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The Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates is arriving in Kathmandu on an official visit to Nepal.

Also the Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan is scheduled to arrive in Kathmandu tomorrow.

He will arrive in Kathmandu on a chartered plane tomorrow evening.

During his stay in Nepal, he will pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

Similarly, he will hold separate meetings with Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security Sharad Singh Bhandari among other high-ranking officials.

The Foreign Ministry is making necessary preparations for Sheikh Abdullah's visit.

He will return home on Wednesday.

Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, however, is currently on a visit to Bangkok.

The government has decided to form a high-level good governance commission.

A Cabinet meeting held on Monday decided to form a high-level good governance commission under the chairmanship of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, a source informed.

The high-level good governance commission, which will also have representation from the private sector, will have 15 members.

Officials from the private sector, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, the Public Service Commission, the Planning Commission, and other agencies will be in the commission.

Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Bidya Bhattarai, has resigned from her post on Monday. 

Minister Bhattarai tendered her resignation to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, said Bhattarai's press coordinator Ramji Lamsal. 

It may be noted that community school teachers have been agitating in Kathmandu for the past few weeks demanding that the government promulgate the School Education Act. 

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has invited agitating teachers, who have been staging protests in Kathmandu for the past 20 days demanding endorsement of the School Education Bill, for talks.

He called on the teachers for a dialogue while inaugurating the 11th National Conference of the Progressive Professors' Organization, Nepal in Kirtipur today

Saying that the present government is democratic and not oppressive, the Prime Minister said that the legitimate demands of the teachers would be addressed.

"The School Education Bill is under consideration in a  parliamentary committee. So, the teachers do not have to hit the streets to get the Bill addressed,” PM Oli said, adding, “The school enrollment campaign has already begun. So, please go to the school and carry out a student enrollment campaign.  Check the answer sheets of SEE.” 

Stating that the students and parents have suffered a lot due to the teachers' movement and it was also not benefiting the teachers as well, he invited  the disgruntled teachers for talks. 

"This is also not the right time for you to agitate when regressive elements are on the rise,” PM Oli cautioned.