Acharya appointed Chair of Problematic Cooperative Management Committee
The government has decided to appoint Dilliraj Acharya as the Chair of the Problematic Cooperatives Management Committee.
Nawaraj Simkhada and Roshan Bahadur Shakya have been appointed as members.
A Cabinet meeting today also formed a three-member recommendation committee for the appointment of the chair of the Securities Board of Nepal, according to Minister for Communications and Information Technology Dr Bikram Timilsina.
The three-member recommendation committee has been formed under the coordination of National Planning Commission Vice-Chair Dr Gunakar Bhatta.
The committee includes Secretary of the Ministry of Finance Dr Ghanashyam Upadhyay and Bhuwan Kumar Dahal as members.
The meeting has approved the submission of a bill to amend the Nepal Special Services Act, 2042, to the federal parliament.
A decision was also taken to approve the submission of the bill to amend the House of Representatives Member Election Act, 2073 BS and Voters' List Act, 2073 BS to the Parliament.
US Assistant Secretary Kapur pays courtesy call on Foreign Minister Khanal
Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State, Samir Paul Kapur, paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal today.
During the meeting, the two leaders discussed various issues including strengthening Nepal-US bilateral relations.
According to the Foreign Ministry, the meeting also highlighted efforts to enhance cooperation in trade and investment between the two countries.
PM Shah directs VCs to dismantle political student and employee bodies
Prime Minister Balendra Shah has directed University Vice-chancellors to immediately implement the government's decision to remove the structures of political party-aligned student and employees' associations in universities and academic institutions in the health sector.
During an interaction with the VCs at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers today, Prime Minister Shah, who also serves as the Chancellors of various public universities, said that no law would be an obstacle to removing the structures of student and employee organizations affiliated with political parties.
The Prime Minister was of the view that politics should not be allowed in institutions like hospitals, campuses and schools. If anyone really wants to indulge in politics they should separate themselves from their professional responsibilities and fully engage in politics.
During the discussion, the Vice-Chancellors said that students' political activities have slowed down after the GenZ movement and the March 5 elections, and initiatives are being taken to root out such organizations.
Nepal Sanskrit University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Dhaneshwor Nepal, however, complained of having to endure threats when efforts were made to remove party-aligned students' organizations as per the instructions of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
In response, Prime Minister Shah instructed that if any security or other problems arise while dissolving any political student and employee organization, they should immediately inform the concerned ministry or his secretariat.
During the discussion, Minister for Education, Science and Technology Sasmit Pokharel made it clear that what we are trying to abolish immediately is student organizations affiliated with political parties, not organizations like the independent student union that voice for the students.
During the discussion, Tribhuvan University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Deepak Aryal said that student and employee organizations have become inactive after the GenZ movement and the elections.
Madhyampaschim University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Dhruv Kumar Gautam also said that the political activities of students and employees have been on the decline in his university recently.
Purbanchal University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Biju Kumar Thapaliya said that student groups are engaging in politics in its constituent campuses.
Vice Chancellors of other universities and institutes, however, stated that students and employees in their institutions are away from political activities. They expressed the view that if universities and institutes present themselves strictly there will be no politics under any pretext.
The government's 100 point agenda on governance reform mentions the removal of party-affiliated student organization structures from schools and universities to address the problem of party interference in the education sector, failure to hear the real voice of students, and decline in educational quality.
Home Minister Gurung clarifies about his property ownership
Home Minister Sudhan Gurung has said that he has already mentioned about the share worth Rs 2.5 million he owns in his property details submitted to the government.
In his response to media reports about his property ownership, he said his property details are available in the official webpage of the Council of Ministers.
The Secretariat of the Home Minister said, "All shares are not of the same nature. The Minister's property details clearly mention that he owns shares worth over Rs 20 million registered in the stock market. The Secretariat further said that the investments in the Star Micro Insurance and Liberty Micro Life have been included in the same share group.
The investment in the share market is not an offense, the Secretariat said, adding that all the transactions were carried out through the banking channels and they are recorded within the system.
