Burlakoti appointed as Chief Whip, Pariyar and Dhital as Whips of RSP
The Rastriya Swatantra Party has appointed its Chief Whip and Whips in the House of Representatives.
A Parliamentary Party meeting held on Thursday has named Kabindra Burlakoti as the Chief Whip while Prakash Chandra Pariyar and Krantishikha Dhital were appointed as Whips, the Rastriya Swatantra Party stated.
Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane and Parliamentary Party leader Balen Shah endorsed the decision.
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.
