New York, Sept 28 : Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda met Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon at the UN Headquarters here on Saturday. 

According to the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations, the UN Secretary General assured of the United Nations'' continued support in the days ahead and expressed his readiness to assist in the socio-economic development in Nepal. 

He also appreciated Nepal''s continued participation in the UN peacekeeping operations while Prachanda reiterated Nepal''s commitment to continue providing troops to UN peacekeeping missions at the call of the UN.

Kathmandu - A general strike called by a fringe left party disrupted activity in the capital Kathmandu and other parts of the country Sunday.

The People's Front Nepal called the strike to protest the decision of the Maoists and other major parties to divide the country along a federal structure.

In Kathmandu, many people were caught unaware as People's Front Nepal supporters stopped vehicles and shut down major markets.

Kathmandu, Sept 27: Nepal''s legislative session of the Constituent Assembly (CA) has been disrupted for the second consecutive day today.

The session was disrupted as the Nepali Congress (NC) lawmakers were protesting against the government for not clarifying the subjects missed during the budget announcement.

They as well as the Terai-Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N) lawmakers demanded Finance Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai to present the documents before the discussion on appropriations bill commences.

Kathmandu, Sept 27: Nepal former Prime Minister and president of Nepali Congress (NC) Girija Prasad Koirala has warned Maoists against undermining democracy.

Nepalnews quoted him as saying that Prime Minister Prachanda and some Maoist leaders have started saying that parliamentary democracy had failed.

He said: “I want them to look at the example of United Kingdom – the mother of parliamentary democracy”.

New York, Sept 27: Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda stated at the UN General Assembly that Nepal government would build partnership with the international community to create an atmosphere for a new socio-economic transformation in Nepal.

Addressing the 63rd General Assembly on Friday, Prachanda said that Nepal is committed to restore peace and order, and unleash socio-economic transformation. He said the formal end of the monarchy was a new opportunity to transform 'old feudalistic' state into a new federate Nepal.

Kathmandu, Sept 26 :