Talking to media persons after a cabinet meeting held at Singha Durbar on Wednesday, Minister for Information Communication Shankar Pokharel said the government delegated authority to State Minister Khadka to hold dialogues with the agitating employees. The prolonged strike has left Kathmandu streets littered with garbage for about a week now. [break]
The agitating employees resumed their strike on January. They have demanded that the government implement a three-point deal reached with Ministry of Local Development (MoLD) in the past. The employees launched their protests after the government refused to grant them permanent status.
The cabinet meeting also decided to provide one million rupees as compensation to the family of slain journalist JP Joshi in Kailali.
Minister Pokharel said the cabinet meeting also decided to send the draft bill of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a transitional justice mechanism, to the cabinet´s bill committee for a final approval. The bill aims at probing human rights violations during the conflict.
The meeting extended the term of National Landmine Technical Committee by a year and endorsed UN Convention against Corruption. The Convention is subject to ratification by House.
Likewise, the cabinet also gave a nod to the air service agreement between Nepal and Turkey.
Pokharel said the meeting decided to promote Nepal Army Brigadier Generals Nara Bahadur Kandel and Narendra Bahadur Rawal to the post of Major Generals.
Among others, the cabinet meeting also decided to appoint Brajesh Kumar Gupta (Kapilvastu), Mohammad Okil Musalman (Rupandehi) and Shashank Koirala (Nawalparasi) as members of Lumbini Development Trust.
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