Kathmandu, Aug 12 : CPN-Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ today met Madhesi People’s Rights Forum (MPRF) chairman Upendra Yadav to discuss the government formation in Nepal.

According to Maoist spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara, the meeting concluded to continue attempts for consensus until the election of the Prime Minister scheduled to be held on Friday.

Kathmandu, Aug 12: The Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) will hold a standing committee meeting today to discuss the formation of the new government excluding the Nepali Congress (NC).

According to UML standing committee member Ishwor Pokharel, the meeting is due to discuss on the future strategies of the party following the failure of the political parties in forming the new government based on consensus in Nepal.

Kathmandu, Aug 11 : A meeting of the Nepal Constituent Assembly (CA) Task Management Committee today decided to elect the Prime Minister on August 15.

According to electoral programmes, the nominations for the Prime Minister are to be registered at the Constituent Assembly Secretariat on Thursday.

Article 38 (2) of the Interim Constitution provides that the Prime Minister shall be elected through a majority of two-thirds of the members of the Legislature-Parliament, if consensus cannot be reached.

Kathmandu- Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav on Sunday asked the country's constituent assembly to make efforts to form a new government.

The presidential orders came after the Maoists missed a deadline given to them to form a government by Saturday.

The president asked the assembly to elect a prime minister on the basis of majority who in turn will form a new government.

The new development means that any party that can muster the support of majority of the members in the 601-member assembly, can stake its claim to form the government.

Kathmandu - Nepalese Maoists missed a deadline to form a new government Saturday amid serious differences between the main political parties

Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav gave the Maoists until midnight Friday to secure the backing of the other political parties to form a consensus government.

But disagreements over key ministerial portfolios have blocked the formation of a coalition government.

Kathmandu, August 8 : Tibetans continued with another day of anti-Chinese protests outside the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu on Friday, hours before the Olympic Games were due to start in Beijing.

The Tibetans gathered outside the embassy early in the day as police tried to clear them away. Police hauled the protesters away in trucks but more protesters turned up chanting anti-Chinese slogans over a crackdown in their Himalayan homeland months ago. Among those protesting were monks and nuns.