Ishwari Subedi

Previously, the Civil Service Act of 2049 set the retirement age for civil servants at 58. Lawmakers are now debating whether to increase it to 60 or maintain the current age.

In the previous parliament, 27 bills became inactive, while 12 remained active because they were under consideration in the National Assembly.

Article 92 of the Constitution currently has provisions for the election of the chairperson and vice chairperson of the National Assembly. Preparations are underway to amend this article and eliminate the election system for the chairperson.

KATHMANDU, Nov 16: A meeting of the State Affairs Committee under the House of Representatives on Friday turned tense after lawmakers from the Nepali Congress (NC) questioned Minister of State for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation, Purna Bahadur Tamang (Kanchha Tamang).

KATHMANDU, Oct 4: With the fourth session (monsoon session) of House of Representatives (HoR) completed, the house has only passed 12 bills so far. Although these four sessions passed 12 bills, dozens of bills remain unapproved. The government did not register the necessary number of bills for discu...

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives has failed to continue discussions on the new Federal Civil Service Bill, 2024 which aims to make provisions regarding the formation, operation, and conditions of service for the civil service.

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: With the Federal Parliament’s Budget Session ending one and a half months earlier than in previous years, the responsibilities of parliament now lie with the "mini parliaments." After the Budget Session concluded on September 16, the parliamentary committees, often referred to as...

KATHMANDU, July 28: Among the power-sharing parties, the Nepali Congress (NC) has no representatives in the Constitutional Council.

The possibility of PM Oli getting the votes of all MPs who voted against Dahal is now gradually decreasing. The parties that had voted against Dahal, including the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Nepal, and independent MP Yogendra Mandal, seem to be in confusion about...

KATHMANDU, May 3: Out of the 27 bills that were rendered inactive in the House of Representatives and the National Assembly between 2074 and 2079 BS, as many as 26 have not yet been registered in the federal parliament.