Nepal expresses gratitude to UAE for pardoning 128 Nepali inmates on Ramadan
The Government of Nepal has extended its sincere appreciation and heartfelt gratitude to the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for granting pardon to 128 Nepali inmates on the auspicious occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated through a press release on April 15 that Nepal highly values this kind gesture of pardon on the basis of humanitarian ground as a demonstration of cordiality in the bilateral relations between Nepal and the UAE.
The decision of pardon was taken following the request of the Government of Nepal made through the Embassy of Nepal in Abu Dhabi, UAE, it is stated.
PM Shah to hold discussions with Chief Ministers of all provinces
Prime Minister Balendra Shah is scheduled to hold discussions with Chief Ministers of all seven provinces today.
According to Prime Minister Shah's Secretariat, PM Shah is holding consultations with the Chief Ministers for the first time after assuming office where significant and extensive discussions would be held on the issues related to federal and provincial governments.
The meeting is scheduled at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar, at 2 pm.
The meeting is considered as an important initiative making the federal-province coordination more effective.
Various issues including accelerating development construction activities, ensuring proper allocation of means and resources and resolving various administrative and financial problems faced by provinces would be discussed in the meeting, added the Secretariat.
Similarly, the issue of further strengthening the collaboration between the federation and province in order to effectively implement the projects of national priority would be the main agenda of the discussion.
It is expected that efforts would be made to build shared partnership on the issue of the country's present economic condition, infrastructure development, improvement in service delivery and maintain good governance in today's meeting.
This meeting has been taken as the important step for making federalism implementation further effective and directly benefiting the people.
Court seeks investigation file on leader Khadka's case
The Supreme Court has ordered the Department of Revenue Investigation to submit the investigation file related to former minister and Nepali Congress leader Deepak Khadka.
Khadka has been arrested on the charge of money laundering.
A division bench of justices Til Prasad Shrestha and Shanti Singh Thapa issued the order on Wednesday in response to a habeas corpus writ petition filed by Khadka's spouse, Binita Thapa.
The Department of Revenue Investigation is ordered to submit the investigation document and written response within mid-day on Thursday.
The Department has launched an investigation on the property of leader Khadka.
On Monday, the Department had allowed the security agency for three days' detention of leader Khadka.
Earlier on March 29, the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police had arrested former minister Khadka in connection with the investigation of his property.
Govt forms commission to probe leaders, bureaucrats' assets
The government has formed a four-member commission to investigate the property of political and high level government officials in the period of the last 20 years- since 2062/63BS to 2082/83BS.
The Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday decided to form the commission under the coordination of former Supreme Court judge Rajendra Kumar Bhandari.
The commission would collect details on the property of those public officials- politicos and bureaucrats- and launch investigations accordingly.
Members of the commission are former judges Chandiraj Dhakal and Purushottam Parajuli, former Deputy Inspector General of Nepal Police, Ganesh KC, and a chartered accountant Prakash Lamsal.
Earlier, on March 27, the government formed under Balendra Shah's premiership had decided to form the probe commission within two weeks. Even number 43 of the 100-point governance reform plan had included this matter.
The point had mentioned that a high-powered panel would be formed under the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in a bid to end impunity and corruption by launching a probe on propriety of the high level public officials.
The investigation would be conducted based on legal criteria and evidence.
Recommendations of the investigation would be forwarded to the concerned bodies for its enforcement.
