Kathmandu, Aug. 8 -- The top leaders of the three major parties have unanimously agreed to endorse the bill to amend the Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act at the ongoing session of the federal parliament.

On Wednesday, receiving the report of the three-member taskforce formed to build consensus on the contentious issues of the bill, they claimed the country is now headed towards concluding the transitional justice process-the last leg of the peace process that began with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord on November 21, 2006.

The chiefs of the three prominent parties had on July 1 formed the taskforce comprised of Ramesh Lekhak of the Nepali Congress, Mahesh Bartaula of the CPN-UML and Janardan ...