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Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal isn’t pleased with the media. Last night, he told BBC Nepali Service:
Having gone through the media reports today, I realised that they did not understand my speech yesterday. It was a sarcastic political comment on the political parties for not having their own stand and for waiting for directives from [...]
Wire to New Delhi
On Tuesday, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said he wanted to speak to Delhi directly since they were the ‘masters’ ruling the ‘puppet’ government of Nepal. On Wednesday, the party’s Vice Chairman Narayankaji Shrestha clarified the statement saying Dahal had only ‘hinted’ at holding talks with India. Nepalnews reports:
According to Shrestha, Dahal during his address [...]
Economy worries
Everyone, that is everyone except perhaps the political leaders, are worried about the future of the economy. Nepali Times writes:
Nepal’s trade deficit with India is now a whopping Rs100 billion and growing every quarter. While the balance of payments was still healthy, Nepal paid for goods imported from India in remittance and tourism dollars. But [...]
The brief on Sunday
Give and take
The Maoists have agreed to let the parliament resume for three days to pass the budget, even though they had argued that their demands should be met first. “Our consistent efforts to find a solution failed to yield any result due to the ruling parties’ indifference,” the party’s chairman Pushpa Kamal [...]


