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.

PM should announce probe: Law experts

February 21, 2020 10:05 am

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.