KATHMANDU, March 17: Amid deepening rift within the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), the Madhav Nepal-led faction of the party is holding a two-day national gathering beginning today.

BIRENDRANAGAR, Jan 21: One of the two chairpersons of the Dahal-Nepal faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that their faction is preparing to strip Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli of the party’s general membership.

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: Two days after the ruling Nepal Communist Party suffered a split, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi held a meeting with Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the chairperson of the rival faction of the party, on Thursday morning.

KATHMANDU, Dec 23: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday said that it will conduct a thorough investigation to verify claims made by the rival factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party before granting an official recognition to one of them.