Kathmandu, Jan. 22 -- Stories you might have missed from today's The Kathmandu Post.

Congress allows Sapkota to run unopposed for Speaker, showing there's a larger game afoot

The primary opposition Nepali Congress did not field any candidate for Speaker on Tuesday to challenge the Nepal Communist Party's candidate Agni Sapkota, paving the way for the ruling party leader's election to the post unopposed. The party is also unlikely to file candidacy for the post of deputy Speaker.

Ruling party co-chairs KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal had reached a deal on Sunday to put up Sapkota for the Speaker of the House of Representatives after month-long negotiations. That deal came a day after Oli, Dahal and Congress President Sher Bahadur D...