Archive: January, 2014

Koirala and Deuba have equal strengths in party

There are speculations of growing dissatisfaction in the Sher Bahadur Deuba camp following the three-time prime minister’s defeat at the hands of Party President Sushil Koirala in the election to select Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader….

Lucky to get constitution in four years’ time

Weekly Interview

Three Madhesh-based parties—Tarai Madhesh Democratic Party, Madheshi People’s Rights Forum-Nepal (MPRF-N) and Sadbhavana Party—are in unification talks as the new constitution making process gets underway.

Why the …

Better quality, more efficient customer service in a month: NT Chief

Anoop Ranjan Bhattarai is the new managing director of the state-owned telephone operator Nepal Telecom (NT).

 The government appointed Bhattarai last week. Bhattarai who assumed his office on Sunday talked to Kriti Bhuju of Republica about NT&ac…

Economic prosperity our top priority

Weekly interview

After emerging as the second biggest party in the new CA polls, CPN-UML has been consistently pushing for President’s reelection. But even as it has been engaged in the process of new government formation, the party has announc…

Govt must increase air connectivity

Business interview

Pralhad Raj Kunwar has been appointed the new general manager of The Everest Hotel. Kunwar, who began his career from Hotel Soaltee in 1979, has over 30 years of experience in the hotel industry.

He has worked for Dammam Oberoi in…

Rest assured, UCPN (Maoist) won’t split

UCPN (Maoist) central committee member Post Bahadur Bogati served as a coordinator of party’s task force formed to shortlist candidates for Proportionate Representation component. A close confidante of party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the forme…

Constitution in four years legit

Weekly interview

Agni Kharel served as head of the Preliminary Draft Reports Study Committee in the first Constituent Assembly. The CPN-UML Central Committee member and former lawmaker was associated with the major taskforces of CA I and has closely o…