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Presidents of four thematic committees in the National Assembly have been elected unopposed. 

They were elected on the basis of political consensus.

Puja Chaudhary has been elected President of the Public Policy and Delegated Legislation Committee, Jayanti Devi Rai as President of the Federalism Enabling and National Concerns Committee, Krishna Prasad Paudel as President of the Economic Affairs and Good Governance Committee, and Krishna Bahadur Rokaya as President of the Committee for Legislation Management, according to NA Secretary Tul Bahadur Kandel.

Chaudhary’s candidacy was proposed by Madan Kumari Shah (Garima) and seconded by Yubaraj Sharma and Rukmini Koirala. Rai’s candidacy was proposed by Geljen Sherpa and supported by Durga Kumari Gurung. 

Similarly, Paudel’s candidacy was proposed by Narayan Datta Bhatta and supported by Jagat Timilsina, while Rokaya’s candidacy was proposed by Anand Prasad Dhungana and seconded by Gita Devkota.

The posts had been lying vacant since March 4.

Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zhang Maoming paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal at the Ministry on Tuesday.  

During the meeting, the Ambassador conveyed greetings from the Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic China  Wang Yi to Khanal on his assumption of office as the Foreign Minister of Nepal.  

Various matters relating to further strengthening Nepal-China relations and enhancing mutually beneficial cooperation were discussed. 

The ranking of ministers in the Balendra Shah-led Cabinet has been reshuffled 

President Ram Chandra Paudel revised the order of the Council of Ministers formed on March 27 on the recommendation of Prime Minister Shah, said Ritesh Kumar Shakya, spokesperson at the President's Office.

Home Minister Sudhan Gurung, who was previously ranked third, has now dropped to fifth place.

Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has climbed from sixth to fourth place.

Previous standings 

The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is taking place in Singhadurbar at 1 pm today. 

In today's meeting, the National Forensic Science Laboratory (Establishment and Operation) Bill, 2081; Tourism Bill, 2081 and Film Bill, 2081 are expected to be tabled in the HoR meeting, the Federal Parliament Secretariat stated.