Bhattarai calls extended meeting

Published On: July 5, 2022 11:40 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 5:  Baburam Bhattrai, the Federal Council Chairman of the ruling Janata Samajbadi Party, has called an extended meeting of the party’s Central Committee.

PM Deuba not to attend NC office-bearers’ meeting today

Published On: July 5, 2022 11:13 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 5: A meeting of Nepali Congress officials is being held today. The meeting will be held at the party office, Sanepa at 1 PM.

KATHMANDU, July 5: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Monday endorsed a proposal to send the Policy Research Institute Bill, 2076 BS originated in the National Assembly to a respective committee for clause-wise deliberations.

Oli asks PM Deuba: Are you in a position to do nothing?

Published On: July 4, 2022 07:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: Chairman of the main opposition party CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli has asked Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba if he has reached a stage where he cannot do anything. Outraged by the government's indifference to the controversies surrounding the budget for FY 2022/23 and its investigation, Oli repeatedly questioned Prime Minister Deuba in the House of Representatives on Monday, calling him "absent-minded".

KATHMANDU, July 4: Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Devendra Paudel has said the government is committed to implementing the medical education fee chart it had prepared earlier. As he said, action will be taken if any medical college is proved to have been overcharging the students.

'A separate River Act needed to stop river erosion'

Published On: July 4, 2022 05:05 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, JULY 4: Member of Parliament from the CPN (Maoist Center) Gopi Bahadur Sarki ‘Achhami’ has said that a separate River Act is needed to stop the erosion of the rivers in the country. Speaking at a special sitting of the National Assembly on Monday, MP Achhami said that excavations were being carried out in rivers haphazardly and illegally.

KATHMANDU, July 4: Members of the National Assembly, the upper House of the federal parliament, have drawn the government’s attention to the problem faced by the farmers due to the shortage of chemical fertilizers. Today, in the special sitting of the Upper House, MP Anita Devkota objected that the budget was spent in an unorganized manner.

Indian Ambassador Srivastava calls on Home Minister Khand

Published On: July 4, 2022 04:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: Minister for Home Affairs, Bal Krishna Khand and the Ambassador of India to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, held a meeting at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Singha Durbar, on Monday.

KATHMANDU, July 4: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday appointed three new ministers on the recommendation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.

LIVE: HoR meeting underway

Published On: July 4, 2022 01:55 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 4: A meeting of House of Representatives is currently underway at federal parliament building in Kathmandu.