UML Chair KP Sharma Oli held a meeting with senior leaders of the party — Madhav Kumar Nepal, Jhalanath Khanal, Bamdev Gautam and Subas Chandra Nembang — and decided to offer premiership to Dahal for two-and-a-half years.

CPN-MC leaders have been saying that unification of the two parties should be the first priority, while UML leaders say government should be formed first and unification can happen later

China has spread its aggressive tentacles to its Himalayan neighbour. […]