Nepal Highlights

On going political crisis in Nepal is continuous in Nepal with the conflicting parties firm on their stances. On Thursday, too, leaders of various political parties engaged in bilateral and tri-lateral talks to no avail. The day started with Unified CPN (Maoist)'s office bearer's meeting. The meeting held at Maoist chairman Prachanda's residence in Naya Bazaar decided not to let the House run only to pass the budget. The decision came in response to ruling parties' request to allow the House run to pass the budget. Instead, the Maoists concluded that a single agreement should address all related problems.

United Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) chief Karen Landgren has asked Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to clarify the government's position on UNMIN, reports say. Landgren met PM Nepal at the latters' residence in Baluwatar, Thursday morning and asked his to clarify Nepal government's view on UNMIN's performance.

Tribhuvan University called representatives of student unions who submitted memorandum against fee hike for talks, Thursday.

CPN (UML) standing committee member and in charge of international department Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli has gone to New Delhi, India Thursday to participate in the International Communist Party organised by the Indian Marxist party. In addition to participating in the three-day conference Oli is also expected to meet Indian leaders during his visit.

Two persons have been killed when a Jeep skidded off the road in Rolpa, Thursday. Mohan Buda, 20, and Kumar Khadgi, 30, died when the Jeep they were traveling from fell off the road, reports say. The bus was heading towards district headquarter Libang from Simalwang.