Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and main opposition CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli held discussions at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar yesterday evening.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and main opposition CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli held discussions at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar yesterday evening.
KATHMANDU, Jan 9: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is currently in self-isolation after the chairman of CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal tested positive for COVID-19.
PM Deuba is in isolation after CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' tested positive for COVID-19, according to the PM’s secretariat.
Both PM Deuba and Dahal were present in a meeting of the ruling alliance and high level political coordination committee held in Baluwatar two days ago.
PM Deuba and other top leaders of the ruling parties were identified as contacts of Dahal after the latter tested positive for the virus.
Maoist Centre leaders Narayankaji Shrestha, Haribol Gajurel, Matrika Yadav, Dor Prasad Upadhyay, Ram Prasad Sapkota, Ramesh Malla and others have also tested positive for COVID-19.
Similarly, on Saturday, PM Deuba held a meeting with UML Chair Oli. In this view, UML Chair Oli is also among contacts of Dahal and Deuba.
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has called an all-party meeting.
According to Govinda Pariyar, a press aide to PM Deuba, the meeting will convene at the prime minister’s official residence in Baluwatar at 4 PM, Sunday.
Bhanu Deuba, an aide to Deuba said that the meeting will dwell on the solutions to end the ongoing parliament stalemate.
The main opposition UML has been obstructing the House meeting since September 8. Though a new session kicked off on Tuesday, the meeting could not enter into normal businesses owing to the UML obstruction.
UML has been blaming Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota for the latter's ‘biased act’ by not taking action against 14 lawmakers which the party had sacked in August.
Earlier, Deuba had a meeting with the chairman of CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Friday morning.
Two leaders agreed to move ahead after holding discussions with all the political parties over two major issues ---- prolonged House obstruction by the CPN-UML and the Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a United States government program.
Meanwhile, the government is reportedly preparing to table the MCC in the House meeting. However, the coalition partners of the five-party ruling alliance are at odds on whether or not to table the compact.
The Maoist party has been stressing the need for forging a common understanding among the ruling partners before presenting the compact for ratification.
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Following a meeting with one of the coalition partners, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is preparing to summon an all-party meeting.
Chairman of CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and PM Deuba held a meeting at the Baluwatar-based official residence of the prime minister on Friday morning.
Two leaders agreed to move ahead after holding discussions with all the political parties over two major issues ---- prolonged House obstruction by the CPN-UML and the Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a United States government program.
According to the secretariat of Prachanda, Deuba is preparing to call an all-party meeting over the burning issues next Sunday or Monday--- before the next scheduled meeting of the House of Representatives on December 21.
The main opposition UML has been obstructing the House meeting since September 8. Though a new session kicked off on Tuesday, the meeting could not enter into normal businesses owing to the UML obstruction.
UML has been blaming Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota for the latter's ‘biased act’ by not taking action against 14 lawmakers which the party had sacked in August.
Meanwhile, the government is reportedly preparing to table the MCC in the House meeting. However, the coalition partners of the five-party ruling alliance are at odds on whether or not to table the compact.
The Maoist party has been stressing the need for forging a common understanding among the ruling partners before presenting the compact for ratification.
KATHMANDU, November 25: A day after the Nepal Bar Association (NBA) staged a march past from the Supreme Court (SC) to Baluwatar pressuring Chief Justice (CJ) Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana to step down, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and representatives of the agitating NBA and SC justices meet to chalk out possible solutions to the disputes on Friday.
The meeting was held at the Prime Minister Deuba’s Office Residence at Baluwatar for more than 30 minutes.
“We called for efforts from the government and the ruling Nepali Congress to settle the disputes at the apex court,” said Lila Mani Poudel, General Secretary of the NBA.
“We have also submitted a similar letter to PM Deuba that was earlier sent to Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota and the political parties in the federal parliament stating 17 reasons why CJ Rana must step down,” Poudel further stated.
Along with representatives of the agitating NBA, former Speaker Damannath Dhungana, senior advocate Bhadri Bahadur Karki, Harihar Dahal, Sambhu Thapa and Prem Bahadur Khadka also expressed their opinion during the meeting.
On his part, PM Deuba committed to find a solution to the intensified disputes at the apex court in a few days after holding discussions with leaders of the ruling alliance, according to general secretary Poudel.
The NBA and some of the fellow justices of SC have been staging protests demanding the resignation of CJ Rana for the past few weeks.
The association also held a march past to protest against CJ Rana from SC to Baluwatar on Thursday and have been staging sit-in protests in SC and high courts across the country.
KATHMANDU, October 25: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has summoned a Cabinet meeting on Monday evening.
Soon after his visit to floods and landslides hit areas, PM Deuba summoned a Cabinet meeting for 4 PM this evening at his office residence at Baluwatar.
The meeting is likely to take decisions regarding relief distribution and providing compensation to victims, according to Ram Kumari Jhakri, Minister for Urban Development.
“Besides, the meeting will dwell on the regular government agenda,” Minister Jhakri added.
KATHMANDU, October 21: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba left for floods and landslide hit areas from the capital city on Thursday morning.
A team-led by PM Deuba left Kathmandu at 8 AM on Thursday. PM Deuba has been accompanied by Finance Minister Janardan Sharma, Tourism Minister Prem Ale, former minister trio NP Saud, Ramesh Lekhak and Bir Bahadur Balayar.
According to the PM's secretariat, the team will fly directly from Baluwatar, Kathmandu to Surkhet. From Surkhet , PM will fly to Doti, then to Bhajang and Dadeldura.
The team is also scheduled to visit Kanchanpur, Kailali and spend a night at Dhangadi.
On Friday, the team will visit Bardiya and Banke district and return to Kathmandu on the same day.
The government on Wednesday announced to provide Rs 200,000 to family members of those people who were killed in recent floods and landslides and Rs 500,000 to those whose house has been destroyed in the same incident.
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KATHMANDU, Aug 17: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has callen an emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers for Tuesday afternoon.
According to a high-level source close to the prime minister, the meeting is to be held at the official residence of PM Deuba in Baluwatar.
Tuesday’s meeting is expected to introduce an ordinance that amends the provisions in the existing act to make it easy to split a political party.
The government is introducing the ordinance to include the Madhav Nepal faction of the main opposition CPN-UML in the Deuba-led government.
Meanwhile, Mahantha Thakur, a JSP leader, also visited PM Deuba asking the latter to introduce such an ordinance at the earliest.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari, on the recommendation of the government, prorogued the ongoing session of parliament effective from Monday midnight.
