Daily newspaper, Nepal Samacharpatra, is the only broadsheet that reported Thursday the cease-fire came after five hours of talks between the King, Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda and Dr. Baburam Bhattarai at the Narayanhiti Royal Palace.

The newspaper said Minister for Physical Planning Col. Narayan Singh Pun ferried Dahal and Dr. Bhattarai to Kathmandu by helicopter from Ilam for the rare talks. Maoist leader Ram Bahadur Thapa alias Badal was a facilitator for the talks, the newspaper reported Pun as saying.

“He (Badal) was in Kathmandu. We talked over telephone and in person; he played an important role in preparing an atmosphere for the talks,’ Col Pun reportedly said.

Leader of the Nepal Samata Party Dr. Birendra Jhapali and Dadhiram Lamichane played important roles, the newspaper reported Col. Pun as saying.