Nepal's Parliament, reinstated after being shut for four years, was to meet on Tuesday for a third session since the King backed down and as political leaders finalised a new cabinet, officials said.
A cabinet line-up was expected to be announced later in the day, party officials said.
The appointments had been expected Monday but were delayed as the three major parties -- Nepali Congress, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and Nepali Congress (Democratic) -- negotiated the top jobs.
Three weeks of violent street protests forced King Gyanendra to reinstate the 205-member parliament he had sacked in February 2005 and hand over rule to the political parties.
Girija Prasad Koirala, the ailing 84-year-old leader of the Nepali Congress party, was sworn in as Prime Minister on Sunday.
In a second session on Sunday, the new parliament unanimously agreed to begin preparations for an election to a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution that would clip the powers of the monarch.
The new prime minister has called on Maoist rebels to renounce violence and begin dialogue with the new government.
{{/usCountry}}The new prime minister has called on Maoist rebels to renounce violence and begin dialogue with the new government.
{{/usCountry}}Opposition parties ousted from government in February 2005 formed a loose alliance late last year with the rebels who supported the mass protest movement and declared a three-month unilateral ceasefire last week.