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The meeting of the House of Representatives has been postponed following obstruction from main opposition CPN-UML on Friday.

The meeting that started at 1 pm today was postponed owing to the obstruction from the UML.

The next meeting has been scheduled from 1 pm on Monday.

As soon as the meeting began, Speaker Devraj Ghimire gave time to lawmaker Jwala Kumari Sah to speak.

The UML lawmakers stood from their respective seats as a gesture of protest while Sah was speaking.

After the UML lawmakers stood from their seats in protest, the lawmakers of the ruling parties also stood from their respective seats demanding that they be given time to speak and Parliament be allowed to proceed with its business.

Speaker Ghimire urged the lawmakers to allow the Parliament to resume its business. He also requested the lawmakers to follow the rules to operate the Parliament smoothly.

But still, the UML lawmakers keep on protesting demanding the formation of a high-level probe committee to investigate the latest gold smuggling case.

Marshals had stopped the lawmakers while they were moving ahead to gherao the well.

Afte the lawmakers were stopped by the marshals, they started changing slogans like take action against the corrupt leaders and gold smugglers.

Saying that the House could not be resumed amid the obstruction, Speaker Ghimire informed that the meeting has been postponed till 1 pm on Monday.

The UML lawmakers obstructed the meeting of the National Assembly today as well.

The UML alleged that the government ministers are involved in the gold smuggling.

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.

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.

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.