Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel on Tuesday condoled the demise of former house speaker and Vice-Chairman of Nepal opposition CPN-UML- Subash Chandra Nembwang at the age of 70.
Nepal’s former House Speaker and Vice-Chairman of Nepal opposition CPN-UML- Subash Chandra Nembwang on Tuesday succumbed to heart attack at the age of 70, his party officials confirmed.
Nepal Government on Thursday rejected the demands of the main opposition, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) to form a parliamentary committee to probe the 100 kg gold smuggling case.
House Speaker Devraj Ghimire issued a notice announcing the adjournment of the meeting. “The next meeting has been rescheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1 pm,” Shekhar Adhikari, press advisor to the house speaker confirmed to ANI over the phone call.
As the investigative agencies have failed to name the main accused in the case of smuggling of a quintal of gold disguised as a brakeshoe, the opposition as well as some lawmakers of the ruling coalition have demanded the resignation of Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha.
Several top leaders of the ruling alliance held a meeting on Thursday and decided that Dahal would face the Parliament rather than resign from his post.
On Sunday, Chinese leaders, including Chu Min, the political chief, held separate meetings with influential figures like CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli, Rashtriya Swatantra Party leader Swarnim Wagle and Rashtriya Prajatantra Party Chairman Rajendra Lingden at their respective party headqu
The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) was obstructed by the opposition over an allegation of corruption against the then Prime Minister and party chair- KP Sharma Oli. The Oli-led government had decided to install a new "Jalahari", the base of Shiva Linga inside the Pashupatinath
Rayamajhi, the member of parliament from CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist), had gone incognito for the past week after the issuance of an arrest warrant.
Leading a fragile coalition of 10 parties demanding their share in the cabinet, the Nepal Prime Minister who secured his seat for the second time since getting into power at end of December claimed he will be expanding the cabinet this week.
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Monday won vote of confidence in the Parliament's House of Representatives - second time in nearly three months after formation of the new government
Dahal, also chairman of the third highest seat-holding party- Maoist Center in the parliament, came to power garnering the support of CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist) led by KP Sharma Oli along with other small parties.