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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki and Finance Minister Prakash Saran Mahat held a meeting on Wednesday. Finance Minister Mahat said so during a meeting of the National Assembly today. The trio held the meeting in Singha Durbar before formulation of the budget.  

Janata Samajbadi Party Chairman Upendra Yadav has been elected as the member of the House of Representatives from Bara-2 on Wednesday. He defeated his closest contender Shiva Chandra Kushwaha of the Janamat Party by a margin of 5, 081 votes. Yadav secured 28, 415 votes while Kushwaha garnered 23, 334 votes. Similarly, Purushottam Paudel of the CPN-UML received 10, 216 votes and Ramesh Kharel of the Rastriya Swatantra Party obtained 2, 829 votes. Chief Election Officer Mukesh Upadhyay handed over the certificate to newly elected lawmaker Yadav at 1:45 am. Chief Minister Saroj Yadav and Chief District Officer Nawaraj Sapkota among others were present in the program. Yadav was defeated by CK Raut, Chairman of Janamat Party, in the Saptari-2 in the election to the Member of House of Representatives held on November 20, 2022. The HoR seat from Bara constituency 2 had fallen vacant after Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav of JSP was elected to the post of Vice President.  

Foreign Minister NP Saud and Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chan Song held a meeting on Tuesday. The Chinese Ambassador had reached Singha Durbar this afternoon to meet Minister Saud. During the meeting, they discussed Nepal-China relations and high-level visits from both countries among other issues, a source said. Chief of Army Staff Parbhu Ram Sharma is also preparing to go to China. Probably, he will leave for China in the last week of May.    

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has pledged that the government would accord high priorities to the innovation sector. Quality development endeavors and prosperity are possible in the country only through sciences and technology, he said during a meeting with Mahabir Pun, Chairperson of the National Innovation Centre, at the residence of Prime Minister in Baluwatar today. During the meeting, Pun drew the attention of the Prime Minister to grant permission to operate vehicles manufactured within the country, and increase investments in the innovation sector. Praising the government's efforts to bring the laws related to the registration and promotion of vehicles produced in Nepal, he urged the Prime Minister to formulate the laws soon. In response, Prime Minister Dahal said the government was committed to encouraging the innovation sector while stating the issues raised by Pun were for the welfare and prosperity of the country. The process to draft the laws relating to the registration and promotion of vehicles produced within the country had moved forward, he said.