Three persons died on the spot and five others were injured Tuesday night when a truck fell off a bridge at Jugedi on the Muglingh-Nayayanghat highway, police said.
The injured are being treated at a health centre in Chitwan. The truck was going to Gorkha from Arunkhola in Nawalparasi. nepalnews.com br Oct.10
PM Deuba again calls all party meet ahead of talks with Maoists
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has convened another round of all party talks Wednesday ahead of the third round of negotiations with Maoists to end a communist insurgency that has claimed more than 1,800 lives in nearly years, an announcement said.
Deuba called the assembly immediately after Maoist strongman Prachanda issued a statement Monday asking the government to convene the next and crucial round of talks soonest while blaming the government for procrastination.
Deuba’s move suggests the next round of government, rebel parleys is in the offing.
Maoists presented the government with 31 demands in the second round of talks last month as government firmly rejected rebel calls for a republic and a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution.
Some analysts say the rebels are looking for a “safe landing” after the army was mobilized for the first time more than three months ago to free 70 captured policemen in far west Nepal after a raid on a police post.
Opposition parties earlier gave the government a mandate to negotiate peace without compromising the principles of the constitution.
Chief government negotiator Minister for Physical Planning Chiranjivi Wagle recently hinted Maoists might be inducted into an interim government to hold mid-term polls to draw the rebels in mainstream politics.
Former Prime Minister and senior most leader of the ruling Nepali Congress Party Krishna Prasad Bhattarai said Deuba should resign and make way for another person in the party to head the government before making such concessions as the party enjoys a majority in parliament.
Maoists have pressed for the next round of talks after India said it is firmly behind King Gyanendra and retaliatory strikes by an international coalition led by U.S. this week against targets in Afghanistan to avenge the September 11 terrorist strikes against targets in New York and Washington.