Kathmandu, April 8 (IANS) Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Wednesday said that the newly-formed government under his leadership is keen to further strengthen Kathmandu’s relations with friendly countries based on mutual benefits. During a collective courtesy meeting with ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions from various countries, held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Shah said the new government would like to enhance cooperation in areas such as devel…
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Kathmandu, April 8 (IANS) The Kathmandu District Court has reportedly issued an arrest warrant against former Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife, former Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, in connection with a money-laundering investigation. The Kathmandu Post reported that the arrest warrants were issued on Tuesday following approval from the bench of Judge Mahendra Khadka, based on a request from the Department of Money Laundering Investigation.The department has been investig…
Kathmandu, April 6 (IANS) India’s Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, on Monday called on the Himalayan nation’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal and discussed bilateral relations and cooperation. Khanal was appointed as Nepal’s Minister of Foreign Affairs after Balendra Shah, the parliamentary party leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal on March 27.In a post on X, Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “Ambassador of India Naveen Sriv…
Kathmandu, April 5 (IANS) Dol Prasad Aryal, vice-president of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), was declared elected Speaker of Nepal’s House of Representatives after emerging as the sole nominee for the post.At a meeting of the lower house on Sunday, senior-most lawmaker Arjun Narsingh KC formally announced Aryal’s unopposed election. He becomes the 10th Speaker of the lower house and the first non-communist to hold the post in nearly two decades.Given that the RSP holds a near two-thirds maj…
Taipei, April 4 (IANS) With the rise of new political leadership in Kathmandu and growing strategic constraint on China’s engagement with Nepal, there is hope that the stronger democratic institutions would enable the Nepali people to comprehend Beijing’s expansionist ambitions in Nepal and the wider South Asian region, a report highlighted on Saturday. “This year’s parliamentary election in Nepal — the first after the Gen Z-led violent protest that toppled the previous government in Sep…
Kathmandu, March 2 (IANS) The arrest of former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak over the suppression of Gen-Z protests in September last year was hotly debated during the first meeting of the federal parliament held on Thursday, following the March 5 parliamentary elections. Oli, chairperson of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist, CPN-UML), and Lekhak, a leader of the Nepali Congress, were arrested on March 28 in connection with a culpable…
Kathmandu, March 28 (IANS) Newly sworn-in Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his congratulatory message and expressed hope to advance the multifaceted ties between the two nations. Prime Minister Modi on Friday congratulated Balendra Shah on being sworn in as Nepal’s Prime Minister and expressed readiness to work with him to take the friendship between the two nations to greater heights for the benefit of citizens of both countries. Thankin…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s cabinet reflects a mix of youth, gender, and personal experience that was finalised after prolonged discussions that had begun even before the final results of the March 5 national election were announced. Many of the cabinet members are new, some even first-time MPs, say reports from Kathmandu, which added that several are considered “experts in their fields”. The main names in contention between Balen – as he is popularly …
Paris, March 27 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday extended wishes to Shisir Khanal for taking over as Nepal’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and expressed readiness to work with him to further strengthen partnership between the two nations. “Warm wishes to Shisir Khanal on taking over as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal. Look forward to working closely with him to further strengthen our traditional partnership,” EAM Jaishankar posted on X.Khanal was appointed a…
Kathmandu, March 27 (IANS) Nepal’s top political leaders congratulated newly-elected Prime Minister Balendra Shah, wishing him success in his tenure as the executive head of the Himalayan country. Former Prime Minister Sushila Karki wished him success in fulfilling the mandate given by the people to him and his party.In a Facebook post, Karki, who handed over the premiership to Balen, said she was happy to see a 35-year-old Prime Minister as her successor.Shah, who was considered a frontrunner t…