Newly-formed Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has been registered at the Election Commission.

Top NCP leaders had reached Election Commission (EC) to register the new party on Thursday.

Madhav Kumar Nepal and Bam Dev Gautam among other leaders reached the EC to register the new party.

CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) have unified on Thursday, eight months after the two ruling parties made an initial agreement on a party unity.

The officer merger of the two parties will be announced amid a special programme at City Hall today itself.

A stage has already been set up to officially announce the unification.