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CPN (Maoist Center) leader Khagraj Bhatta has been elected as the party’s Parliamentary Party leader in Sudurpaschim Province. A meeting held at the Parliamentary Party Office of the Province on Sunday morning unanimously appointed Bhatta to the post. The Maoist Center said that Bhatta, who is also a Standing Committee member and an in-charge of the Maoist Center Sudurpaschim Province, was elected as the party’s Parliamentary Party leader in the province.  

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expressed his best wishes to all Nepali sisters and brothers at home and abroad on the occasion of New Year 2023. Extending his best wishes through social media, the Prime Minister has wished that the year 2023 brings happiness, peace and prosperity to everyone. He has also called for collective action for the advancement and greater prosperity of Nepal and the Nepali people.  

China has appointed Qin Gang, a trusted aide of President Xi Jinping, as its new foreign minister, state radio reported on Friday, Reuters reported.

Qin, 56, and currently China’s ambassador to the United States, replaces Wang Yi, who has been foreign minister for the past decade. Wang, 69, was promoted to the politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in October and is expected to play a bigger role in foreign policy.

A rising star in the foreign ministry, Qin rose through various positions including as the ministry’s spokesman and postings at the Chinese embassy in Britain, according to Reuters.

He served as Xi’s chief protocol officer between 2014 and 2018.

Following his appointment, Qin will return to Beijing from Washington after 17 months as China’s 11th ambassador to the United States.

In an essay published in American bi-monthly magazine the National Interest this week, Qin gave an overview of China’s position on foreign policy and reiterated that China-U.S. relations were not a zero-sum game.

Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday. During the meeting held at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar, the duo insisted on further consolidating the Nepal-India ties, according to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat. On the occasion, the ambassador handed a letter of congratulations to Dahal sent by his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.