Nepal's prime minister announced his resignation Wednesday as part of an agreement with his party's coalition partner weeks before a scheduled second phase of historic local elections."I announce my resignation honoring an agreement I had reached with coalition partner Nepali Congress before being elected prime minister last year," Prachanda, 62, said in a televised address to the nation."I will now meet the president and hand over my official resignation letter," he said, adding that his resignation is aimed at ending the culture of dishonest politics that saw coalition partners ignore sim…READ FULL ARTICLE
