Dahal in a fix amid competing demands by coalition members

Emerging coalitions are working to remove the CPN-UML from provincial governments.

Prime Minister Dahal claims no decision has been made to distribute money to disqualified Maoist combatants.

Madhesh-based parties all set to join government. They are also preparing for by-poll for a vacant Bara-2 seat.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal secures a vote of confidence for the second time in 70 days.

Preliminary estimates put Sunday’s voter turnout at around 60 percent. Polls postponed in some colleges.

Leaders are trying to convince minister aspirants their time will come in other PM terms.

Plans to endorse the bill through a fast-track process, but the opposition insists on a detailed discussion.

Coalition partners start lobbying for attractive ministerial berths with the prime minister starting negotiations for power sharing.

Polling is being held while multiple campuses remain padlocked.

NC Vice-president Khadka, who had key role in hammering out deal between Dahal and Deuba, could be frontrunner.

UML leaders say they’ll strengthen the party, aiming to win enough seats to form majority government next election.

The Janata Samajbadi nominee beats UML’s Shakya and Janamat’s Jha to claim the second-highest state position.

New ruling alliance has nine members eagerly waiting to make changes in federal and provincial governments.

Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre), and CPN (Unified Socialist) have decided to support Janata Samajbadi Party’s Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav.

Observers say the veteran Congress leader has to work hard to detach himself from partisan, personal entanglements.

They say it’s likely the front would be announced within a few days, aiming to resolve all the remaining tasks of the peace process.

With their 14 seats in the House in total, against the JSP’s 12, the three parties expect to have more bargaining power.

Xi Jinping, after being elected for an unprecedented third term, has appointed Qin Gang as China’s foreign minister.

Experts say time is ripe to review the role of the ‘useless’ position.