Nepal's Constituent Assembly ( CA) on Sunday officially started a voting process on the promulgation of a much-awaited new constitution.
The Nepalese government on Thursday urged neighboring countries and the international community to support Nepal's ongoing constitution drafting process.
Nepal's final version of constitution has been tabled at the Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting for deliberations among parties.
The Burundian government on Thursday claimed to have instructed the country's electoral body (CENI) to consider a call by regional leaders to delay presidential poll scheduled for July 15 to July 30.
The effort of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to emasculate and revise the country's war-renouncing constitution encountered a mass protest on Sunday, the country's 68th Constitution Memorial Day, when he returned from the United States with the updated bilateral defense guidelines that will result in unconstitutional revision of security-related legislation.
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The ongoing tussle between Nepal' s ruling and opposition parties is likely to deepen as both sides remain firm in their respective positions on drafting the new constitution and there are no signs of thaw, cross-party leaders said Saturday.
Myanmar's parliament on Thursday re- proposed holding six-party talks as soon as possible to work out a framework for constitution amendment, stressing that alternative talks are not what it hopes for, parliament sources said.
Nepal's Constituent Assembly has taken up key contentious issues of the new constitution after major parties failed to forge consensus for voting on contentious issues, the constitution drafting body said on Wednesday.
After a protracted deadlock, Nepal's parties have temporarily removed the obstacles crippling the all-important tasks of constitution drafting, cross-party leaders said on Wednesday.
Nepal's major parties, which were involved in the dispute over constitution drafting, have resumed negotiations on the key contentious issues of new constitution, cross-party leaders said on Sunday.
Nepal's political parties are making little effort to resolve the contentious issues of the new constitution, party leaders and observers said on Monday.
Nepal's major parties have expedited bilateral and multilateral talks in a bid to settle the contentious issues of the new constitution within next three weeks, cross party leaders said on Monday.
Japan's minimum voting age was officially lowered to 18 from 20 as a revised national referendum law took effect on Friday, in a effort by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to amend the country's war-renouncing pacifist constitution.
Nepal marked the seventh anniversary of the establishment of the republic on Thursday.
Thai caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Wednesday that the Constitutional Court had no ground to consider a case against her for a personnel transfer she ordered years ago.
Over 90 percent of Egyptians approved the country's new draft constitution in a referendum, the official MENA news agency reported Thursday, citing preliminary results.
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