updated Fri. July 19, 2024
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The Kathmandu Post
April 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018-This year marks the eighth death anniversary of Girija Prasad Koirala, former prime minister and president of the Nepali Congress (NC). GP was born in 1924 in Tedi of ... On June 14, 2007, while addressing mediapersons in the prime minister's official residence at Baluwatar, he said, “GP Koirala is my hero.
Himalayan Times
April 5, 2018
Prime Minister GP Koirala today told the Supreme Court that the country's republican agenda will be decided by the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly. “The third amendment to the Interim Constitution 2007 has introduced a provision that states that the first meeting of the CA will only implement theÃâà...
Himalayan Times
April 2, 2018
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal and CPN-Maoist Chairman Prachanda have expressed firm commitment to hold the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls in a free, fair and impartial manner through a joint statement issued here today. The leaders' trio had heldÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
March 31, 2018
He was one of the close confidants of former NC president and prime minister, Girija Prasad Koirala, in the 90s. Khadka held ministerial portfolios 12 times during the period of 1991 to 2001, including Home Ministry and Ministry of Physical Planning. NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba expressed grief onÃâà...
Himalayan Times
March 30, 2018
Stating that late Girija Prasad Koirala was praised for conducting the first constitution assembly election even as the party lost, Yadav said it was unfair to criticise Deuba who successfully held three levels of elections. Meanwhile, the NC CWC meeting concluded that the recent stock market losses were notÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
March 11, 2018
There is increasing realisation within the party that the factionalism that has taken hold from the days of KP Bhattarai and GP Koirala has to go. The time has come to reach out across groups. Deuba needs to do it more, because he is the president of the party. And if Deuba moves in that direction, PoudelÃâà...
Himalayan Times
March 9, 2018
He was appointed interim lawmaker after the 2006 popular movement and became minister of information and communications in the government led by the late NC president Girija Prasad Koirala immediately after the popular movement. He got the same portfolio in the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-ledÃâà...
Nepali times
March 8, 2018
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's refusal to listen to that demand led to Madhesi leaders in his party walking out to join street protests which claimed nearly 50 lives. Eight years later, his cousin Sushil Koirala finds himself in the same predicament. Twenty districts across Nepal's southern plains haveÃâà...
Himalayan Times
March 1, 2018
Ending the long political stand-off, the government and the agitating Federal Republican National Front (FRNF) today reached a five-point deal in the presence of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and leaders of the seven-party alliance at the PM's residence in Baluwatar. Following the agreement, theÃâà...
Himalayan Times
February 28, 2018
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala signed the deal on behalf of the government, flanked by UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal and Maoist Chairman Prachanda. Rajendra Mahato of the Sadbhawana Party, Upendra Yadav of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum and Mahantha Thakur of the TaraiÃâà...
Himalayan Times
February 22, 2018
The much-awaited formal talks between Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and leaders of the United Madhesi Democratic Front (UMDF) failed; the UMDF leaders stuck to their one Madhes, one pradhes demand. The Madhesi leaders who spoke to the media at the end of a long meeting with the PM atÃâà...
Himalayan Times
November 12, 2017
CHITWAN: CPN Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday said that stable government and prosperous country should be built to fulfill the dreams of late Girija Prasad Koirala. Addressing an election gathering organised at Mangalpur of Chitwan Constituency-3 today, Chairman DahalÃâà...
Republica
July 21, 2017
The trust general secretary and lawmaker Ram Chandra Pokharel shared the second volume was published after the then NC President Girija Prasad Koirala termed that the first volume was authentic for the study of NC' history. The book writer Basnet also shared that former party presidents KrishnaÃâà...
New York Times
March 21, 2010
KATMANDU, Nepal — Girija Prasad Koirala, a former Nepalese prime minister and a pivotal figure in establishing Nepal's fragile democracy who also helped broker an end to the country's Maoist rebellion, died Saturday in Katmandu. He was 85. Nepalese leaders, in announcing his death, declaredÃâà...
The Kathmandu Post
December 31, 1999
Sitaula, who closely worked with the late NC president Girija Prasad Koirala for long, formed a separate faction during the party's general convention in 2016. The factional gathering concluded that negative tendencies prevail over the NC leadership, badly affecting the party's strength and organisation.
Himalayan Times
December 31, 1999
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala said today that the seven-party alliance should be retained in the same composition for ten years after the Constituent Assembly election as the country was still in a critical situation. “The unity of the seven parties should be maintained for up to ten years after the electionÃâà...
