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Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung has said that the School Education Bill will be introduced soon through a fast track process to address education-related problems. 

Making public the decisions of the Council of Ministers meeting today, Minister Gurung, who is also the spokesperson of the Government, said that the government is sensitive to the problems of teachers and shared that the government is preparing to pass the bill soon. 

According to Minister Gurung, the decision of the Council of Ministers held on April 18 has shown that the government is sensitive to the demands raised by the Nepal Teachers Federation and has decided to recommend to the President to convene a session of the Federal Parliament for the purpose of passing the School Education Bill. 

Meanwhile, the government has called on the agitating teachers to return to their respective work stations, saying that it is an important time to enroll students in schools for the new academic session. 

The government has also urged the teachers to examine the answer sheets of the secondary education examination (SEE) and conduct the examination of Grade 12. 

On a different note, Minister Gurung shared that the government has held discussions to appoint Nepal Rastra Bank governor and assured that appointment will be made soon. 

He also clarified that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur had also held a discussion on the issue.

Likewise, the government has decided to form a negotiation team under the coordination of Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Finance to give in-principle consent to obtain a concessional loan of US$ 137 million for the third phase of the Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project. The project is being implemented with the financial assistance of the World Bank. The team will also finalize the financial agreement and project documents related to the loan.

Similarly, the government has decided to receive additional grant assistance of 1.8 million Swiss francs from the Government of Switzerland for small irrigation programs. 

The government has decided to prepare and submit an implementation action plan within seven days for the implementation of the report of the High-Level Economic Reform Suggestion Commission. 

Similarly, Minister Gurung shared that the government has decided to recommend to the President to convene a session of both houses of the Federal Parliament for April 25.

The CPN (Maoist Center) has drawn the attention of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to prepare a common agenda and concept to be presented in the Sagarmatha Sambaad, an event the government is organizing with a focus on impact of climate change. 

The Department of Forest, Environment and Climate of the Maoist Center met PM Oli and welcomed the government's initiative to hold the international event on climate change from May 16-18.

PM Oli is also the Sambaad steering committee chair.

 A delegation led by Maoist Center’s Environment Department chief Madhav Sapkota met PM Oli at the latter's office, Singh Durbar today and urged to prepare a common program based on the initiatives made earlier.

On the occasion, PM Oli assured that the event should be made successful by all sides, rising above political party and favour. All political parties would cooperate to make Sambaad successful.

The Sagarmatha Sambaad announced previously was postponed for various reasons including COVID-19.

President Ram Chandra Paudel has summoned the budget session of the federal Parliament.

A Cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar on Tuesday had decided to recommend to the President to summon the session.

The President called the session for April 25 on the recommendation of the government as per Article 93 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal, reads a statement issued by the President’s Office spokesperson Shailaja Regmi Bhattarai.

The Cabinet meeting had also decided to summon the Parliament session to pass the School Education Act which is sub judice in the Parliament.

Madhes Province Chief Minister Satish Kumar Singh has called for maintaining social harmony and mitigating unrest and violence that broke out between the Hindus and Muslim communities during the procession organized on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.

In a press release issued today, Chief Minister's Press Advisor Anil Kumar Karna said that the concerned administrative and police officials are in constant touch to ease life by holding discussions with the sides concerned.

The Chief Minister has directed the police administration to investigate into and bring to book anyone involved in spreading unrest and violence in the community, as peace and tolerance can be maintained only through respect and harmony among all religious, cultural and ethnic communities of the society," reads the press release.

Meanwhile, Minister for Water Supply Pradeep Yadav has urged the local administration to act in accordance with the law to punish anyone who makes provocative statements and is involved in vandalizing public or private property.