PM discusses MCC ratification with Oli Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has intensified efforts to woo the main opposition CPN- UML to secure parliamentary ratification of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Nepal Compact. Nepal 23 Feb, 2022
Govt tables MCC pact amid obstructions in parliament The government has tabled the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact at the House of Representatives, today. Kathmandu 20 Feb, 2022
MCC included in today's House schedule A meeting of the Business Advisory Committee of the House of Representatives has included tabling of Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact in the schedule for today's proceedings. Kathmandu 20 Feb, 2022
Ruling coalition's meeting on tabling of MCC pact in House commences Ruling coalition's meeting on tabling of MCC pact in House commences Kathmandu 20 Feb, 2022
NC keen to table MCC compact in Parliament Nepali Congress parliamentary party and central executive committee have decided to vote in favour of the Millennium Challenge Corporation compact in the House of Representatives. The ruling NC wants the MCC compact to be tabled in the Parliament as soon as possible, but the Parliament Secretariat has not listed it in the tentative list of tomorrow’s HoR agenda. Nepal 16 Feb, 2022
EDITORIAL - Table MCC deal Even as the deadline for the ratification of the MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation) compact in the parliament nears, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is unable to bag support from his coalition partners for it. The USgovernment has given the government till February end to ratify the agreement, failing which Nepal sets to lose $500 million in grants for a power transmission line and road rehabilitation. Opinion 14 Feb, 2022
PM Deuba fails to persuade Dahal, Nepal As the government nears the February 28 deadline for securing parliamentary ratification of the Millennium Challenge Corporation deal, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba continues his bid to convince the two ruling coalition partners — CPN-Maoist Centre Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN (Unified Socialist) Chair Madhav Kumar Nepal to support MCC ratification, but his efforts have not yielded any positive results yet. Nepal 13 Feb, 2022
Dahal urges Oli to put off MCC ratification CPN-Maoist Centre Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday called CPN- UML Chair KP Sharma Oli and requested him to postpone the parliamentary ratification of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Nepal Compact until after general elections. Dahal asked Oli to take a decision on the MCC deal by rising above party politics. He also asked Oli to clarify his and his party’s stance on the MCC deal and build a national consensus on the issue. Nepal 12 Feb, 2022
EDITORIAL: Time to act The government finds itself in a tight spot as the United States sets February 28 as the deadline for ratifying the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact, failing which Nepal sets to lose $500 million in grants for two crucial projects. Opinion 08 Feb, 2022
US sets Feb 28 deadline for MCC ratification The United States of America has given Nepal a deadline of February 28 to secure parliamentary ratification of the Millennium Challenge Corporation deal. Nepal 07 Feb, 2022
Deuba in bid to persuade allies on MCC deal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has intensified efforts to iron out differences with ruling coalition partners — CPN-Maoist Centre and CPN (Unified Socialist) — on the Millennium Challenge Corporation deal signed with the United States of America, but differences continue to persist between coalition partners. Nepal 03 Feb, 2022
'CPN-UML still continuing its regressive ways' CPN-Maoist Centre Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal commented that the House disruption by CPN-UML lawmakers was a continuity of the party’s regressive way. Nepal 21 Dec, 2021
