KATHMANDU, April 19: Speaker Devraj Ghimire has administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly-elected lawmaker Hasina Khan. Khan was elected a Member of the House of Representatives through the proportional representation electoral system.

KATHMANDU, April 18: Member of the House of Representatives (HoR) and medical entrepreneur Dr. Sunil Sharma has donated two million rupees to the Children's Hospital, which is under construction at the initiative of Cardiothoracic Surgeon Dr. Bhagwan Koirala.

KATHMANDU, April 17: The Election Commission (EC) has reminded all stakeholders that any violation of the Election Code of Conduct (CoC), which has remained in effect for the April 27 by-elections of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Ilam-2 and the Province Assembly in Bajhang 1(1), is punishable by law.

KATHMANDU, April 14: The current session of the House of Representatives (HoR) has been prorogued from today.

KATHMANDU, April 14: The meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC) Parliamentary Party is underway. The meeting has been convened at 8AM in the Lhotse Hall of Parliament House in New Baneshwar.

KATHMANDU, April 10: The opposition parties obstructed the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today again.

HoR meeting underway (live)

April 10, 2024 12:46 pm

KATHMANDU, April 10: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Federal Parliament building.

KATHMANDU, April 9: The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) has been adjourned for 15 minutes after the main opposition party Nepali Congress obstructed it.

NC obstructs HoR meeting

April 9, 2024 13:25 pm

KATHMANDU, April 9: The main opposition party, the Nepali Congress, obstructed the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Tuesday. As soon as the HoR session started, the NC lawmakers stood up from their seats.

KATHMANDU, April 9: The meeting of the House of Representatives is sitting today. The meeting is set to be held at Parliament House, New Baneshwar at 11AM.

ILAM, April 7: The last day for registering nominations for the April 27 House of Representatives (HoR) by-polls in Ilam constituency 2 ended with the registrations of 20 candidates on Friday.

HoR meeting underway

April 3, 2024 12:01 pm

KATHMANDU, April 3: The House of Representatives is currently in session at Parliament House, New Baneshwar.

HoR approves BIMSTEC Charter

April 2, 2024 17:46 pm

KATHMANDU, April 2: The House of Representatives (HoR) has approved the Charter of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).

HoR meeting underway (live)

April 1, 2024 13:50 pm

KATHMANDU, April 1: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Federal Parliament building.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Shakti Bahadur Basnet, presented a proposal in the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today, seeking discussions on the agreement related to establishing the International Solar Alliance (ISA).

HoR meeting underway (live)

March 31, 2024 13:07 pm

KATHMANDU, March 31: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Federal Parliament building.

Speaker-led delegation returns home

March 29, 2024 12:33 pm

KATHMANDU, March 29: A 10-member delegation led by Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Devraj Ghimire, has returned home from Switzerland after participating in the 148th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

HoR meeting underway (live)

March 19, 2024 15:45 pm

KATHMANDU, March 19: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Federal Parliament building.

HoR meeting underway (live)

March 18, 2024 15:30 pm

KATHMANDU, March 18: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Federal Parliament building.

KATHMANDU, March 18: In today's session of the House of Representatives (HoR), the main opposition party Nepali Congress called for an impartial investigation into cases of cooperative fraud.

HoR meeting adjourned until tomorrow

March 17, 2024 13:01 pm

KATHMANDU, March 17: The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Sunday has been adjourned until tomorrow after passing a condolence motion on the demise of Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal's Proportional Member of Parliament Manju Sharma Ansari

KATHMANDU, March 14: The House of Representatives (HoR) has approved the proposal seeking consideration of the Construction Materials (Management and Regulation) Bill, 2024.

KATHMANDU, March 14: The Federal Civil Service Bill has been presented to the House of Representatives.

HoR meeting underway (Live)

March 14, 2024 16:25 pm

KATHMANDU, March 14: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Federal Parliament building. Today's major agenda is to discuss on the principles and priorities of the Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year 2024/25.

KATHMANDU, March 14: The House of Representatives (HoR) is set to commence discussions on the principles and priorities of the Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year 2024/25 in its meeting today.

KATHMANDU, March 14: A total of six lawmakers did not take part in the voting when Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal sought the vote of confidence from the House of Representatives (HoR) meeting on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, March 13: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is seeking a vote of confidence from the House of Representatives for a third time today. Following the Nepali Congress' decision to switch to the opposition after a change in alliances, Prime Minister Dahal is proceeding with the confidence vote.

HoR meeting underway (live)

March 7, 2024 15:45 pm

KATHMANDU, March 7:  A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwar.

Nepal finds itself under the critical scrutiny of analysts and economists, who decry its inability to curtail unnecessary expenses in the wake of sluggish revenue collection. As the nation grapples with a soaring public debt, experts are urging the government to take austerity measures to safeguard public finances and foster sustainable economic growth.

HoR meeting underway (live)

March 1, 2024 13:12 pm

KATHMANDU, March 1:  A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwar.

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: In the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Sunday, the MPs of the opposition parties criticized the government alleging that it failed to play an important role in solving the problems of microfinance victims.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Speaker Devraj Ghimire has initiated discussions with the chief whips and whips of various parties to facilitate the resumption of House of Representatives (HoR) proceedings. On Friday, the HoR session was disrupted by speeches from both ruling and opposition party MPs.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The meeting of the House of Representatives is underway at the Federal Parliament Building in New Baneshwor.

Report on M & E Bill tabled in HoR

February 18, 2024 19:30 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 18:  A report on the 'Monitoring and Evaluation Bill, 2080' was submitted in today's meeting of the House of Representatives. The Bill originated in the National Assembly.

KATHMANDU, Feb 18: The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Sunday approved the proposal seeking consideration of 'Banking Offenses and Punishment (Second Amendment) Bill, 2080 by a majority.

HoR endorses bill on Money Laundering

February 7, 2024 17:20 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: The House of Representatives (HoR) has approved the bill to amend some laws related to the Prevention of Money Laundering and Promotion of Business Environment 2079 BS.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: From now on, the parliament will make public the daily attendance of the members of the House of Representatives (HoR).

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: The Parliament Secretariat is planning to hold discussions on the principles and priorities of the upcoming budget (pre-budget) in the House of Representatives (HoR) and the National Assembly from February 29.

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: The Education, Health and Information Technology Committee of the House of Representatives has solicited suggestions on the Education Bill from seven different constitutional commissions.

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Nepal, Indira Rana Magar had a meeting with the Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament of Bangladesh, Md Shamsul Haque Tuku at the latter's office on November 22.

KATHMANDU, Nov 9: The scope of work of the committee of the House of Representatives has been set to look at twenty-five ministries and their subordinate agencies.

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: A delegation from the State Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives today left for a visit to the earthquake-stricken Jajarkot district in Karnali Province.

KATHMANDU, Nov 3: The second session of the House of Representatives (HoR), which commenced on May 7, 2023, Sunday, concluded after a total of 180 days on November 2, 2023, Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 2: House of Representatives (HoR) member Surya Prasad Dhakal has said people's representatives have to deliver by remaining within the people's sphere and those holding these positions are widely perceived as people's development partners and friends in times of need.

KATHMANDU, Oct 28: A Non-Governmental Bill on Medicines and Health Materials (Regulation and Control) has been registered in the House of Representatives (HoR).

HoR meeting underway (Live)

October 8, 2023 14:14 pm

KATHMANDU, Oct 8: The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwar. The meeting started at 1PM.

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Lawmakers have urged to pass the bill designed to amend and integrate laws related to school education after addressing demands of stakeholders and agreement signed by the government with different sides.

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Members of the House of Representatives (HoR) have stressed that all sides of the society should be alert not to allow disturbances in religious and communal harmony.

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: Rastriya Prajatantra Party's lawmaker Dhawal Shamsher Rana who was elected to the House of Representatives (HoR) from Banke-2, has appealed to the masses in Nepalgunj to keep the social harmony intact.

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: Chairman of CPN-UML and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has accused the coalition government of making significant efforts to close the file related to Lalita Niwas land-grab scam.