Nepal's newly appointed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda is set to test the floor of parliament on Tuesday amid the uncertainty whether the parties on board will vote for him or not.
January 10, 2023As per the Election Commission, Deuba has been re-elected from Dadeldhura defeating the independent candidate, Sagar Dhakal.
November 23, 2022The development came a day after the Supreme Court overturned former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's decision to dissolve Parliament and directed Bhandari to appoint Deuba as the Prime Minister.
July 13, 2021Earlier, on the occasion of New Year on January 1, this year, in his conversation with Prime Minister Oli, Modi expressed satisfaction at the progress of India-Nepal relations in 2019, with the completion of several projects. Both leaders agreed for an early inauguration of the Integrated Check Post in Biratnagar and the housing reconstruction project in Nepal through video conference.
January 21, 2020In the last few weeks, Nepal PM underwent four cycles of hemodialysis at Grande International Hospital.
November 29, 2019Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli jointly inaugurated the 400-bed Nepal-Bharat Maitri Pashupati Dharmashala in Kathmandu on Friday.
August 31, 2018Land-locked Nepal is keen to enhance cross-border rail-road connectivity, infrastructure development, trade and tourism cooperation with China under its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has said. Ahead of his first official visit to Beijing since his re-election, Prime Minister Oli said that his government is fully committed to implementing …
June 19, 2018Nepal is all set to welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a two-day official visit starting on Friday. This will be Modi’s third tour to Nepal. Preparations were in the final stages in Janakpur, Kathmandu and Muktinath where the Indian leader will be visiting. Modi will begin his trip from Janakpur where he will …
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May 10, 2018Beijing wants India to join a China-Nepal connectivity project, top diplomat Wang Yi said on Wednesday, adding that the Himalayan nation’s development should be a common goal shared by the two countries. Nepal sits between India and China and traditionally has been close to New Delhi. But Beijing has entered the country by investing in …
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April 18, 2018India is confident that Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli’s upcoming visit to New Delhi will help the two countries remove the distrust that had marked the ties between the two nations during his stint at the helm in 2015-2016. Official sources said the very fact that Oli, known for his pro-China stance, had …
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March 30, 2018Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli will visit India from April 6 to 8 on his maiden foreign trip after assuming office, in line with the tradition of a Nepali PM visiting India on his first overseas trip.
March 30, 2018China on Thursday said it supports friendly ties between India and Nepal and that New Delhi, Kathmandu and Beijing are important neighbours to each other and can work together for common development. Beijing also praised Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli remarks about the Himalayan nation maintaining an independent foreign policy. “We commend the Nepali …
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March 29, 2018Chairman of the CPN-UML K.P. Oli will become the 41st Prime Minister of Nepal with incumbent Sher Bhahadur Deuba set to resign from the post on Thursday. Deuba is going to announce his resignation during a national address and submit his resignation to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari. His resignation comes 69 days after the Federal …
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February 15, 2018Born in a middle class family in Kathmandu in 1949,Deep Kumar Upadhyay is Nepal’s Ambassador to India. He actively participated in movements towards the establishment of multi-party democracy in his country. Upadhyay has been Nepal’s Tourism Minister and Minister of State for Finance in the past In this interview to Ashok Tuteja, he talks about …
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October 16, 2017On the verge of a growth take-off after years of instability, Nepal on Wednesday invited Indian industry to invest in the country to help create jobs and boost economic growth in the Himalayan nation. “After years of policy stalemate and instability, Nepal is on the verge of a growth take-off. We welcome you to do …
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August 23, 2017Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday left for India on a five-day state visit at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. He is expected to land soon. Leading a 59-member delegation, Deuba, on his first official trip abroad, departed for New Delhi at around 10 AM (local time). The prime minister’s …
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August 23, 2017Nepal will plunge into a severe crisis in case of a failure to hold all three levels of elections within next 11 months, Prime Minister Prachanda said on Sunday as the country's Maoist cadres observed the 22nd 'People's War Day'. Prachanda, Chairman of CPN (Maoist Centre), said the achievements made through the Maoist "people's war" would …
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February 12, 2017