KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Baburam Bhattarai, Chairman of Nepal Samajwadi Party, currently in the process of unifying with CPN (Maoist Center), is ready to name the merged party as CPN (Socialist).

WALING, Aug 13: As many as 155 cooperatives established in various districts of Gandaki Province have been merged.

KATHMANDU, Jan 10: After the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) took a 'pressure policy' for the commercial banks to merge, the latter have gone/are going into mergers. Global IME Bank and Bank of Kathmandu merged and integrated business started from Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 18: Tata Group owned Air India is going to merge four airline brands operated through its  investment into one company. With this, Vistara Air, which is currently flying in Nepal and operated by a joint venture between India and Singapore, will also be merged into Air India.

KATHMANDU, June 11: Nepal Investment Bank Limited (NIBL) and Mega Bank Nepal Limited (MBNL) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding to merge.

KATHMANDU, April 28: CPN (Unified Socialist) and CPN (Unified) are set to be merged.

Kathmandu, Dec 27: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has expedited the merger of cooperatives operating within the metropolis.

KATHMANDU, July 18: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Governor Chiranjibi Nepal has put mergers of banks and financial institutions (BFIs) high on his agenda as the central bank prepares to unveil its monetary policy for fiscal year 2019/20.

KATHMANDU, May 7: Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) and Naya Shakti Party Nepal (NSPN) have formed a unified party called Samajbadi Party Nepal (SPN), with a resolve to become an alternative political force in the country.

KATHMANDU, May 5: Leaders of the Naya Shakti Party (NSP) led by former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai and Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) led by Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Upendra Yadav have agreed to merge the two parties to form a new party, Samajbadi Party Nepal.

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KATHMANDU, April 19: Top leaders of ruling Nepal Communist Party have expedited backdoor negotiations to resolve disputes so that they could merge lower committees of the party by Monday.

KATHMANDU, June 7: Federation of Handicraft Associations of Nepal (FHAN) has demanded the government not to merge all cultural organizations under one academy.

CHITWAN, May 29: Disproportionate tea-cher-student ratio, lack of infrastructures and poor management committees are common problems of community schools in Madi. However, Madi Municipality is now set to change this. With an aim to ensure quality education in schools, the municipality office has decided to merge them.

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KATHMANDU, May 17: As the major communist parties, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) have merged, leaders of different political parties delivered mix reactions.

KATHMANDU, May 4: Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairperson of CPN Maoist Center shared that communist parties must unite "even if some might be left out".

TILOTTAMA, April 13: Four community schools in Tilottama municipality of Rupandehi district have gone for integration.

KATHMANDU, April 6: The ruling CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) continue to differ on two key issues pertaining to the proposed merger even as leaders from both sides on Thursday expressed a renewed commitment to formally unite the two left parties on April 22.

KATHMANDU, Jan 28: Chances of the planned merger between the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) concluding before the formation of the new government look slim as Nepal's two main left parties struggle to find a middle point to end the deadlock over the leadership and organization of the new party.

KATHMANDU, Dec. 23: CPN-UML secretary Pradip Gyawali has said that a new powerful political party would be formed after the unification of the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center).

KATHMANDU, April 20:  Nepal Democratic Forum (NDF) led by Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar and Tharuhat Tarai (TTP) Party led by Bhanuram Chaudhary have decided to undergo merger at a time when the Tarai-centric parties are jumping on the unification bandwagon.

KATHMANDU, April 15: Six constituent parties of the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) have agreed in principle to merge, in a fresh bid to form a strong force representing the tarai.

KATHMANDU, April 6: The Madhesi People's Rights Forum-Democratic (MPRF-D), a key regional party in parliament, on Wednesday announced merger with two other fringe parties to become the fifth largest party in the House.

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