Kathmandu, Dec 15 : Political parties in Nepal have submitted the list of their members who will participate in the committees to be formed under the Constituent Assembly (CA) and the legislative parliament today.

As per the constitution-drafting schedule of the Constituent Assembly, the political parties have submitted the names of the members to the CA Secretariat.

They have also finalised the number of members from their parties who will participate in the committees.

The number of members from the CPN-Maoists will be 17 while nine each member will be from the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML. Similarly, the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum will have four members and the Terai Madshesh Loktantric Party will have two members.

Kathmandu, Dec 15: Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda''s recent remarks on violence and threat to quit the government drew flak in the Parliament on Sunday.

Speaking at the special hour, Bhim Rawal, a Constituent Assembly (CA) member from the CPN-UML, claimed that the Prime Minister''s outbursts had the potential to derail the peace process and turn the country into a failed state.

Rawal urged Prachanda to enlighten the Constituent Assembly as to who was not cooperating with the Maoist-led government.

Kathmandu  - Nepal has formally requested the extension of United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) for another six months, media reports said Sunday.

The term of UNMIN, set up by the UN to support the peace process in Nepal, is due to end January 23.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will present the request with his recommendations to the Security Council in January, and the term was likely to be extended, the Kathmandu Post newspaper said.

UNMIN started work in Nepal in January 2007, following the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement between the government and the Maoist rebels to end decade long communist insurgency.

Kathmandu, Dec 13: Top entrepreneurs of Nepal have lamented that increasing industrial insecurity and labour disputes have cast blight on the entire economic situation of the country.

Speaking at a program organised by National Business Initiative (NBI) here on Friday, the entrepreneurs said that waywardness of trade unions and the deteriorating business climate in the country have put a damper to the government''s proposition of economic revolution.

Nepalnews quoted president of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) Kush Kumar Joshi as saying that the business climate is at its lowest ebb in the country.

Kathmandu, Dec 13: The schedule prepared to draft the new constitution is likely to be affected due to the delay in the formation of sub committees under the Constituent Assembly (CA) and legislative parliament.

According to the calendar of events passed by the Constituent Assembly, 14 different committees including, the Constitutional Committee (CC), 10 thematic committees and three procedures committees should be formed and their heads should be elected by December 30.

However, some of the major political parties have not submitted their representatives for the committee at the Constituent Assembly secretariat until Friday.

Kathmandu, Dec12 : Former UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal today expressed fears of the possibility of his party''s youth wing- Youth Force (YF) of becoming a matter of problem for the party in the future.

Speaking at a press meet here, he said Youth Force (YF) may become a problem for the party, much like Young Communist League (YCL) has been for the Maoist leadership at present.