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Lawmakers of the thematic committees of the House of Representatives (HoR), the lower house of the Federal Parliament, have been reshuffled.

In today's meeting of the House of Representatives, Speaker Devraj Ghimire has made changes to the names of members in the thematic committees in accordance with the HoR rules.

Lawmaker Shyam Kumar Ghimire has been placed in the Education, Health and Information Technology Committee from the Public Accounts Committee, Chandra Chaudhary in the Public Accounts Committee from the Agriculture Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee, and Shanti BK in the Agriculture Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee from the Women and Social Affairs Committee.

During the meeting, Speaker Ghimire informed the House regarding the contents of the letter received from the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.

Israel says it has killed a senior Iranian commander who helped plan the Hamas 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel, in a strike on Saturday on the city of Qom.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the killing of Saeed Izadi marked a key point in the conflict. He was "one of the orchestrators" of the attack, which killed about 1,200 people and saw many others taken to Gaza as hostages, said IDF chief Eyal Zamir.

"The blood of thousands of Israelis is on his hands," he said on Saturday, calling it a "tremendous intelligence and operational achievement."

Iran did not report Mr Izadi's killing and has previously denied involvement in Hamas's attack.

Deliberations on the Appropriation Bill, 2082 related to different ministries will continue in the meeting of the House of Representatives today. 

The meeting will be held at 11 am at the Federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwar.

According to the agenda shared by the Federal Parliament Secretariat, lawmakers will discuss new financial year appropriation of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Women, Children and Senior Citizens, Finance, Urban Development, and the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the Secretariat of the National Planning Commission, the Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President. 

Similarly, proposals for expenditure cuts in the budget set aside for the ministries proposed by some lawmakers will be presented for a vote.

Speaker Devraj Ghimire is also scheduled to announce the change in the names of members of some parliamentary committees under the House of Representatives.

A U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday could lead to a knee-jerk reaction in global markets when they reopen, sending oil prices higher and triggering a rush to safety, investors said, as they assessed how the latest escalation of tensions would ripple through the global economy, Reuters reported.

The attack, which was announced by President Donald Trump on social media site Truth Social, deepens U.S. involvement in the Middle East conflict. That was the question going into the weekend, when investors were mulling a host of different market scenarios.

In the immediate aftermath of the announcement, they expected the U.S. involvement was likely to cause a selloff in equities and a possible bid for the dollar and other safe-haven assets when trading begins, but also said much uncertainty about the course of the conflict remained.

While Trump called the attack "successful", few details were known. He was expected to address the nation later on Saturday, according to Reuters.