Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 19:50
Nepal`s newly elected lawmakers on Wednesday agreed to draft a new constitution within a year to end the country`s prolonged political turmoil as the first session of the Constituent Assembly convened here amid tight security.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 19:40
The first meeting here of Nepal`s newly-elected Constituent Assembly -- mandated to draft the country`s new Constitution -- lasted a brief 17 minutes with the house adjourning to meet again Jan 29.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 17:56
wo months after the Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal, the Assembly is holding its first meeting Wednesday afternoon with the aim of drafting a new constitution for this Himalayan nation within a year.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 15:08
Amid the clamour of a Ugandan woman being accused of indulging in a purported drug racket in Delhi, records show that Nepalese nationals followed by Nigerians were among the maximum foreigners arrested by central anti-narcotics agencies for such crimes in the country.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 11:34
Nepalese lawmakers begin a new push Wednesday to finally agree on a constitution that can deliver stability to the Himalayan nation, still divided by the legacy of a decade-long civil war.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 00:34
More than 100 Nepalese doctors resigned as part of an ongoing strike to push for reform of medical education.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 20:29
Newly-elected members of the Assembly that will draft a Constitution aimed at ending years of political turmoil in Nepal were sworn-in at the Parliament Building.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 16:23
More than two months after the Nov 19 elections to Nepal`s second Constituent Assembly, the new lawmakers were Tuesday administered oath by senior-most member Surya Bahadur Thapa.
Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 00:14
Veteran lawmaker Surya Bahadur Thapa will administer the oath to the members of the newly-elected Nepal constituent assembly, officials said Sunday.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 20:56
After remaining unchallenged as its supremo for over two decades, Prachanda`s leadership of Nepal`s Maoist party is now at stake after it faced a humiliating defeat in the assembly polls.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 20:23
The first session of newly elected Constituent Assembly in Nepal will be held on January 26.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 16:42
After a poor showing in the Constituent Assembly elections, Nepal`s once powerful Maoist leader, Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda, is under pressure to give up his leadership.
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