Tag Archives: #MCC

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, February 28 Following the ratification of the US grant Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Bahadur Singh Mahara, Chairman of Shuklaphanta municipality-8, Kanchanpur, has decided to resign from his post and leave the party. In a Facebook message, the CPN (Maoist Center) youth leader begged pardon and announced his resignation from his post. He said that he will …

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, February 28 The descriptive notes on the MCC agreement between the government of Nepal and the United States, according to the CPN-UML, would be meaningless. The House of Representatives (HoR) ratified the US aid grant agreement on Sunday evening. Following the HoR meeting, UML leader Khagaraj Adhikari said that the descriptive notes were just tools prepared …

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, February 27 The House of Representatives (HoR) meeting scheduled for today has begun. The meeting, which had been scheduled for 1 pm, had been postponed for one hour. The meeting is taking place almost after two hours. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will present the Office of the Attorney General’s Annual Report for 2020/21 at the …

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, February 27 The use of explanatory remarks to pass the MCC, according to Shankar Pokharel, general secretary of the main opposition CPN (UML), exposed the ‘contradiction of power.’ Pokharel also said that the agreement was signed by Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre) and it was their responsibility to pass it. UML has been saying that …

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, February 27 CPN (Maoist Center) leader Narayan Kaji Shrestha has strongly disagreed with the party’s decision to approve the MCC from the parliament. On Sunday morning, Leader Shrestha tweeted to express his disappointment with Chairman Prachanda’s decision. Earlier, the Maoist Centre, which had been opposing the MCC, had decided to ratify the MCC with an explanatory …

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, February 27 The ruling coalition has agreed to pass the US Assistance Project (MCC) from the House of Representatives today. The meeting in Baluwatar decided to ratify the MCC agreement by including the government’s answers and explanatory remarks on the questions raised in Parliament, according to senior Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel. The MCC will be …

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, February 27 The ruling coalition’s meeting for MCC approval has ended. The meeting was held in Baluwatar at the Prime Minister’s official residence. After the meeting, CPN-Maoist Centre Chairman Prachanda and JSP Chairman Upendra Yadav left Baluwatar. The conclusion of the meeting has not been made public.

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, February 27 The ruling coalition is convening to ratify the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) project of American assistance. Bhanu Deuba, the Chief Personal Secretary of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, said the coalition meeting started on Sunday at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar. The meeting, which was scheduled to start at 10 am, started …

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, February 27 At 1 p.m. today, the House of Representatives (HoR) will meet at the Federal Parliament Building in New Baneshwor. In today’s meeting, a proposal on a grant agreement reached between the Nepal government and the US aid agency MCC will be discussed. The HoR meeting, which was scheduled for 1 p.m. on Friday, was …

By Muna Chand Kathmandu, February 25 Demonstrations also took place in Kathmandu on Friday in protest of the US aid project MCC agreement being tabled in Parliament. The Nepal Intellectuals Association has staged a demonstration in the New Baneshwor area. For the past week, sister organizations of political parties such as the CPN-Maoist Center and the CPN-Unified Socialist have been …