Envoy appointments kept aside on the backburner Kathmandu, April 9 Nepali diplomacy is indeed unique. We keep diplomatic outposts headless for months and even years, but expect the best outcomes from our missions abroad. We tend to cut diplomatic contacts in host countries by delaying... Travel 10 Apr, 2016
LETTERS Nepali diplomacyMadhav Shrestha has rightly pointed out the negative consequences of the power play in the recent ambassadorial appointments in his article “Ambassadorial appointments” (THT, Sept 5). It is a matter of shame for the government to... 06 Sep, 2007
Ambassadorial appointments : Wrong time, wrong people After squabbling for more than a year, the interim government has finally decided to appoint 21 new ambassadors. Out of the appointees, 18 are nominees from four major political parties and the rest (three) are officials of the Foreign Ministry. As... 04 Sep, 2007
Ambassadorial confirmation : Challenges before parliamentary panel Apparently under pressure of circumstantial politics, the government is now sending an agreed list of candidates to the Special Hearing Committee of the Interim Legislature- Parliament for their appointment as ambassadors. More than a dozen embassies... 09 Jul, 2007
LETTERS Unfair provision:It seems that the government, now composed of eight political parties, including the CPN-Maoist, and the Election Commission (EC) are behaving in a very undemocratic manner. It has now been said that except for the eight parties in the... 12 Apr, 2007
Bohara asks Koirala to take parties into confidence Kathmandu, December 23:CPN-UML leaders, led by acting general secretary Amrit Kumar Bohara, met Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala at the latter’s official residence this morning and asked him to move ahead through understanding and consensus for... Travel 24 Dec, 2006
NRNs make their case Kathmandu, October 15:A delegation of Non Resident Nepalis (NRNs) assembled in Kathmandu to celebrate the third NRN Day met with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Saturday. Lauding the contribution of NRNs in the socio-economic development of the... 15 Oct, 2006
Nepali diplomacy needs a new direction Som Pudasaini Nepali diplomacy should have been sharply reorganised to derive maximum benefits in view of the momentous changes that have occurred in regional and global security, diplomatic and economic environments over the past decade.... 12 Mar, 2004
