House Speaker Ghimire, NA Chair Timilsina meet President Paudel
House of Representatives Speaker Devraj Ghimire and National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina met President Ram Chandra Paudel on Friday.
During the meeting, President Paudel expressed his concern over the continuous obstruction in the Parliament.
Earlier on Thursday, President Paudel had held a meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
They had briefed the President about the House deadlock and the role of political parties.
Ghimire and Timilsina had urged the President to take an initiative to convince the opposition parties to lift the obstruction as the guardian.
They urged President Paudel to hold a discussion with all the political parties as the guardian.
In response, President Paudel said that all the parties should be united to protect the Constitution.
Following the request of Ghimire and Timilsina, President Paudel assured that he will hold a discussion with the political parties to end the House deadlock.
The main opposition CPN-UML has been obstructing the Parliament proceedings demanding formation of a high-level probe committee to investigate the latest gold smuggling case.
PM Dahal begins discussion to resolve problems being faced by Nepalis in foreign employment
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday held a discussion with the ministers and secretaries regarding making the labor market of Nepal decorous and safe.
During the meeting held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar this morning, they held a discussion on important issues such as the problems being faced by the Nepalis in foreign employment, ways to resolve them and to manage labor market within the country, the Prime Minister’s Secretariat said.
The discussion was also held to affiliate the workers to the social security fund.
A formal program will be organized on August 16 for the same.
Saying that the Nepalis have been facing various problems in the course of foreign employment, the Prime Minister directed the ministers and secretaries to carry out a broader study and present a proposal of long-term solution in the next meeting.
Deputy Prime Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka, Finance Minister Prakash Saran Mahat, Employment and Social Security Minister Sharad Singh Bhandari, Nepali government Chief Secretary Baikuntha Aryal, Finance Secretary and Labor Secretary among others were present in the meeting.
PM Dahal signs performance agreement with 21 ministers
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and departmental ministers have signed a performance agreement in regard with the implementation of the policies and programs and the budget meant for the current fiscal year.
The Prime Minister and the departmental ministers of 21 ministries signed the agreement amidst a program at the Singha Durbar-based Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
The agreement aims to achieve the government set targets and to implement the government directives issued at different times by making all the subordinate bodies responsible towards that end.
The program also went through a review about the implementation of the government policies and programs and the budget for the last fiscal year.
The performance agreement has a separate agenda for each ministry. It presents the lists of major works and responsibilities to be carried out by the respective ministers in the current fiscal year and the deadline for completing the responsibilities.
It has the provision about monitoring of the implementation of the agreement, requiring a monthly update about the work's execution progress details to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers through online. The annual report will be prepared on the same basis.
The term of the agreement is one year. If any of the ministerial posts falls vacant before the ending of the agreement, the minister taking charge of the position shall be automatically bound to the agreement.
NC lawmaker Sunil Sharma arrested
Nepali Congress lawmaker Sunil Sharma has been arrested on Thursday.
A team of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Nepal Police apprehended Sharma today, a source said.
It has been learnt that Sharma was arrested in the fake educational certificate case.
He is the directly elected lawmaker from Morang.
Congress leader Ajaybabu Shivakoti confirmed the arrest of Sharma. Following his arrest, Shivakoti expressed his anger on social media.
“What is the government trying to do by arresting lawmaker Sunil Sharma who has been speaking about the gold smuggling for the past few days? Has the Speaker given permission to arrest sitting lawmaker at a time when the Parliament session is underway? Or all have become united to stop the voice being raised on the issue of gold smuggling?” he questioned.
