation toward an abyss of disintegration

ROLPA, Oct 30: For some locals of Thabang is no more the Thabang they remember. One of the locals to feel so is Girish Pun. A former Maoist guerrilla, while sharing such feelings he was referring to the changes that have taken place in this place, which was considered as a Maoist forte during the insurgency. Since the end of war, other political parties have made inroads into this town and have introduced their ideologies. As such, people here now have diverse opinions and follow different ideology.

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