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The private residence of former Prime Minister and outgoing Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba in Budhanilkantha, which sustained severe damage during the Gen Z protests on September 8 and 9, has begun to be demolished. 

The building was vandalized and set ablaze during the violent protests.

Demolition began after engineers, during the inspection, suggested that it would be better to dismantle the building rather than reconstructing. 

The then Congress President Deuba and her wife former Foreign Minister Arzu Rana were also attacked during the Gen Z protests.

The Deuba couple, who sustained injuries, were later rescued by the Nepal Army helicopter.

The Central Committee meeting of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has been summoned for Thursday.  

The Central Committee meeting of the party to be held at the party central office in Banasthali, Kathmandu will take a decision on the Parliamentary Party leader.  

The swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected House of Representatives (HoR) members is scheduled to take place at 2 in the afternoon on Thursday, while the RSP has fixed its Central Committee meeting at 4 pm on the same day to elect its Parliamentary Party leader.

RSP Spokesperson Manish Jha said that President Rabi Lamichhane will chair the meeting. 

All the Central Committee members have been directed to attend the meeting, which will hold discussions on diverse issues. 

The RSP has gained a supermajority by winning 182 HoR seats from the elections held on March 5.

Bangladeshi Ambassador to Nepal Md. Shafiqur Rahman paid a courtesy call on Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav at the latter's office, Lainchaur today. 

Issues of bilateral relations were discussed during the meeting.

On the occasion, Vice President Yadav reminded that the bilateral relations subsisting between Nepal and Bangladesh since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1972 is cordial and friendly. 

The federal parliament secretariat is all set to welcome new House of Representatives members. 

It had called all HoR members to attend the swearing-in ceremony to be held on March 26.   

The oath-taking ceremony would be conducted at 2 pm. 

However, the secretariat has requested all HoR members to arrive at the venue in formal or cultural attire before two hours.

President Ram Chandra Paudel is scheduled to administer oath to the senior most HoR member Arjun Narsing KC (78) at Shitalniwas on March 25, a day before HoR members are administered. 

KC, as the senior most HoR member, will administer the oath to other members the next day, March 26.

Article 88 of the Constitution has the provision that every HoR member needs to take oath before attending the HoR meeting or HoR committee meeting. 

Similarly, before the election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker or their posts left vacant, the senior most member among the available HoR members chair the HoR meeting as per Article 91 (5) of the Constitution.

Spokesperson at the federal parliament secretariat, Ekaram Giri, informed that the secretariat was working to ensure necessary arrangements for the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected HoR members. "Preparation is made to conduct the swearing-in ceremony of lawmakers and initial meetings of the HoR in the multi-purpose hall of the federal parliament building inside Singh Durbar," he informed.

Efforts are on to finalize technical issues following the physical construction of the hall. Security arrangements are also underway.

The President summons the parliament session based on the recommendation of the government. 

Once the session is summoned, the parliament secretariat will ramp up preparation for the meeting.

Spokesperson Giri further informed that the parliamentary party offices have been managed as per the size of the political parties determined through the March 5 HoR election.

In the March 5 HoR election, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) emerged the largest with 182 seats in HoR, while the Nepali Congress the second with 38 seats, the CPN-UML the thirds with 25 seats, the Nepali Communist Party the fourth with 17 seats, the Shram Sanskriti Party the fifth with seven seats, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party the sixth with five seats and an independent one.