"It is a cruel and inhumane act targeted at innocent civilians."
The Home Ministry statement issued following the three bomb blasts in Kathmandu city.
"Under whatever pretexts (these incidents have been carried out), it is not difficult to the see the hands of regressive elements who want to derail the peace process, and obstruct the campaign for republic and CA election, behind the incident."
Prachanda, Maoist chairman, in a statement.
"The state must be serious to bust the network of such criminals."
Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, leader of Nepali Congress-Democratic.
"The Nepalese have shown a great capacity to resolve difficult issues through peaceful dialogue, and I have no doubt that acts of terror will discredit whatever cause they are claimed to promote with the Nepalese people as well as the international community."
Ian Martin, Special Representative of UN Secretary General to Nepal, in a statement.
"We have to purchase and lease them, even if that means taking loans."
Prithvi Subba Gurung, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, talking to reporters in New Delhi and telling them that the government is soon going to purchase one and lease another aircraft for Nepal Airlines Corporation, in The Himalayan Times.
"Madhesi people have gained important achievement from this deal. While the April movement of 2006 ushered republic in the country, the Madhes agitation of 2007 paved the way for federal autonomous restructuring of the country."
Upendra Yadav, chairman of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) after signing 22-point deal with the government.
"A CA election cannot take place under monarchy. This has never happened in history nor will happen in future. If it does take place, it will not be progressive – it will be like parliamentary election or National Panchayat election. If we want to hold real CA election, we must first declare republic."
Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, senior Maoist leader, addressing a program in the capital.
"The U-19 team has given us more international successes than any other sports."
Binaya Raj Pandey, president of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), speaking at a function organized to felicitate members of winning Nepali team, in The Himalayan Times.
Transition:
APPOINTED: Prof. Dr. Surya Lal Amatya as the rector and co-professor Bhim Raj Adhikary as registrar of Tribhuwan University for the period of three months, by the Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr. Madhav Prasad Sharma
RECOMMENDED: Kedar Prasad Giri as the next Chief Justice (CJ), by the Constitutional Council.
Former CJ Kedar Nath Upadhyaya, as the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), and Ram Nagina Singh, Gauri Pradhan, Lila Pathak and Dr. KB Rokaya, as members of NHRC, by the Constitutional Council.
APPROVED: Nominations of additional seven ambassadors by the cabinet. The seven nominees include four forwarded by the Maoists - Pampha Bhusal ( France), Bijaya Kanta Lal Karna (Denmark), Yogendra Dhakal (Australia), and Dr. Rishi Adhikary (Malaysia). Other three names approved by the cabinet include Arjun Thapa (United Arab Emirates), Baija Nath Thapaliya (Israel ) and Kamal Koirala (South Korea).
FORMED: A committee headed by Chakra Prasad Bastola and including Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat, Narahari Acharya, Arjun Narsingh KC, Bhim Bahadur Tamang, Man Bahadur Biswakarma and Suprabha Ghimire as its members, to draft election manifesto of the party, by the Central Working Committee meeting of Nepali Congress.
A committee led by Laxman Ghimire, to look into technical aspects of selecting candidates for the party.
BAGGED: The ACC Under 19 Elite Cup, by Nepali cricket team, for the fourth consecutive time, by defeating Afghanistan in the final match.
