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An Amicable Settlement (Rising Nepal, 31/12/2000)

Agitation closer to the grassroots! (Telegraph, 27/12/2000)

A cruel Winter of discontent, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 14/12/2000)

Crisis builds: Government blind to change! (Telegraph, 13/12/2000)

It’s government versus all! (Telegraph, 06/12/2000)
See also editorial People’s patience put to test! (Telegraph, 06/12/2000)

Democracy's outlet: Dialogue and transparency, by Jagadish B. Mathema (People's Review, 30/11/2000)

Another no confidence motion? (Telegraph, 29/11/2000)

First interim report of PERC out (Rising Nepal, 18/11/2000)
see also PERC Report (Rising Nepal, 19/11/2000)

No confidence motion likely against Koirala! (Telegraph, 15/11/2000)

Koirala's efforts to save government, by PR Pradhan (People's Review, 02/11/2000)

Government mum on key issues, by Shrish S. Rana (People's Review, 19/10/2000)

Home Secy transferred too (Kathmandu Post, 17/10/2000)

Cabinet reshuffle likely: PM asks Bhattarai his choice (Kathmandu Post, 16/10/2000)

New govt initiatives (Kathmandu Post, 14/10/2000)

Koirala's hazy signal (Kathmandu Post, 04/10/2000)

Acharya lands Defense portfolio: Appointment a strong signal of Govt intention, by Suman Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 03/10/2000)

Joshi Resigns (Sunday Despatch, 01/10/2000)

Defence Ministry has slapped govt: Deuba, by Tilak Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 01/10/2000)

Bhattarai demands PM's resignation, by Madhavi Bhatta (Kathmandu Post, 30/09/2000)

Home Minister resigns, DPM takes over, by Sanjeev Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 30/09/2000)

Home Minister shrugs off calls for resignation (Kathmandu Post, 28/09/2000)

Home Minister must resign (Kathmandu Post, 27/09/2000)

Poor but costly diplomacy (People's Review, 14/09/2000)

Managing Public Resources: Whose Job Is It Anyway?, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 08/09/2000)

Rs 50 b outstanding in government accounts (Kathmandu Post, 29/08/2000)

Thirteen Months of Nepali Congress (Business Age, August 2000)

AG's Report: Financial Administration In Mess (Spotlight, 18/08/2000)

The Amount Of Unsettled Account Is Piling Up (Spotlight, 18/08/2000)
Interview with Bishnu Bahadur K.C., Auditor General

37th Auditor General’s Report: Some Food For Thought, by Prem N. Kakkar (Rising Nepal, 18/08/2000)

Khadka’s Removal From Cabinet: End Of Khadka’s Power Gambit?, by Prakash Dahal (Rising Nepal, 14/08/2000)

Khadka Sacked: PM To Reshuffle Cabinet, CWC (Sunday Despatch, 13/08/2000)

No tears at Koirala's plight, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 10/08/2000)

Koirala in hot water after Bharat darshan, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 10/08/2000)

Khadka questions motive of his dismissal (Rising Nepal, 10/08/2000)

Minister Khadka "sacked": Reshuffle, "no confidence" expected (Independent, 09/08/2000)

PM sacks Minister Khadka: More turmoil in cards for Congress, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 09/08/2000)

Koirala will be back with political tinderbox, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 03/08/2000)

Minister of State Alam resigns (Kathmandu Post, 01/08/2000)

A crisis averted; new crisis in offing (Telegraph, 26/07/2000)

HMG approves new organisational structure (Rising Nepal, 19/07/2000)

What is in store for the Nepalese?, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 06/07/2000)

As messy as ever, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 06/07/2000)

Increasing pressure on Koirala from within (Independent, 05/07/2000)

Premier Koirala’s Hundred Days In Office: Positive Line Of Action, by Prem N. Kakkar (Rising Nepal, 30/06/2000)

Appalling manifestations of our destiny, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 29/06/2000)

Social services extension poor, by Ameet Dhakal (Kathmandu Post, 30/05/2000)

Uneasy lull, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 25/05/2000)

Koirala sliding into chaos and uncertainty, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 04/05/2000)

A tale of two visits, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 04/05/2000)

Dissent and doubt flourish, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 27/04/2000)

Reduction In Number Of Ministries A Positive Move, by Prem N. Kakkar (Rising Nepal, 21/04/2000)

Koirala's bed of nails, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 20/04/2000)

Nepal’s pledge to reform is real, sincere: Acharya (Rising Nepal, 20/04/2000)
Speech by Mahesh Acharya, Minister for Finance of Nepal, at the Nepal Development Forum Meetings at Paris on April 18, 2000

Portfolions changed in council of Ministers (Rising Nepal, 19/04/2000)

Cabinet dissolves three committees (Kathmandu Post, 18/04/2000)

Koirala's leadership: Put to a severe test, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 13/04/2000)

What next if political ambition of Nepal's military grows? (Telegraph, 12/04/2000)

Government lacks political commitment, by D L Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 11/04/2000)

The Government’s Priority Responding To The People’s Needs, by Yug Bahadur (Rising Nepal, 09/04/2000)

NSC to be activated, says PM (Kathmandu Post, 08/04/2000)

All the Prime Minister's men (Independent, 05/04/2000)

Problems mounting for Girija Babu! (Telegraph, 05/04/2000)

Troubled days ahead, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 30/03/2000)

Can PM Koirala deliver what he has promised? (Independent, 29/03/2000)

Left threatens Girija Babu's agenda! (Telegraph, 29/03/2000)

Koirala-IV : What the stars foretell, by Mana Ranjan Josse (Kathmandu Post, 29/03/2000)

Koirala in for toughest test yet, by D L Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 28/03/2000)

Challenges Ahead (Sunday Despatch, 26/03/2000)

A new cabinet: Uneasy composition, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 24/03/2000)

Back at the helms, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 24/03/2000)

Topmost priority to law and order: PM (Rising Nepal, 24/03/2000)

Pressures likely on Girija from within, by Shrish S, Rana (People's Review, 23/03/2000)

Koirala's crown of thorns, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 23/03/2000)

Continuity and change, by Mohan Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 23/03/2000)

Uninspiring beginning (Kathmandu Post, 23/03/2000)

Hats off to Bhattarai! (Telegraph, 22/03/2000)

What if Bhattarai retaliates forcefully? (Telegraph, 22/03/2000)

Challenge for PM Koirala too, could come from within (Independent, 22/03/2000)

Bhattarai’s ouster: A catastasis?, by Mana Ranjan Josse (Kathmandu Post, 22/03/2000)

Cabinet named (Kathmandu Post, 22/03/2000)

Koirala appointed Prime Minister (Kathmandu Post, 21/03/2000)

A good opportunity (Kathmandu Post, 18/03/2000)

Prime Minister K.P. Bhattarai resigns; nation’s leadership should go to new generation: PM (Rising Nepal, 17/03/2000)

PM Bhattarai resigns: says he will vote for young leader for the post, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 17/03/2000)

NC MPs register no-confidence motion against Bhattarai: No option but to resign (Independent, 15/03/2000)

PM Bhattarai reallocates ministries: no new faces inducted in the cabinet (Kathmandu Post, 11/03/2000)

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Editor's note (Spotlight, 25/02/2000)

The option of dissolving the house is open before PM (Spotlight, 25/02/2000)
Interview with Gangadhar Lamsal, Minister of State for Land Reforms, as well as interviews with Gopal Rai (Our Objective Is To Change The Leadership) and Tirtha Khaniya (Leaders Have No Vision For Education)

PM Bhattarai in crisis: defenders at loss, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 25/02/2000)
Including interviews with Kusum Shrestha (PM Has No Option but To Resign) and Sher Bahadur Deuba (There Are Still Possibilities Of Finding Out Satisfactory Solution)

No-confidence motion rethinking essential, by Prem N. Kakkar (Rising Nepal, 25/02/2000)

No confidence motion against PM (Kathmandu Post, 24/02/2000)

Bhattarai in deep trouble, but Koirala, too, does not have smooth path ahead (Independent, 23/02/2000)

Hectic conferring in NC: HM accepts resignations of ministers (Kathmandu Post, 23/02/2000)

Parliamentary party meet rescheduled for Feb 26: End mistrust: Koirala (Rising Nepal, 22/02/200)

PM gets reprieve (Kathmandu Post, 22/02/2000)

PM wants NC parliamentary meet deferred (Rising Nepal, 21/02/2000)

Distrust them (Kathmandu Post, 21/02/2000)

NC deadlock still unresolved (Kathmandu Post, 20/02/2000)

Eleven ministers resign en masse: Political scenario worsens as Bhattarai stands adamant, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 19/02/2000)

Government’s fate to be decided on Feb 21 (Kathmandu Post, 18/02/2000)

'Cleanest government': A ludicrous claim, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 17/02/2000)

PM "to smash" Maoists, ultra-rightists, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 17/02/2000)

Govt in for crisis NC lawmakers for change of leader (Kathmandu Post, 17/02/2000)

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai: old man in no hurry, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 11/02/2000)

Focus on PM's health, by Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 10/02/2000)

After Acharya's resignation now comes Upadhayay's (People's Review, 10/02/2000)

Poudel – a step away from premiership?, by Kavita Sherchan (Kathmandu Post, 06/02/2000)

Expect another series of crisis, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Kathmandu Post, 05/02/2000)

Acharya's resignation: a fresh turmoil, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 4 February 2000)

Education Minister resigns (Kathmandu Post, 4 February 2000)

Poudel DPM, Acharya out, ba Mana Ranjan Josse (People's Review, 3 February 2000)

Reforms top DPM’s priority (Kathmandu Post, 3 February 2000)

Wake up call (Independent, 2 February 2000)

Finally, Poudel made DPM (Independent, 2 February 2000)

Acharya's challenge to Krishna Prasad serious! (Telegraph, 2 February 2000)

Finance Minister resigns up against Dr Rawal as NRB governor: resignation not accepted (The Kathmandu Post, 29 January 2000)

A blemish inflicted on national sovereignty, by Ramesh Sharma (The People's Review, 27 January 2000)

Indecision and drift, by Mana Ranjan Josse (The People's Review, 27 January 2000)

Reshuffle will not warm up cold relations between Bhattarai and Koirala (The Independent, 19 January 2000)

Koirala on offensive, by Mana Ranjan Josse (The People's Review, 13 January 2000)

Government-media relations (The Independent, 12 January 2000)

Bhattarai under pressure to reshuffle cabinet (The Independent, 12 January 2000)

Shame on you ministers, by Sameer Khatiwada (The Kathmandu Post, 11 January 2000)

FM Mahat calls for minimised govt role (The Kathmandu Post, 8 January 2000)

Governance: mistaking the wood for trees, by Hiramani Ghimire (The Kathmandu Post, 7 January 2000)

Valley development bill layed (The Kathmandu Post, 6 January 2000)

Pangs of parochial politics, by D.L. Bhandari (The Kathmandu Post, 30 December 1999)

Home Minister will have to be morally responsible for hijack (Awake Weekly Chronicle, 27 December 1999)

NC MPs want heads rolling (The Kathmandu Post, 26 December 1999)

PM Bhattarai offers to quit at the ‘right time’ (The Kathmandu Post, 25 December 1999)

The government should change its mentality (Spotlight, 24 December 1999)
Interview with Pradeep Kumar Shrestha, President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI)

Ceasefire -- for now, by Mana Ranjan Josse (The People's Review, 23 December 1999)

The feud for Baluwatar, by Basanta Lohani (The Kathmandu Post, 23 December 1999)

The deeper malaise, by Mana Ranjan Josse (The Kathmandu Post, 22 December 1999)

PM under pressure to quit, (The Kathmandu Post, 16 December 1999)

These versatile ministers! (The Telegraph, 15 December 1999)

Good governance: some suggestions to PM, by Bihari Krishna Shrestha (The Kathmandu Post, 15 December 1999)

'Martyr' K.P. and PM K.P., (The People's Review, 9 December 1999)
On Krishna Prasad Koirala and PM Krishna Prasad Bhattarai

The Prime Minister has never been seen as serious at any time (The People's Review, 9 December 1999)
Interview with Mangalsiddhi Manandhar

As developed as America, by Basanta Lohani (The Kathmandu Post, 7 December 1999)

It's enough, Mr Prime Minister! (The Telegraph, 2 December 1999)

Bhattarai the great, by Basanta Lohani (The Kathmandu Post, 2 December 1999)