LIVE: HoR meeting underway

March 20, 2024 11:36 am

KATHMANDU, March 20: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Federal Parliament building.

KATHMANDU, March 1: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Friday unanimously passed the 'Monitoring and Evaluation Bill-2080'.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The House of Representatives (HoR) on Wednesday endorsed the Anti Money Laundering and Business Promotion Bill. The move is likely to avoid Nepal falling in the greylist of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Devraj Ghimire has designated HoR's Secretary Padma Prasad Pandey to shoulder the responsibility of General Secretary of the Federal Parliament until further arrangements.

KATHMANDU, Dec 12: The House of Representatives (HoR) has defeated the National Assembly 4-0 in a friendly futsal match organized here today on the occasion of the 17th Parliament Service Day. The 20-minute match was organized at the futsal court at Bhrikutimandap.

HoR meeting being held today

October 29, 2023 11:30 am

KATHMANDU, Oct 29: A meeting of the House of Representatives is being held at 1 PM today.

KATHMANDU, Oct 9: The theoretical discussion on the Electricity Bill, 2080 was completed in the House of Representatives (HoR) on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: The Industry, Commerce Labour and Consumer Interest Committee under the House of Representatives has directed the bodies concerned to make effective the monitoring of price hike and black marketing facing the consumers during festivals.

KATHMANDU, Sept 21: The scheduled meeting of the Finance and International Relations Committee, slated for today under the House of Representatives, has been postponed. The delay was attributed to parliamentarians' inability to reach Singha Durbar on time, a consequence of the Nepal Teachers' Federation's ongoing street protests.

HoR meeting (live)

September 7, 2023 13:28 pm

KATHMANDU, Sept 7: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the Federal Parliament.

HoR meeting being held today

September 7, 2023 10:30 am

KATHMANDU, Sep 7: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is scheduled for today.

KATHMANDU, Aug 29: The House of Representatives (HoR) has begun theoretical discussions on the Bill to Amend Some Nepal Acts, 2080. Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Dhanraj Gurung had presented a proposal in the HoR session today, seeking consideration of the Bill.

KATHMANDU, Aug 29: Chairpersons of all 10 thematic committees under the House of Representatives (HoR) took the oath of office and secrecy on Monday. Speaker Devraj Ghimire administered the oath to the chairpersons of the thematic committees who were elected unopposed.

Nine months after the election, the parliamentary committees under the House of Representatives (HoR) received their leadership on Monday. The swearing-in of the chairpersons of the 10 thematic committees under the HoR marks a pivotal moment in Nepal's parliamentary democracy.

KATHMANDU, Aug 28: Nominations have been registered for the elections of presidents of 10 thematic committees under the House of Representatives (HoR).

KATHMANDU, Aug 27: Nine months after the election of the House of Representatives, the process of selecting the leadership of the parliamentary committees is set to officially begin today.

KATHMANDU, Aug 27: Ten thematic committees under the House of Representative (HoR) are set to elect their presidents on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 24: The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Wednesday forwarded 'Nepal University Bill, 2080' to a parliamentary committee for clause-wise discussion.

KATHMANDU, Aug 8: As the House of Representatives (HoR) could not meet on Monday, the next HoR meeting has been scheduled for 3:00 pm on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 7: Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Devraj Ghimire has called a meeting of the top leaders of three political parties today to remove the obstacle in parliament.

KATHMANDU, Aug 4: Since the House of Representatives and the National Assembly are not effective, budgets worth millions  of rupees have been spent on the salaries and foreign trips of lawmakers since mid-December. The main function of parliament is to monitor the government by forming parliamentary committees that formulate laws. But the chairpersons of the parliamentary committees have not been elected and the bills sent to the committees have been stalled.

KATHMANDU, Aug 3: The Finance Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) recently convened a meeting to address the pressing issue of fertilizer demand and supply in the country. During the meeting, the committee confirmed the data on the actual demand for fertilizers and acknowledged the existing gap between demand and supply.

KATHMANDU, July 17: The 'Nepal University Bill, 2080' was presented in the House of Representatives (HoR) on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, June 25: In the session of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Sunday, lawmakers raised concerns over increasing cases of violence against women (VAW) and the cases of floods and landslides nationwide. They urged the government to come up with prompt actions to address these issues.

KATHMANDU, June 15: The House of Representatives will commence discussions on the various sections of the Appropriation Bill, 2080 starting today.

KATHMANDU, May 28: A joint sitting of the House of Representatives and Federal Parliament today endorsed the Federal Parliament’s Joint Sitting and Joint Committee (conduct of business) Regulations, 2080 BS.

KATHMANDU, May 24: The draft report of the Business Operation Regulations of the Joint Committee of the Federal Parliament -2080 BS has been tabled in the federal parliament on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, May 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said issues related to citizenship have not been resolved due to the lack of certification of the citizenship bill by the immediate past President.

KATHMANDU, May 18: The House of Representatives meeting under the Federal Parliament is being held today.

KATHMANDU, May 16: The very first meeting of the Agriculture, Cooperative and Natural Resources Committee under the House of Representatives on Tuesday decided to draw the government's attention towards the urgency to promote domestic production of vegetables and ensure the effective testing procedures to detect pesticides in imported vegetables.

KATHMANDU, May 16: The parliamentary committees will come into existence finally six months after the formation of the House of Representatives.

KATHMANDU, May 14: The three major political parties have decided to advance the transitional justice bill by forming a sub-committee under the thematic committee of the House of Representatives.

KATHMANDU, May 10: The House of Representatives has unanimously approved the 'Ordinance to Amend Some Nepal Acts related to the Civil Code, 2080'.

HoR adjourned for 15 minutes

May 10, 2023 12:28 pm

KATHMANDU, May 10: Today's session of the House of Representatives (HoR) was adjourned for 15 minutes, owing to the protest by the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP).

The upcoming budget for the fiscal year 2023/24 is a topic of great importance and concern for the people of Nepal. With the country facing numerous challenges, it is imperative that the government takes a human-centered approach to development and austerity measures in the new budget, as suggested by several lawmakers in both the National Assembly and the House of Representatives (HoR).

Live: HoR meeting underway

May 8, 2023 13:00 pm

KATHMANDU, May 8: The meeting of House of Representatives (HoR) is being held at the Federal Parliament.

KATHMANDU, May 7: The House of Representatives (HoR) is going to hold pre-budget discussions for four days beginning today.

KATHMANDU, May 4: President Ram Chandra Paudel has called the meeting of both the House of Representatives (HoR) and National Assembly on May 7, Sunday.

KATHMANDU, April 30: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Devraj Ghimire, and National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina paid a courtesy call on Acting President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav.

KATHMANDU, April 29: Federal MP Ek Nath Dhakal has been nominated to the Foreign Relations and Tourism Committee of the House of Representatives. In the meeting of the House of Representatives held on Friday, Speaker Devraj Ghimire submitted the names of MPs who will be serving in various 10 thematic committees according to Rule 173 of the House of Representatives Rules 2079.

KATHMANDU, April 28: The newly-elected members of the House of Representatives, Rabi Lamichhane and Swarnim Wagle have taken the oath of office and secrecy. Another Member of Parliament (MP), Upendra Yadav, was absent from the oath-taking ceremony.

KATHMANDU, April 20: The silence period of the by-election to the House of Representatives commences from midnight today. The by-election is taking place in Tanahu-1, Bara-1 and Chitwan-2 on April 23.

KATHMANDU, April 6: Deepak Bahadur Singh, a member of parliament (MP) from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has said that the government has failed to do anything for the Nepalis who have returned from abroad with mutilations.

KATHMANDU, April 3: Speaker Devraj Ghimire has urged the government and political leaders to create an environment for presenting the federal education bill in parliament soon.

HoR meeting adjourned

March 1, 2023 11:35 am

KATHMANDU, March 1: The meeting of the House of Representatives, which was supposed to be held today at 1 pm today, will now be held only after the election of the President and Vice President.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Dev Raj Ghimire has said that the nation and nationality will be elevated if the sports sector could be streamlined.

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: The meeting of the House of Representatives will be held on Wednesday. The HoR meeting is being held after a hiatus of a week.

HoR meeting at 1 PM today

February 1, 2023 10:30 am

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: The House of Representatives (HoR) meeting is going to be held today. The meeting will be held at 1PM.

HoR meeting underway (Live)

January 24, 2023 15:31 pm

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The meeting of both the upper and the lower house of the Federal Parliament is being held at  1 pm today.

KATHMANDU, Jan 22: The newly-elected House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Devraj Ghimire has said that the lower house of parliament would encourage healthy and policy debates in a properly managed way.