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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of New Zealand Winston Peters paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

During the meeting held at the official residence of the Prime Minister in Baluwatar on Wednesday, matters of strengthening bilateral interests, mutual relations and multifaceted collaboration were discussed, while recognising that there is immense potential for cooperation in the sectors of agriculture, tourism, education and investment.

On the occasion, Prime Minister Oli briefed that the incumbent government had given priority to stability, development, good governance, social justice and social transformation along with the national ambition of 'Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali'.   

Similarly, the visiting Deputy Prime Minister Peters stressed the need of boosting the collaboration between the two countries even in the international forums for Nepal's development and prosperity. 

High-ranking officials of the Foreign Ministry were also present in the meeting.

A meeting of the House of Representatives has been postponed till 1:30 pm Thursday.

The Federal Parliament Secretariat shared this information by issuing a notice today.

The meeting scheduled for 11 am started at 1 pm today.

The meeting was postponed for half an hour after the opposition lawmakers staged a protest demanding resignation of the Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and formation of high-level probe committee, citing irregularities on visit visa.

As the Parliament failed to convene, the Secretariat then rescheduled it for 3:30 pm by issuing a notice.

Speaker Devraj Ghimire held a discussion with chief whips of major political parties to forge consensus on the differences, but the agreement eluded, thereby prompting the Speaker to postpone the meeting till tomorrow.

Government primary school teachers in Bangladesh began an indefinite strike from Monday, joining public sector workers in opposing a new legislation that allows federal servants to be dismissed without due process, Reuters reported.

The interim administration, which has been led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus since August 2024, is facing increasing criticism from teachers, civil personnel, political groups, and the military.

The ordinance has provoked countrywide protests, with activists calling for its immediate repeal. Following widespread criticism, the administration reversed its decision to disband the National Board of Revenue.

Yunus has proposed elections by June 2026, but opposition parties and the army are pushing for polls by December 2025. Political tensions escalated after the Awami League’s registration was suspended, barring it from the next election, according to Reuters.

Yunus has held talks with key political parties to ease the crisis.

Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has claimed that he has no involvement in the visit visa scandal.

Organising a press conference at Lhotse Hall of the Federal Parliament building on Wednesday, he said that the allegations of his involvement in the visit visa scam were false.

“The allegations levelled against me are completely baseless. I have no involvement in this. I have been attacked in a premeditated way. This attack is driven by political bias,” the Home Minister said.

Saying that his political and personal life is public, he said that everyone is watching him publicly.

Home Minister Lekhak organised a press conference to make his opinion public after the opposition parties prevented him from speaking in the Parliament.

Earlier, the Parliament meeting held today was postponed following the obstruction from the opposition parties.

The opposition parties have been obstructing the Parliament for the past few days demanding resignation of Home Minister Lekhak.