Nepal Highlights

At least 23 persons have been killed and over five dozen wounded when a make-shift hall constructed for the general congress of a Church collapsed in the eastern town of Dharan Sunsari, last night.

Two youths have been killed when a bomb went off in Bara, last night.

Chairman of CPN (UML) Jhala Nath Khanal has said, a separate motion that will be acceptable to all parties should be introduced and discussed in the House as an alternative the resolution motion tabled by the parliament against the President to end the current House deadlock.

The Unified CPN (Maoist) has decided to adopt more flexibility without compromising on its main stance of civil supremacy on Tuesday.

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Intervention by Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal at high-level event to mark the culmination of the work of the Taskforce on Innovative Financing for Health Systems, New York 23 September 2009

President Barack Obama Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me begin with my sincere thanks and appreciation to President Barack Obama for taking this very important and timely initiative to host this meeting of the major troop contributing countries to the UN at this level. This is first of its kind and reflects your commitment to the success of multilateralism. I also take this opportunity to extend my warm congratulations to President Obama for assuming the Presidency of the Security Council and wish the President a great success in carrying out this great responsibility.