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Posts tagged as “Pushpa Kamal Dahal”

Is Dahal’s coalition government under threat?

By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, June 24, 2023All is not well with the incumbent ruling alliance, if the recent remarks by coalition leaders are any guide. They are lashing out at Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the recently unveiled budget and the formation of the socialist front by a group of leftist parties. At a function organised by his party on Friday, CPN (Unified Socialist) chair Madhav Kumar Nepal commented on the reports…

Nepal and India to ink long-term energy deal early next week

By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, June 13, 2023Senior Nepali and Indian officials are set to sign the final agreement on a long-term energy deal next week. During the recent India visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the sides had agreed in principle that India would import 10,000 megawatts of electricity from Nepal in the next 10 years. An initial agreement was signed between Nepal and India at the energy secretary-level on June…

PM’s India visit: Some agreements, soft-pedalling of contentious issues

by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, May 28, 2023Leading a delegation of four dozen ministers, government officials and journalists, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will visit India from May 31 to June 3. Kathmandu and New Delhi on Saturday officially announced the visit, which is Dahal’s first official outing since assuming office in December last year. In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal said Dahal would be leaving for…

Supreme Court orders its administration to take petitions against Prime Minister Dahal

Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 4,The Supreme Court on Friday ordered its administration to register two writ petitions against CPN (Maoist Centre) chair and prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal for claiming responsibility of 5,000 insurgency-era deaths three years ago. Hearing a case filed by two advocates against the decision of the Supreme Court administration to reject their petitions, a division bench of justices Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada and Hari Prasad Phuyal ordered the court administration…