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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli held a meeting on Friday. During the meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office in Singha Durbar, the two leaders discussed contemporary issues including the meeting of the Constitutional Council, the Prime Minister's Press Expert Manahari Timilsina said. Though Prime Minister Dahal had called a meeting of the Constitutional Council on Wednesday morning to discuss the appointment of the chief justice, it ended without making any concrete decision.

The Nepal-India border points in Bara district have been sealed for 72 hours from today in view of the by-election taking place in Bara constituency-2 on April 23. Issuing a press statement, the District Administration Office Bara said that the border points shall remain closed from 12:00 midnight today to Sunday midnight. The sale and supply of liquor has been banned in the district until the vote counting is completed, Chief District Officer of Bara Nabaraj Sapkota said. Similarly, the vehicular movements along the Postal Highway in the district have been closed except for emergency ones from Saturday midnight to Sunday 7:00 pm.  

The silence period for the by-election to the House of Representatives has come into effect from today. The by-election is taking place in Tanahun-1, Bara-1 and Chitwan-2 on April 23. The Election Code of Conduct, 2079, issued by the Election Commission on April 7 for the by-election has made provision for a silence period from 48 hours before the voting day until the voting is closed in order to hold the election in a free, fair and fearless environment. The silence period will come into effect from today till the polls are closed on April 23. Election campaigning and any type of discussion, interaction, assemblies, workshops and gatherings are prohibited during the silence period. The EC has drawn the attention of all not to solicit votes through online, social networking sites, print or any medium in favor or against any candidate or party. The EC urged the concerned sides not to publish and broadcast any press release or any content related to prediction about the victory or defeat of a candidate through media, including social sites.

The Karnali Province government got full shape on Thursday after three newly appointed ministers of the Nepali Congress took oath of office and secrecy. Bedraj Singh, Khadga Bahadur Pokharel and Krishna Kumar BC took oath of office and secrecy this afternoon. Singh was appointed as the Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning while Pokharel and BC were appointed as the Minister for Social Development and Minister for Tourism, Forest and Environment respectively. Meanwhile, Urmila Bishwokarma, who was earlier appointed as the state minister for Energy, also sworn in as the Minister for Energy. The number of ministries in the Karnali Province has also been made eight.