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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is going to answer the questions raised by lawmakers in the House of Representatives on May 18. The lawmakers had been demanding that the prime minister should answer the questions raised in the Parliament. During a Parliament meeting held on Monday, the lawmakers demanded that the government inform the House about the progress made by the government in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam.  

The Kathmandu District Court on Monday allowed police to keep former deputy prime minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, who was arrested in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee scam, in custody for three days for investigation. Rayamajhi, who was apprehended from Budhanilkantha on Sunday, was produced before the court on Monday. Rayamajhi, also the CPN-UML secretary, has already been suspended from the party. Police have already started an investigation into the case by detaining 12 persons including former home minister Bal Krishna Khand.  

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and National Assembly (NA) Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina held a meeting on Monday. During the meeting held at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar, this morning, they discussed the current budget session of the federal Parliament and joint session of the Parliament for the presentation of government's policies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year.  

Police on Sunday arrested former deputy prime minister and CPN-UML leader Top Bahadur Rayamajhi in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee scam, 11 days after an arrest warrant was issued against him. Rayamajhi had been absconding since May 4 after the Kathmandu District Court issued an arrest warrant against him and his son Sandeep. Police have already apprehended Sandeep for his alleged involvement in the case. According to police, Rayamajhi was detained from Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu at around 9 pm yesterday. “We got information that Rayamajhi came to Kathmandu on Saturday,” a police official involved in the investigation said, adding, “We arrested him on Sunday evening.” The UML secretary is accused of helping forge government documents to send Nepalis to the United States in the guise of Bhutanese refugees. Police have already nabbed Tek Narayan Pandey, the secretary at the Office of the Vice President, and Indrajit Rai, who served as a security adviser to former home minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, in connection with the scam. Earlier, police had arrested Sagar Thulung from Morang, Tanka Gurung from Panchthar, and Sandesh Sharma from Dang. Sanu Bhandari, an aide of Rayamajhi, and Keshav Dulal, the former personal secretary of Nepali Congress leader Sujata Koirala, were also held based on complaints filed by various people.