BRISTOL, Aug 3: He's spent more than half his life representing Nepal on a cricket field, starting with his first match captaining an Under-17 side against Bangladesh in February 2001. So it's understandable that 34-year-old Shakti Gauchan's legs might have felt a bit weary as he took the field as one of Nepal's first eleven ODI cricketers on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, July 19: Nepal veteran bowler Shakti Gauchan has announced on Wednesday that he will retire from the national colors after Nepal’s inaugural ODI against the Netherlands.

KATHMANDU, July 19: Nepal's legendary all-rounder Shakti Prasad Gauchan announced his retirement from international cricket amid a farewell function in Kathmandu on Wednesday for the national cricket team before its Europe tour.

KATHMANDU, July 18: Shakti Gauchan, Nepal's veteran spinner has decided to retire from cricket after Nepal’s game against Netherlands.

KATHMANDU, Mar 13: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has cast his in the presidential election today.

JAJARKOT, Dec 9: Former Home Minister Shakti Bahadur Basnet has made a victory in Jajarkot. Basnet, who is leader of Maoist center has back supported by CPN-UML.

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Naya Shakti Party Nepal leader and former DIG Ganesh Rai has quit the party.

GORKHA, Nov 26: Members of Jabari Youth Club, Gorkha took hold of five cadres of Naya Shakti along with 100,000 rupees and handed them to the police. The members had found the money inside a bag of a vehicle Ga 2 Cha 1725 that was travelling from Ajirkot to Bhaluswara.

KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and Naya Shakti Party Nepal have agreed to support each other in Gorkha constituency 2 and Makwanpur constituency 1 in the upcoming parliamentary and provincial assembly elections.

GORKHA, Nov 3: Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said that alliance of Nepali Congress (NC) and his party, Naya Shakti must win the upcoming House of Representatives and State Assemblies elections to lead the country towards development and prosperity. NC has agreed to support Dr Bhattarai who is running the House of Representatives polls from Gorkha constituency-2.

KATHMANDU, Oct 27: Baburam Bhattarai-led Naya Shakti Party Nepal unveiled its election manifesto on Friday envisioning two East-West railways and cable cars in seven places including one from Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp.

GORKHA, Oct 18: Leaders and cadres of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) have expressed skepticism that supporting Naya Shakti Coordinator Baburam Bhattarai for the election from Gorkha Constituency-2 at the expense of their own candidates would yield any benefit to the NC.

KATHMANDU, Oct 13: Naya Shakti Party Nepal (NSP-N) has said that it will contest the upcoming parliamentary and province elections under its own election symbol.

KATHMANDU, Oct 13: The Naya Shakti Nepal (NSN) may disassociate itself from the broad left alliance due to a disagreement over the sharing of constituencies in the upcoming provincial and parliamentary elections.

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Two separate task force constituted following the agreement among the CPN (UML), CPN (Maoist Center) and  Naya Shakti Nepal to forge an electoral alliance for the upcoming House of Representatives and State Assemblies elections have been given the deadline to complete the assigned task.

KATHMANDU, Oct 4: In a dramatic turn of events Tuesday, the chiefs of three left political parties-- CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center) and Naya Shakti Party Nepal-- have announced that the three parties are to unify.

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: Babu Ram Bhattarai-led Naya Shakti is all set to join coalition of UML-MC followed by party unification.

KATHMANDU, August 26: Former Maoist leader and ex-prime minister Baburam Bhattarai’s dream of establishing a new political force in the country has weakened within just two years of the formation of his Naya Shakti party.

KATHMANDU, July 12: Coordinator of the Naya Shakti Party, Nepal, Dr Baburam Bhattarai today met Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and urged to construct the Budhigandaki Hydropower Project with domestic investment.

URLABARI (Morang), June 23: Naya Shakti Party, Nepal coordinator Dr Baburam Bhattarai today said the country could not pursue development until thriving corruption ends.

KATHMANDU, June 8: Dr Baburam Bhattarai-led Naya Shakti Party-Nepal (NSPN) has flayed the government decision to handover Budhi Gandaki Hydro Project to China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC), China’s government-owned Company.

GORKHA, May 16: Naya Shakti Party, Nepal(NSPN) is taking the lead in the race for the chief of Palungtar Rural Municipality in Gorkha district.

PALUNGTAR, May 15: Naya Shakti Party, Nepal(NSPN) is taking the lead in Palungtar Municipality of Gorkha district.

GORKHA, May 9: Naya Shakti Nepal 's coordinator Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said the budget for the next fiscal year should be brought on Jeth 15 ( May 29) in the Nepali calendar, the date set by the Constitution for presenting the budget.

GORKHA, May 7: The police on Saturday night have arrested one person allegedly involved in attacking Naya Shakti cadres and vandalizing jeep and motor bike being used by them in Gorkha district.

KATHMANDU, May 6: Naya Shakti Nepal’s election candidate who had gone missing earlier this week has been found safe in a forest near Godawari, Lalitpur. Madan Giri, 48, a candidate for ward chairman of Nagarjun Municipality, had suddenly disappeared from Khusibu area from Wednesday evening.

KATHMANDU, May 5: Police on Friday morning found candidate for the post of Ward Chair in Nagarjun Municipality from Naya Shakti Party, Madan Giri safe and in sound health in a forest in Godawari, Lalitpur.

WALING, May 2: The Naya Shakti Nepal and Federal Socialist Forum in Syangja are set to forge an electoral alliance for the forthcoming local polls.

KATHMANDU, May 1: Naya Shakti Nepal, the political party led by former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, unveiled its election manifesto for the upcoming local elections with highly ambitious plans including increasing the per capita income to $15,000 in next 25 years.

KATHMANDU, April 29: Naya Shakti Nepal and Federal Socialist Forum Nepal, which last week announced to use same election symbol, have agreed to field consensus candidate in the local elections slated for May 14.

KATHMANDU, April 25: After months long protests, Naya Shakti Nepal (NSN) received Mashal (torch) as the party's election symbol for the upcoming local elections.

KATHMANDU, April 21: Naya Shakti Party Nepal (NSPN) is all set to focus its power on the local-level elections slated for May 14.

KATHMANDU, April 21: Naya Shakti Party, Nepal and Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal have reached an agreement to form  Party Unification Coordination Committee(PUCC) with a view to expediting the unification process that was set in motion recently through the formation of unification dialogue committee.

KATHMANDU, April 2:  Coordinator of  Naya Shakti Nepal (NSN) has said that he would continue their on-going sit-in amid police control until their demand is met.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Naya Shakti Nepal led by former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai has formed seven committees to prepare the party for the upcoming elections, but has said that it will not take part in the polls unless the conditions it has set are addressed.

KATHMANDU, March 30: Naya Shakti Party has expressed its dissatisfaction over the decision made by the Election Commission (EC) of not providing election symbols to the parties outside the parliament.

KATHMANDU, March 27:   Naya Shakti Party, Nepal has expelled central council (CC) members from the party.

KATHMANDU, March 14: Rameshwor Khanal, head of Economic Policy Bureau of Naya Shakti has quit the party on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, March 12: Naya Shakti Party, Nepal has strongly condemned the government decision regarding recovery of capital gains tax (CGT) from the buyer of Ncell, the telecommunications company.

KATHMANDU, Feb 24: Naya Shakti Party has ruled out the possibility of holding local polls.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The Federal Socialist Forum and Naya Shakti Party have protested the announcement of local poll date.

KATHMANDU, Feb 22: Naya Shakti Party Nepal, which is led by former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, has demanded that an all-party government should be formed to hold elections.

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Naya Shakti Party led by former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and the Tharuhat Tarai Party Nepal (Democratic) led by lawmaker Ganga Chaudhary have announced their unification on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Naya Shakti Party led by former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and the Tharuhat Tarai Party Nepal (Democratic) led by lawmaker Ganga Chaudhary have announced their unification on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Former Prime Minister and Naya Shakti coordinator Dr Baburam Bhattarai today called on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the latter's official residence in Baluwatar.

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Naya Shakti Party-Nepal (NSP-N) Coordinator Dr Baburam Bhattarai and Federal Alliance (FA) have agreed to move ahead by forming a working alliance on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The agitating Federal Alliance and Naya Shakti Nepal have agreed in principle to forge an alliance to press for the constitution amendment as per the demands of the Madhes-based parties.

POKHARA, Dec 8: An irate student has thrown a shoe at Naya Shakti Party Nepal Coordinator and Former Prime Minister of Nepal Dr Baburam Bhattarai in Pokhara on Thursday.

KAILALI, Nov 22:Provincial member of Naya Shakti Nepal Deepak Bahadur Khadka has been removed from the post on the charge of his involvement in swindling people out of thousands of rupees.

GORKHA, Oct 6: Naya Shakti Nepal coordinator Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said it was the need of the hour to form a permanent government for the development of the country.