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Newly appointed ministers of the Janata Samajbadi Party took the oath of office and secrecy on Monday.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the recommendation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba appointed Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav as the Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Mohammad Istiyak Rai as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport and Pradip Yadav the Minister for Forest and Environment.

President Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly appointed ministers in the presence of Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister Deuba and National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Timilsena, amidst a special ceremony at Sheetal Niwas this evening.

The party had recalled its three of four ministers from the government this morning.

Earlier, the CPN (Unified Socialist) had reshuffled four of its ministers in the government.

Nepal reported 40 new Covid-19 cases on Monday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 1, 847 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 34 returned positive. Likewise, 1, 163 people underwent antigen tests, of which six were tested positive.

The Ministry said that no one died of virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 19 infected people recovered from the disease.

As of today, there are 348 active cases in the country. 

Among them, 344 are in home isolation and four are in institutionalized isolation. 

Similarly, one is undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the Ministry said.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 9. 75 points to close at 2,076.67 points on Monday.

Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 2. 89 points to close at 395. 94 points.

A total of 10,981,591 units of the shares of 234 companies were traded for Rs 4. 34 billion.

Meanwhile, CYC Nepal Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited was the top gainer today with its price surging by 10 percent. Likewise, Global IME Bank Limited Debenture was the top loser with its price dropped by 9. 75 percent.

At the end of the day, the total market capitalisation stood at Rs 2. 96 trillion.

The main opposition CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has demanded the formation of a parliamentary committee to probe into involvement of unauthorized persons in the budget-making process.

Speaking at a special session of the House of Representatives on Monday, he said that all the things like increasing or reducing the tax rates came with bad intentions.

“Let’s form a parliamentary committee to investigate this issue. It cannot be imagined to formulate the budget with the help of outsiders,” he said.

Saying that it is not a common thing to involve unauthorized persons in the budget-making process, the former Prime Minister said that a parliamentary committee should be formed to investigate the incident and should make the report public.

Rohingyas, who have been living in Nepal as refugees after being displaced from Myanmar, staged a demonstration outside the office of United Nations in Pulchowk, Kathmandu on Monday.

They staged the demonstration demanding resettlement in third countries.

Earlier on June 27, the Rohingyas had staged a protest outside the office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Kathmandu, saying that the UNHCR cut off the financial aid it has been giving to the Rohingya refugees and their children.

Their parents said that they have been facing difficulties in paying school fees among others after the UNHCR cut off the financial aid.

The government of Nepal has termed the Rohingyas living in Nepal as illegal immigrants.

The UNHCR, however, has recognized them as refugees.

A security guard committed suicide at the Indian Embassy in Lainchaur, Kathmandu.

According to the Indian Embassy, Deepak Singh (32) of Uttarkhand, India shot himself to death while on duty.

The body has been taken to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) for postmortem.

Indian Embassy spokesperson Nabin Kumar said that Singh shot himself while on duty and he died on the spot.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.

Police have arrested three persons in possession of a pistol in Rautahat on Sunday.

A police team deployed from the Area Police Office, Lumbini apprehended the trio with the pistol, two rounds of bullets and a knife last night.

Police said that they have also seized a motorbike (UP 55 AD 0648) from them.

The detainees have been identified as bike rider Medi Husain (34) aka Chinak of Siddharthanagar, India, pillion riders Akbar Khan (51) and Asik Ali (55), SP Rabindra Regmi said.

Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.

Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava called on Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand on Monday.

This is the first time that Srivastava held a meeting with Home Minister Khand after being appointed as the ambassador.

During the meeting held at the Home Ministry, the duo discussed issues of mutual interest and strengthening bilateral ties.

On the occasion, Home Minister Khand urged the Indian government through Srivastava to provide chemical fertilizers at the earliest.

He also thanked India for its continued support to maintain peace, development and prosperity in Nepal.

Home Minister Khan wished Srivastava a successful tenure.