KATHMANDU, April 10: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has pledged to amend 12 laws through an ordinance aimed at boosting investment during. The PM made the pledge while addressing the 58th Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI).

KATHMANDU, Feb 18: A meeting of the House of Representatives today passed the Financial Procedures and Financial Liability (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2080 by a majority.

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: The government has decided to issue an ordinance to bring amendment to the Fiscal Procedures and Financial Accountability Act, 2076 BS.

KATHMANDU, July 6: The government's efforts to address the issues faced by loan sharking victims have hit a roadblock as the parliament failed to endorse the Ordinance on loan sharking on time.

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

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has requested information from the government regarding the ordinance to be brought to facilitate the withdrawal of criminal cases.

KATHMANDU, Dec 12: After the government decided to introduce an ordinance granting amnesty to Resham Chaudhary and others, the supporters reached the jail to welcome Chaudhary. The supporters went and sat in front of the prison with garlands and flags of Nagarik Unmukti Party.

KATHMANDU, August 16: The main opposition party, CPN-UML, has expressed its objection saying that the institution of the President has been blamed over the Citizenship Bill.

KATHMANDU, March 31: The government has promoted three Deputy Inspectors General (DIGs) to Additional Inspector Generals (AIGs).

KARNALI, Jan 13: Three ordinances were tabled and two bills were withdrawn in the first meeting of the ninth convention of the Karnali province assembly.

KARNALI, Oct 27: Karnali Province Chief Govinda Prasad Kalauni has issued an ordinance related to the provincial Public Service Commission (PSC) as per the recommendation of the province government.

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: Speaker Agni Sapkota is likely to read out a letter of repeal of the ordinance related to the political party received from the President’s Office in today’s session of the House of Representatives.

KATHMANDU, July 18: The newly-formed government led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has tabled the ordinance-based budget presented by the KP Oli-led government at parliament.

KARNALI, July 16: The Karnali Province Government has unveiled the new budget for the fiscal year 2078/079 through ordinance as the budget could not pass from the Province Assembly.

KARNALI, July 15: The Karnali province government is to introduce the province's budget for fiscal year 2021/22 through an ordinance. The province government had on June 15 presented in the Province Assembly a budget of Rs 36 billion 546 million 600 thousand for the next fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, May 29: The government has unveiled a budget of Rs 1.647 trillion, introducing a number of populist programs, despite the widespread concerns from various fronts not to launch such programs at a time when midterm elections have been announced.

KATHMANDU, May 29: The government is scheduled to unveil the budget of fiscal year 2078/79 B.S at 4M on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, May 28: Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel is scheduled to read out the annual budget, being enacted through an ordinance at 4 pm on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, May 27: Former finance ministers and former vice-chairmen of the National Planning Commission (NPC) have cautioned the government that a full budget introduced through ordinance in the absence of the federal parliament could invite massive economic instability in the country.

KATHMANDU, May 24: Any individual, who breaches the safety protocols enforced by the government in the federal capital may have to face a cash fine of up to Rs 500,000 and a jail term of one year, with the government enforcing the COVID-19 Risk Management Ordinance, 2021 starting Monday.

KATHMANDU, May 23: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has issued an ordinance which amends the existing act on citizenship in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, May 23: Prime Minister KP Oli on Sunday said that the government will introduce the  next year’s budget through an ordinance, asserting that he is firm to implement the programs that he announced earlier.

KATHMANDU, May 22: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has issued an ordinance which has now paved the way for the government to impose a state of emergency in the country to contain further spread of COVID-19 pandemic, if deemed necessary.

KATHMANDU, May 16: Prime Minister KP Oli on Sunday said that the annual budget 2021/22 will be introduced through the due parliamentary process amid growing concerns if the new fiscal year’s budget will come through an ordinance.

Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists and Amnesty International have demanded that the government should  withdraw ordinance amending law to make appointments to constitutional bodies.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: The ongoing row within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) reached its climax on Tuesday with House Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota deciding not to attend the Constitutional Council meeting that was expected to make crucial nominations at various constitutional bodies

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Responding to the recent issuance of ordinance by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, the Executive Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the government move is ill-intentional.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday issued an ordinance that amends the prevailing working procedure of the Constitutional Council (CC).

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday authenticated two ordinances at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: The government has introduced a much-awaited ordinance in an apparent bid to punish acid attackers and discourage such incidents.

KATHMANDU, April 24: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday repealed two ordinances relating to the Constitutional Council and the Political Party Act at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.

KATHMANDU, April 21: A number of small political parties have urged the government to withdraw the two controversial ordinances issued by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday.

KATHMANDU, April 20: An internal rift within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has reached to its climax after Prime Minister K P Oli unilaterally decided to introduce an ordinance that makes it easy to split the party

KATHMANDU, April 20: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has endorsed two ordinances at the recommendation of Council of Ministers.

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: President Bidya Bhandari has withheld an ordinance that seeks to amend the Constitutional Council Act 2010 following objection by the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC), which has accused the government of attempting to exclude the main opposition leader from a crucial decision-making process.

KATHMANDU, Jan 2: The parliament has endorsed the civil servants' adjustment ordinance amid opposition by the Nepali Congress (NC) and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP).

KATHMANDU, Dec 26: The 'Civil Servant Adjustment Ordinance-2075' has been presented in today's meeting of the National Assembly. Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, Lalbabu Pandit, presented the Ordinance in the meeting.

KATHMANDU, July 27: Nepali Congress leader Gagan Thapa said that Dr. Govinda KC, who has repeatedly fought for reforms in medical education was a saint, not somebody who’d carry someone else’s agenda.

KATHMANDU, July 23: Co-chairperson of Nepal Communist Party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal said that the government was willing to hold discussions with Dr. Govinda KC and bring the debate to an end.

KATHMANDU, July 15: Probability of tabling the Medical Education Ordinance, 2075 is high on today’s House of Representatives meeting at 1 PM. While the ordinance was scheduled to be tabled last week itself, the opposition, Nepali Congress stalled the process demanding the original, and not the replaced one be presented.

KATHMANDU, June 28: Main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker and former health minister Gagan Thapa has registered a motion at parliament drawing the attention of Minister for Education, Giriraj Mani Pokhrel, toward the deadline for endorsing the Replacement Bill on Medical Education Ordinance on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, May 10: Parliament renewed the Medical Education Ordinance on Wednesday, just a few days after Dr Govinda KC warned to stage a fast-unto-death if the bill was not endorsed by the House.

KATHMANDU, May 9: Federal Parliament has approved National Medical Education Ordinance 2075 by majority. A meeting of the House of Representatives passed the Ordinance through majority which was proposed by Minister for Education Giriraj Mani Pokharel.

KATHMANDU, April 4: The Medical Education Ordinance has been approved by the parliament on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, March 30: A meeting of the House of Representatives today endorsed an ordinance presented to amend (first) the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) and Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Act.

KATHMANDU, Mar 29: The government has decided to present National Medical Education Ordinance in the Parliament tomorrow. Minister for Education Giriraj Mani Pokherel stated that the government is all set to present the ordinance in the Parliament by Thursday.

KATHMANDU, March 18: Crusader for medical education reforms Dr Govinda KC has issued a month-long ultimatum to the government to approve the Medical Education Ordinance from parliament.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: The central committee of Nepali Congress is meeting at 9 AM at the Prime Minister’s Residence, Baluwatar to finalize provincial parliamentary ordinance. In lack of a clear ordinance, the country’s oldest party hasn’t been able to nominate its provincial parliamentary members.

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: The government has decided to extend the terms of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission for the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP) for a year.

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: As the extended terms of two transitional justice mechanisms are expiring next month even without accomplishing a small portion of their mandated tasks, the government has started necessary preparations to further extend their terms for a year through an ordinance.