Nepal Highlights

State Minister for Physical Planning and Works Sanjaya Kumar Sah has been sacked by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal at the recommendation of Sah's mother party Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Loktantrik (MJF-L). Sah had exercised to split the party by forming a separate group within the party.

Kathmandu- Dec, 26  A UML Constituent Assembly (CA) member was killed in a road accident in Bhaktapur last night. Dambar Bahadur Khadka, CA member elected from Sankhuwasabha electoral constituency no. 2 representing UML, was killed when a passenger bus numbered Ba 1 Kha 6465 hit the motorcycle numbered Ba 38 Pa 9109 he was riding in Kaushaltar, Saturday night.

Kathmandu,26 Dec- The government has commenced the distribution of Machine Readable Passports (MRP)s on Sunday.Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sujata Koirala embarked on the distribution officially by providing diplomatic MRPs to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subash Chandra Nembang, and Chief Justice Ram Prasad Shrestha amid a programme organised at the prime minister’s residence in the Capital today.