KATHMANDU, July 18: A meeting of the House of Representatives is scheduled for today after the Supreme Court reinstated it. President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the recommendation of the government, has called the parliamentary session for 4.00 PM today at the parliament building in New Baneshwor.

KATHMANU, May 10: As many as 28 lawmakers were absent during the voting on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s trust motion.

KATHMANDU, May 10: A special session of the House of Representatives (HoR) is underway at the federal parliament building in New Baneshwor, Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, April 12: A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is being held at the federal parliament building in New Baneshwor, Kathmandu.

VIDEO: House meeting

KATHMANDU, March 19: The aware citizens have been observing the ongoing national politics with keen interest after the restoration of House of Representatives (HoR). They are taken by surprise over the HoR meeting boycotted by the political parties who demanded the restoration of HoR earlier.

KATHMANDU, Mar 10: A meeting of House of Representatives (HoR) is currently underway. Top leaders of major political parties are scheduled to address the meeting.

KATHMANDU, March 7: The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) has been put off until March 10 after lawmakers belonging to the main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) and Janata Samabadi Party (JSP) started protesting demanding withdrawal of the controversial ordinance on the Constitutional Council (CC).

Lawmakers of the Dahal-Nepal faction walk out of parliament in the middle of the ongoing House session

KATHMANDU, March 7: The first meeting of the reinstated House of Representatives (HoR) is being held at the New Baneshwar-based federal parliament building on Sunday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, March 4: Leaders of the Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) visited the Election Commission (EC) office on Thursday to reiterate that their faction is the legitimate NCP since they command a majority in the party.

KATHMANDU, March 1: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday summoned the winter session of the House of Representatives (HoR) for March 7.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday held a discussion with 12 various political parties representing federal, provincial and local levels on the proposed election code of conduct.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is also the chairperson of a faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), has reached the Election Commission office to take stock of the poll body's preparations for the upcoming midterm elections and demand that his faction be granted the official recognition as the legitimate NCP and the election symbol ‘sun’.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: The Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party has termed the Election Commission's decision not to give official recognition to either of the factions of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) ambiguous.

KATHMANDU, Jan 6: The ongoing hearing on the writ petitions filed against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) at the Supreme Court has been put off until next week.

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: The Election Commission is conducting voters' list updating program from January 28 to February 3 at the administrative centers of all local units.

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), on Monday held a mass demonstration in the capital city Kathmandu demanding the reinstatement of the House of Representatives (HoR).

KATHMANDU, Dec 27 : Protesting against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR), students of the rival faction of Nepal Communist Party close to Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal organized a whistle rally in Kathmandu on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 26: Civil rights activists on Saturday staged a demonstration at Maitighar, Kathmandu against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR).

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: Prime Minister KP Sharma has called a Cabinet meeting at 6 PM on Friday.

BUTWAL, Dec 23: General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Bishnu Prasad Poudel has claimed that the House of Representatives (HoR) would not be reinstated.

KATHMANDU, Dec 23: Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who was elected as the parliamentary party leader by a rival faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) lawmakers close to Dahal and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, has said that his first priority would be to restore the dissolved House of Representatives (HoR) and form a new government.

KATHMANDU, July 1: Nepali Congress parliamentarian Gyan Kumari Chhantyal passed away on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at Sahid Gangalal National Heart Centre in the capital.

KATHMANDU,  June 24: With the 'unilateral' decision of the Speaker Agni Sapkota to put off the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) till July 1, the implementation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) projects is now uncertain.

KATHMANDU, June 23: Lawmakers from various political parties spoke on matters pertaining to the country's contemporary issues during a meeting of the House of Representatives held at federal parliament building, New Baneswar, on Tuesday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, June 18: At a meeting of the House of Representatives held at the federal parliament building, New Baneshwar in the capital, on Thursday afternoon lawmakers from various political parties raised various matters pertaining to contemporary issues.

KATHMANDU, June 10: The House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously endorsed a proposal to consider the constitution amendment bill to pave way for replacing Nepal’s map in the national emblem with the country’s new political and administrative map which includes Kalapani, Lipu Lekh and Limpiyadhura.

KATHMANDU, May 31: A meeting of House of Representatives, the lower house of the parliament, is currently underway at New Baneshwor-based federal parliament building.

KATHMANDU, May 26: A meeting of the House of Representatives is currently underway.  Lawmakers from various political parties are expressing their views on the contemporary issues including the country's COVID-19 situation.

KATHMANDU, May 19: The meetings of the House of Representatives (HoR) and National Assembly on Tuesday endorsed the annual policies and programs unveiled by the government recently.

Meeting of House of Representatives (HoR)

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KATHMANDU, May 11: The parliamentary State Affairs and Good Governance Committee under the House of Representatives on Sunday condemned the unilateral road construction by the Indian government through Lipulekh, a Nepali territory that lies on Nepal’s north-western frontier with China.

KATHMANDU, May 10: Lawmakers have demanded that the government provide information regarding its preparations to tackle the issue of the construction of a link road by the southern neighbor India upto Tibet through the Nepali territory of Lipulekh.

KATHMANDU, May 4: Ever since Bam Dev Gautam,the vice-chairperson of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), lost his parliamentary race to the Nepali Congress candidate Sanjaya Gautam in December 10, 2017 in the House of Representatives in Bardiya-1, he has repeatedly expressed a desire to rejoin the parliament and become prime minister of the country.

Our constitution has envisioned bicameral legislature with the House of Representatives as the lower house and the National Assembly as the upper house. Upper House, among other things, is also meant for ensuring the balanced representation. According to the constitution, in the 59-member National Assembly, 56 members are elected by ensuring representation of at least three women, one Dalit and one from persons with disabilities or minorities, from each State by an electoral college composed of members of provincial assembly and chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the local bodies.

KATHMANDU, March 7: The House of Representatives on Friday held nearly four hours long deliberations on precautionary measures against coronavirus, which has spread to over 90 countries by the end of Friday. Ironically, lawmakers complained of not having water to wash their hands in the parliament building itself.

KATHMANDU, March 4: A session of the House of Representatives today has passed the National Sports Development Bill, 2076 BS. Minister for Youth and Sports Jagat Bahadur Bishwakarma had presented the bill.

KATHMANDU, March 3: The National Assembly meeting today unanimously approved a proposal to send the Nuclear Bill, 2075 in the Legislation Management Committee for cause-wise discussion.

KATHMANDU, March 2: The second session of the House of Representatives today was postponed due to a lack of quorum.

KATHMANDU, March 2: Member of Parliament Sher Bahadur Tamang on Monday registered a prviate bill at the House of Representatives demanding that marijuana cultivation be legalized in the country.

LIVE: Meeting of HoR underway

KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Lawmaker of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Janardan Sharma has warned the government not to make deliberate attempt to intimidate anyone by issuing a 'so-called' white paper in connection to Nepal Trust.

LIVE: HoR meeting underway

LIVE: HoR meeting underway

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: The election to pick a new deputy speaker for the House of Representatives has become uncertain after negotiations between the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and opposition Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) failed to reach an understanding on which party shall lead the government in Province 2.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: Today's meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) has passed a condolence motion on untimely demise of Nepali Congress lawmaker Durga Prasad Upadhyay.

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: Lawmakers have drawn the attention of the government on various issues of public concern during the zero-hour of the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: The Parliament meeting resumed on Tuesday after the main opposition party Nepali Congress withdrew its ongoing protest.