Kathmandu, Aug 18: Newly elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias ''Prachanda'' met several police chiefs and delegation of Indian leaders this morning.

Inspector General of Nepal Police Om Bikram Rana met Prachanda at his residence. Rana, whose tenure is ending next month, is learnt to have told him about the blast which took place near Vice President Pramananda Jha''s residence on Sunday. At least one security personnel was injured.

Kathmandu, Aug 18: Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal a. k. a. Prachanda will be sworn-in as the first Prime Minister of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal here on Monday.

Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Prachanda in a specially called swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan at Sheetal Niwas this afternoon. The ceremony will be attended by heads of all security forces, diplomats and top bureaucrats.

Kathmandu- Nepal's constituent assembly Friday voted the former rebel chief Pushpa Kamal Dhahal, alias Prachanda as the country's new prime minister.

The vote ended nearly four months of political deadlock, paving the way for the formation of a new government led by the Maoists.

Lawmakers from 22 of the 25 parties represented in the assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of Maoist chairman Prachanda by signing their names in his support.

The vote gave Prachanda a two-thirds majority of the 596 members in the assembly. Official figures were expected later.

Kathmandu, August 15 : After months of disagreements over the formation of a new government, Nepal’s Constituent Assembly (CA) members are all set to elect the first Prime Minister of the newest republic in the world on Friday.

According to Kantipur, the legislative Constituent Assembly meeting was convened today at the CA hall at New Baneshwor in Kathmandu.

Kathmandu  - Nepalese police Thursday broke up anti-China demonstrations by Tibetan exiles near the Chinese embassy and detained over 500 demonstrators.

More than 800 Tibetans gathered in small groups shouting anti-China slogans and denouncing the Beijing Olympic Games before they were detained police.

The demonstrators, including monks and nuns, carried banners depicting killings in Tibet by the Chinese forces and shouted "down with IOC" for letting the games be held in China.

Kathmandu, Aug. 14: Over 3,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal have been resettled in western countries, The Kathmandu Post reported on Thursday.

The refugees have been resettled in the United States, Denmark, Australia and other countries under the third country resettlement program.

Xinhua quoted an official at the International Office for Migration (IOM), which is playing a key role in the resettlement process, as saying that the process is continuing smoothly and as planned.