KATHMANDU, Sept 17: Yet another committee formed by the government has finalized its final report asserting that 40 cooperatives have embezzled a total of Rs 87 billion of their depositors’ money.

KATHMANDU, Sept 13: The parliamentary probe committee formed to investigate the misappropriation of cooperative funds monitored and inspected a dozen cooperatives in the Kathmandu Valley, along with three cooperative organizations on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 5: A parliamentary committee meeting involving stakeholders of medical education held on Wednesday at Singha Durbar has directed the government to form a probe committee to promptly investigate the errors observed in the results of the Medical Education Common Entrance Examinations (MECEE) for MBBS and Public Health published by the Medical Education Commission (MEC).

KATHMANDU, Aug 10: The Parliamentary Probe Committee, investigating a cooperative fraud case, has interrogated Kedarnath Sharma, chairman of Tulsi Multipurpose Cooperative.

KATHMANDU, July 8: The parliamentary special committee formed to investigate the misappropriation of cooperative funds has called on Maha Prasad Adhikari, the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank.

KATHMANDU, June 27:  The Parliamentary Probe Committee formed to investigate the misappropriation of cooperative funds has decided to seek documents from nine different cooperatives.

KATHMANDU, May 29: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has lifted its parliamentary obstruction following an agreement among major parties to form a parliamentary probe committee to address the problems of cooperatives across the country.

KATHMANDU, May 28: A special parliamentary probe committee has been formed to investigate the misappropriation of cooperative funds.

KATHMANDU, May 28: The main opposition party, the Nepali Congress (NC), has approved an agreement to establish a parliamentary probe committee to investigate the misappropriation of cooperative funds.

KATHMANDU, May 28: A parliamentary probe committee is being formed to investigate the misappropriation of funds of cooperatives. The major parties are preparing to form a seven-member parliamentary probe committee today.

KATHMANDU, May 24: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has proposed a new Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Parliamentary Probe Committee to be formed to investigate the misuse and embezzlement of cooperative funds.

KATHMANDU, May 23: A crucial meeting of the task force established to draft the mandate for the parliamentary probe committee on the cooperative fraud case is scheduled for today at 3:00 PM.

KATHMANDU, May 20: The ongoing parliamentary obstruction by the main opposition party, Nepali Congress, failed to reach anywhere closer to the resolution on Sunday with NC and the ruling parties standing at odds over the mandate of the parliamentary probe committee to investigate the cooperative scam.

KATHMANDU, May 19: A meeting of major parties is being held to finalize the mandate of the parliamentary probe committee to investigate the issue of cooperative fraud.

KATHMANDU, May 17: The opposition parties in the House of Representatives have decided to support the demands raised by the Nepali Congress (NC).

KATHMANDU, May 16:  Political parties have failed to reach a consensus to break the current parliamentary impasse.

KATHMANDU, May 12: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reportedly expressed his readiness to form a parliamentary committee to probe the cooperative case involving Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane, following a meeting with Nepali Congress (NC) leaders at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar.

A meeting convened by Speaker Devraj Ghimire with the top leaders of the four major political parties concluded inconclusively on Monday. The meeting ended without reaching a consensus after the ruling parties rejected the demand put forth by the main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) to form a parliamentary probe committee to investigate Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane’s involvement in cooperatives scam.

KATHMANDU, July 29: The parliamentary probe special committee formed to investigate if the tax rates were changed with the involvement of unauthorized persons in the annual budget for the current fiscal year will submit its report to the Speaker Agni Sapkota today.

KATHMANDU, July 27: The parliamentary special committee formed to investigate the case against former finance minister Janardan Sharma has started writing the report from today.

KATHMANDU, July 26: The parliamentary special committee formed to investigate former finance minister Janardan Sharma has stated that the CCTV footage has been ‘recovered’ in the report received from the Central Police Forensic Science Laboratory. On Monday, the 'recovered' CCTV footage and hard disks were returned by the forensic lab of Nepal Police.

KATHMANDU, July 26: The meeting of the Parliamentary Probe Committee, formed to investigate former Finance Minister Janardhan Sharma, at Singh Durbar this morning has been postponed. The meeting of the committee will be held again at 4 PM in the afternoon.

KATHMANDU, July 22: The deadline of the parliamentary probe committee formed to probe irregularities seen in the budget has been extended for a week. Earlier, the committee was given 10 days to submit its report.

KATHMANDU, July 18: After the CCTV footage of the Ministry of Finance on days before the announcement of annual budget was not found, the Parliamentary Special Investigation Committee ordered the software to 'restore' the CCTV footage. The parliamentary committee has started studying the CCTV footage of the Ministry of Finance from Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 21: Legal experts have said Prime Minister KP Oli should demonstrate his accountability toward the parliament by immediately launching an investigation into the alleged involvement of his cabinet colleague Gokul Baskota in the bribery scam.