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Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to address the Parliament  on Friday, ahead of his China visit. 

Speaker Devraj Ghimire informed chief whips of major political parties about PM Oli’s address to the House during a meeting held in Singhadurbar this afternoon.

Prime Minister Oli, who is leaving for a five-day visit to China on Saturday, is going to brief the Parliament about the agendas of his visit.

CPN-UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula informed that the calendar of the next 15 days of the Parliament has also been decided during the meeting.

Accordingly, the Parliament meeting to be held on August 29 will endorse the Land related Bill and forward it to the National Assembly.

Similarly, the meeting to be held on September 3 will endorse the Citizenship Bill and the Constitutional Council Bill, which was returned by the President’s Office will also be discussed, Bartaula informed.

Likewise, he mentioned that the Civil Service Bill will be endorsed  on September 4 if passed by the National Assembly.

According to him, there is a possibility to endorse the School Education Bill on September 11. 

CPN (Maoist Center) Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula said that the Prime Minister will address the House on Friday and the agenda for the subsequent programs has also been prepared.

The Parliament will meet on 3, 4, 10, 11 and 12. 

CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the boundary issues including Kalapani-Lipulek should be resolved based on mutual dialogue and agreement.

Speaking briefly with journalists at Biratnagar Airport today, Chair Dahal, also the former Prime Minister, reminded that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed commitment in the past to resolve border issues involving Kalapani, Lipulek and Limpiyadhura.

The Maoist Center Chair said that he had clearly stated during his visit to India as Prime Minister that the relationship with the neighbour cannot be cordial without resolving the border issues.

"During my latest visit to India as Prime Minister, a 'press briefing' was held where the issue of the border dispute was discussed, and Indian Prime Minister Modi expressed his commitment to resolving the remaining border issues through dialogue," former PM Dahal said.

Chairman Dahal suggested to the government to initiate a dialogue process with the neighbouring friendly nation India to resolve the border issues between the two countries.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has stressed the need of mobilizing foreign aid and concessional loan on the basis of development needs.

At a program themed "Nepal's Graduation from Least Developed Country to Developed Country and Challenges in Budget Implementation" organized by Former Planners' Forum Nepal today, Finance Minister Paudel mentioned that it is not possible to move ahead being grant-oriented manner in the global context and circumstances, and it is necessary to mobilize concessional loan to be received for country's development in the right way.  

"We have not been able to carry out activities and manage resources as per the expectation even after five decades of moving ahead in a planned development. The main challenge is how to connect plans with needs," he opined. 

He shared that the government has been facing a big challenge to execute the policy of not implementing the projects less than Rs 30 million by the federal government. 

Stressing on the process of capacity building, increasing productivity and competitive development as per the Nepal Human Development Report, Vice-President of the Forum, Dr Posh Raj Pandey, pointed out the need of forwarding the journey of prosperity in a way that international community could respect and trust it. 

Similarly, Professor Dr Govinda Nepal made a presentation on the issue of budget implementation and added that arrears are increasing in lack of proper management of expenditure accounts. 

The transfer of funds in the last week of Ashad against the Policy of Economic Procedure and Fiscal Responsibility Procedure, 2077, was impractical in terms of expenditure.

The US Embassy in Nepal handed over modern equipment and the software used for DNA tests and drug tests, to the Nepal Police Central Forensic Science Laboratory. 

The Compound DNA Index System (DNA Software) and Drug Detection Instrument were received from the US Embassy so as to make the lab tests scientific and objective. 

Amidst a program held at the Nepal police Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Samakhushi, Kathmandu today, the US Embassy handed over the technology. 

On the occasion, Inspector General of Police, Deepak Thapa, said that the modern instruments and technologies handed over today would enhance the capacity of the central forensic science lab and thereby deliver reliable lab test services in a prompt manner. 

The systems and its services would bring the forensic DNA analysis capacity to the international mark and improve the overall criminal justice system, he noted. 

IGP Thapa also expressed his confidence that the instruments would also help increase drug screening capacity. 

He lauded the continuous US assistance for the enhancement of the capacity of the central forensic laboratory and its development through consultations, training and equipment. 

At the program, US Ambassador to Nepal Dean R. Thomson expressed his hope that the modern technology handed over today would enhance the capacity of the central forensic lab of the Nepal Police and also make crucial contributions to identify the disappeared persons.