Sify (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The health of former Nepal Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala who has been kept under medical observation, is gradually improving, doctors said today.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
The United Nations (UN) Tuesday sent its envoy to Nepal to discuss the peace process with the new government of Nepal. Tamrat Samuel, director for Asia and the Pacific Division Department of Political Affairs at the UN, arrived in Kathmandu Tuesday to hold consultations with the main political figures, the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) said. Samuel will meet Nepal's new Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 04/16/2009
KATHMANDU: The former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress president, Girija Prasad Koirala, has said that India should allow the Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal to go back to their country via India. Launching a book titled ...
rediff News (Free subscription) | 03/16/2009
Nepalese opposition leader Girija Prasad Koirala has asked Prime Minister Prachanda to run the government with consensus of all the stakeholders, and said his talks with the Indian leaders revolved around this and dismissed reports that he sought New Delhi's help to oust the Maoists-led ministry.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala, who left for New Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, claimed that his visit does not include a meeting with the former king, Gyanendra Shah. Before his departure, he told reporters ...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 01/29/2009
KATHMANDU: Three ordinances issued by the Maoist-led Nepal government have met with criticism from the opposition Nepali Congress as well as an ally of the government, the CPN (UML). Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala said ...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 01/22/2009
Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" on Thursday met with Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and consulted with him on various contemporary political issues, Nepali national news agency RSS reported. Prachanda also urged Koirala, the leader of the largest opposition party in the Constituent Assembly (CA) for participation in the Constitutional...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Former Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala hospitalized since Sunday afternoon after diagnosed with pneumonia, is continuing to progress well on Monday,eKantipur.com reported. According to the doctors at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center in Kathmandu, the octogenarian leader is now out of danger. Koirala, 86, was taken to Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center directly from the Tribhuvan...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
Nepali Congress (NC) president and former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala Saturday said he would not let the politicization of Nepal Army happen at any rate, local newspaper The Himalayan Times reported on Sunday. Koirala expressed the view while addressing a mass meeting organized as the part of the party's "national awareness campaign" in Nepalgunj, some 365 km west of Nepali capital...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/02/2008
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday met Girija Prasad Koirala, former Nepali prime minister and president of Nepali Congress, the largest opposition party in the Constituent Assembly (CA). They discussed ongoing peace process in Nepal, role of the United Nations, future activities, cooperation, present political situation, stance of Nepali Congress (NC) and cooperation and support...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008
Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" and opposition party top leader and formerprime minister Girija Prasad Koirala expressed their commitment todraft a new constitution in the stipulated time, local news website eKantipur reported on Wednesday. Speaking at a tea reception organized by the Nepali Congress (NC), the largest opposition party in the Constituent Assembly (CA)at...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Former Prime Minister and president of the opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) Girija Prasad Koirala Thursday said his party follows the principles of socialism. President Koirala of the largest opposition party and the second largest party in the Constituent Assembly (CA), NC, said his party would follow socialist principles which are a combined form of parliamentary democracy and communism. Koirala...
BJP (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Saturday intensified diplomatic and political parleys in the run-up to his visit to India. Prime Minister Dahal met the outgoing Prime Minister and the opposition Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala later today. Dahal went to Koirala’s residence at Maharajgunj in the afternoon. [...]
Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Kathmandu, Aug 29 (IANS) Even before the furore over Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda's visit to China could die down, now leaders from former premier Girija Prasad Koirala's Nepali Congress (NC) party are heading for the communist republic.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
After deposed king Gyanendra's exit from the Narayanhity royal palace, it is now Nepal's caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's turn to quit his official residence
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