21 August 2011,
UCPN-Maoist Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal and President of the Nepali Congress (NC) Sushil Koirala held parleys in the run up to the formation of national consensus government.
21 August 2011,
Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal and UCPN-Maoist Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal held discussion on the formation of national consensus government.
20 August 2011,
Police arrested Rupesh Rai, the culprit involved in an attack on Kishor Budhathoki, the Shankhuwasabha-based reporter of The Himalayan Times and Annapurna Post on Friday night.
20 August 2011,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Upendra Yadav today rubbished the reports regarding an ambitious $3 billion project for the development of Lumbini and said no agreements have been reached to this effect.
20 August 2011,
Contrary to the newly adopted diplomatic code of conduct, the Ministry of Finance has sent a circular to all foreign diplomatic missions, development partners and international organisations in Nepal, asking them to contact and deal with it directly about the matters related to meetings, visits, diplomatic correspondences and foreign aid.