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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has claimed that the coalition government would last for five years. He was speaking at a program organized in Chitwan on Monday. Claiming that he was working to show results in favor of people, Prime Minister Dahal said that there is no possibility of a change in the government. Saying that the government is ready to open any files of corruption cases, the prime minister said that he would not compromise on the issues of corruption. Prime Minister Dahal said so after the Rastriya Prajatantra Party said that it would be meaningless to join the government if the files of corruption cases are not opened. Meanwhile, he urged the Rastriya Swatantra Party to join the government. “This government has never said that it will not open the files of corruption cases. I am ready to open any files of corruption cases,” he said. On a different note, Prime Minister Dahal said that he has already expressed his commitment to address the demands of Mahabir Pun. Pun has been staging a protest demanding that the government give priority to innovation and research in the country. He went on to say that no political party had tried to attack the vehicle of CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli. Prime Minister Dahal further said that the decision to release Rs200,000 each to the disqualified fighters was not made by this government. The government has just implemented the decision made in 2014.  

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina left for Cambodia for an official visit on Sunday night. He left for Cambodia to attend a program to felicitate Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen. On the occasion, Timilsina would address a program organized by the Asian Cultural Council and Cambodian Committee on National Festivals and Ceremonies as a special guest. As per the program schedule, the Cambodian Prime Minister would be honored with the World Buddhist Foundation's Patron of the World Buddhist Honorary Doctorate in Humanity The visiting delegation comprises Chair Timilsina, Bagmati Province Assembly member Aman Maskey and Under Secretary of federal Parliament Secretariat Numraj Khanal, informed Timilsina's secretariat.  

President Ram Chandra Paudel wished all Nepali sisters and brothers at home and abroad for their happiness, peace and prosperity on the occasion of International Labour Day. In a message delivered on May Day today, President Paudel also wished for the assurance of labor rights. The International Labor Day has been marked on May 1 every year to have assured the professional dignity and respect of workers and establish their rights, he said, expressing the confidence that the day would help unite entire labor force across the country for the safeguarding of their rights, interests and freedoms. The Nepal Constitution has guaranteed the right of every worker to access commensurate remuneration, facilities and contribution-based social security by assuring all the citizens with right to employment, the President noted. He expressed his belief that the laborer group would also be benefitted when the constitutional provisions are being materialized in practice to build democratic and socialism-oriented economy in the country. He said it was inevitable to build a self-reliant and independent economy by increasing domestic production through the development of entrepreneurship in the country. The President wished may the day inspire all to take initiative towards assuring laborer’s rights including labor respect, self-employment, proper remuneration and social security.

Nepali Congress leader and member of the House of Representatives Chandra Bhandari is returning home today after successful medical treatment in India. Leader Bhandari was injured when a cooking gas cylinder exploded at his residence in Buddhanagar, Kathmandu on February 15. He is returning home after two and a half months of intensive medical treatment in Mumbai, India. He underwent treatment at the National Burn Center in Mumbai, India. According to leader Madhav Neupane, Dr Bhandari's health has gradually improved and he is now able to talk and walk. MP Bhandari's mother Harikala, who was also seriously injured in the incident, died during the course of treatment in Kathmandu on February 16.