he ruling party's refusal to immediately accede to the opposition's demand may be perceived as obstinacy by some, but it also underscores a broader concern about the erosion of institutional integrity and independence. By insisting on the formation of a parallel probe committee, the UML risks undermining the credibility of existing investigative bodies of the government.

KATHMANDU, April 2: The Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the ruling CPN-UML has condemned the disciplinary action taken by the party leadership against its senior leaders Surendra Pandey and Ghanshyam Bhusal.

KATHMANDU, April 1: The ruling Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) on Thursday suspended even the ordinary membership of its leaders Ghanshyam Bhusal and Surendra Pandey, accusing them of carrying out anti-party activities.

KATHMANDU, March 29: The ruling Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), has suspended even the ordinary membership of its senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal and vice chairperson Bhim Rawal, accusing them of carrying out anti-party activities.

KATHMANDU, March 27: A central committee meeting of the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) is currently underway in Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, March 26: A section of parliamentarians belonging to the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) are also joining the party's parliamentary party meeting called by Chairperson KP Sharma Oli this afternoon.

KATHMANDU, March 18: A parliamentary party meeting of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) is taking place today.

KATHMANDU, March 7: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called a meeting of his party's parliamentary party within hours of Supreme Court verdict to revive the erstwhile CPN (UML) and CPN Maoist (Centre).

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: Hundreds of cadres of the Oli-led faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) staged a motorcycle rally in the capital on Wednesday.

KARNALI, Jan 24: The impact of a vertical split in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has surfaced in the assembly of Karnali Province. As a result, the provincial assembly session has been in a limbo - the meetings of the thematic committees have also not taken place so far.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: A Standing Committee meeting of the Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is taking place this afternoon.

KATHMANDU, Jan 13: Chairperson of the Dahal-Nepal faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has accused Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli of dissolving the House of Representatives and bringing vertical split in the ruling party at the behest of India.

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: A Standing Committee meeting of the Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist party (NCP) is currently underway at Parisdanda, Koteshwar, in the capital.

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal has decided to take to the streets against the government's decision to dissolve the House of Representatives.

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Executive Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has urged NCP leaders and cadres to stand united against all sorts of tendencies and elements that weaken the party.

KATHMANDU, Dec 16: Ahead of the party’s Standing Committee meeting, Nepal Communist Party chairman duo KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a one-on-one meeting at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Baluwatar.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: As the intraparty rift within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has further widened in recent months, prime minister and the party’s chairperson KP Sharma Oli has made attempts to woo his party's Executive Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Dec 9: Senior leader of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that party Chairperson KP Sharma Oli is responsible for present crisis within the party.

KATHMANDU, Dec 6: Amid growing internal rift within the ruling Nepal Communist Party due to factional feud, chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party KP Sharma Oli on Sunday skipped a crucial meeting of the party's Standing Committee.

KATHMANDU, Dec 6: The Standing Committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) which has been scheduled for this afternoon is holding deliberation on the proposals tabled earlier by the chairmen duo KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the party Secretariat, party leaders said.

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: The Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) scheduled for Wednesday has been put off for Saturday after the party’s Chairman K P Sharma Oli skipped the meeting.

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: Chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) KP Sharma Oli, who is also the prime minister, is likely to skip a meeting of the party's Secretariat scheduled to be held this afternoon.

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Secretariat members of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have started deliberating on the political papers submitted separately by the chairmen duo KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is taking place this afternoon as the intra-party rift within the party continues to escalate further.

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Bishnu Poudel, the general secretary of Nepal Communist Party (NCP), has urged the party’s Executive Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to withdraw his political document and present a joint document prepared by both Oli and Dahal at the party's next Secretariat meeting which has been scheduled for November 28.

KATHMANDU, Nov 19: Amid growing intra-party rift in the ruling Nepal Communist Party due to faction feud, Chairperson of the NCP and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said on Wednesday that he will present a separate political document during a meeting of the party’s Secretariat scheduled for November 28.

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: Executive chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Pushpa Kamal Dahal is currently holding a meeting with the other chairperson of the party and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the latter’s official residence in Baluwatar.

KATHMANDU, Nov 6: Executive chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal has called an ‘informal’ meeting of the party’s Secretariat on Friday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, Nov 5: A meeting between the two chairpersons of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal ended inconclusively on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: General Secretary of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Bishnu Poudel said on Sunday that his party is currently facing “a serious existential crisis”.

KATHMANDU, Oct 28: The Central Committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party which was scheduled to be held from October 31 to November 2 has been postponed for a month owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

KATHMANDU, July 21: The month-long row within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has taken a new twist after Prime Minister K P Oli promised Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to extend his support during the party’s unity general convention, likely to be held within a year.

KATHMANDU, July 19: Prime Minister K P Oli has proposed holding the party's general convention of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) by mid-December.

KATHMANDU, July 3: Chairpersons of the ruling Nepal Communist Party KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a meeting on Friday apparently in a bid to resolve their differences over a host of issues including the growing call for the resignation of Oli from the post of Prime Minister within the party.

KATHMANDU, July 3: The intra-party disputes within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) took a new twist on Thursday after Prime Minister KP Oli decided to prorogue the ongoing session of the federal parliament. The decision of Prime Minister Oli, who is lately under pressure to quit from power, has left many asking a question: What will happen next?

KATHMANDU, July 2: At a time when the intra-party row in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is at its peak due to factional feud over a host of issues including the performance of the KP Oli-led government, executive chairman of the party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a meeting with President Bidya Devi Bhandari at Sheetal Niwas, the President’s Office on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, May 16: Prime Minister and Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) KP Sharma Oli and executive chairman of the party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, have expressed commitment to ensure meaningful change in the country as per the people's aspirations and mandate to the party.

KATHMANDU, May 12: The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has called the party's crucial Standing Committee meeting for tomorrow, Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, May 7: Executive Chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, on Thursday said that the party's Standing Committee meeting scheduled for today had been postponed at the last minute due to the lack of homework.

KATHMANDU, May 6: A meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party's Central Secretariat is taking place on Wednesday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, May 2: A meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Secretariat has decided to elect the party's Vice-chairman Bamdev Gautam to the House of Representatives “at an appropriate time”.

KATHMANDU, May 2: A meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Secretariat began at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Baluwatar on Saturday evening.

KATHMANDU, April 22: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said it is the historic responsibility of the NCP to prepare the basis of socialism by respecting the public mandate and aspirations while defeating the reactionary conspiracy.

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: Nepal Communist Party senior leader Bamdev Gautam has now officially become the party's central vice chairperson.

KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday further strengthened his prospects of becoming the first democratically elected head of government to serve out a full term in office after Pushpa Kamal Dahal, with whom he jointly chairs the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), agreed to give up any claim to premiership and settle for executive head of the party.

MOSCOW, Sept 9: Russia’s ruling United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, has lost a slew of seats in the Moscow parliament, RIA news agency said on Monday, suggesting a tactical voting strategy pushed by opponents may have worked.

KATHMANDU, Aug 9: Key members of parliament (MPs) within the ruling Nepal Communist Party have pressed the government to form the Transitional Justice (TJ) bodies without further delay.

KATHMANDU, July 16: Co-chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party(NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal assured his party cadres of bringing the process of party integration to its fruition by the end of July 16.