Nepal Parliament Dissolved

Nepal's new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday comfortably won a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives, ensuring continuity of the twice dissolved lower house of Parliament for the remaining duration.

Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari today dissolved parliament and fixed general elections in November.

Nepal's embattled Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will not resign but face a floor test in parliament instead, an aide said on Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court rejected his decision to dissolve the legislature and call early elections.

Nepal's supreme court on Tuesday overturned the prime minister's decision to dissolve parliament, terming the move unconstitutional.

Nepal's Supreme Court has issued two contempt of court notices to caretaker Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, demanding he explains why he mocked lawyers challenging his decision to dissolve parliament and call early polls.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda", the Chairman of the Nepal Communist Party's splinter faction, on Wednesday accused Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli of splitting the ruling party and dissolving Parliament at India's direction.

Thousands of opponents of Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli marched through the streets of Kathmandu on Tuesday urging him to withdraw his decision to dissolve parliament and call for early elections.

A Constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana will hear on Friday all petitions challenging Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's move to abruptly dissolve Parliament, amid an intensified struggle between the two warring factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party to wrest control of the party.

India described Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's sudden decision to dissolve Parliament and call for fresh elections as an "internal matter" that is for the country to decide as per its democratic processes.

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today recommended the dissolution of the country's parliament after he was cornered over an executive order last week, reports say. An emergency meeting of the Cabinet on Sunday morning decided to recommend to the President dissolution of the federal parliament.

Nepal's new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday comfortably won a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives, ensuring continuity of the twice dissolved lower house of Parliament for the remaining duration.

Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari today dissolved parliament and fixed general elections in November.

Nepal's embattled Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will not resign but face a floor test in parliament instead, an aide said on Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court rejected his decision to dissolve the legislature and call early elections.

Nepal's supreme court on Tuesday overturned the prime minister's decision to dissolve parliament, terming the move unconstitutional.

Nepal's Supreme Court has issued two contempt of court notices to caretaker Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, demanding he explains why he mocked lawyers challenging his decision to dissolve parliament and call early polls.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda", the Chairman of the Nepal Communist Party's splinter faction, on Wednesday accused Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli of splitting the ruling party and dissolving Parliament at India's direction.

Thousands of opponents of Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli marched through the streets of Kathmandu on Tuesday urging him to withdraw his decision to dissolve parliament and call for early elections.

A Constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana will hear on Friday all petitions challenging Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's move to abruptly dissolve Parliament, amid an intensified struggle between the two warring factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party to wrest control of the party.

India described Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's sudden decision to dissolve Parliament and call for fresh elections as an "internal matter" that is for the country to decide as per its democratic processes.

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today recommended the dissolution of the country's parliament after he was cornered over an executive order last week, reports say. An emergency meeting of the Cabinet on Sunday morning decided to recommend to the President dissolution of the federal parliament.