Recent Highlights
All Stories for Baburam Bhattarai
Nepal to seek USD 1 billion soft loan from India: PM
Fp Archives • 14 years agoNepal will seek a USD one billion soft loan from India, Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai said today.
Bilateral pacts to reduce cost of doing business: Nepal PM
Fp Archives • 14 years agoNepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai described India as a "significant economic partner" and said the proposed bilateral agreements would help in reducing the cost of doing business by entrepreneurs of the two countries.
Nepal parties agree on interim PM, new elections in June
Fp Archives • 12 years agoNepal has been without a fully functioning government and parliament since last May. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has been running a caretaker government but has been unable to hold elections because opposition parties want his removal first.
Nepal agrees to caretaker govt ahead of mid-year election
Fp Archives • 12 years agoNepal's main political parties said on Monday they had reached an agreement to set up a unity government before a national election in the middle of the year.
Ready to make any sacrifice for national consensus: Nepal PM
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe Prime Minister called political parties to forge cooperation and collaboration saying that he is ready to make any sacrifice to end the current deadlock.
Opposition demands Nepal PM resign
Fp Archives • 13 years agoHundreds of supporters of opposition political parties have gathered outside the main government offices in Nepal's capital to demand Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai step down.
Opposition-backed group enforces transport strike in Kathmandu
Fp Archives • 13 years agoAn opposition-backed youth organisation enforced a transport strike here today, demanding Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's resignation to pave the way for the formation of a national consensus government.
India assures support to Nepal to overcome current crisis
Fp Archives • 13 years agoIndian Ambassador to Nepal Jayanta Prasad called on the caretaker Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai to take a stock of the current situation in Nepal.
Nepal crisis deepens as allies quit government
Fp Archives • 13 years agoPrime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has called for 22nd November elections to resolve the constitutional impasse, sparking a backlash from politicians.
Nepal PM forms new national unity govt in Nepal
Fp Archives • 13 years agoNepal's Premier Baburam Bhattarai has formed a new national unity government, inducting 12 ministers — most of them from main opposition parties — as part of a negotiated effort to quell political tumult in the country.