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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.

Nepali Congress lawmaker Sunil Sharma has been arrested on Thursday.

A team of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Nepal Police apprehended Sharma today, a source said.

It has been learnt that Sharma was arrested in the fake educational certificate case.

He is the directly elected lawmaker from Morang.

Congress leader Ajaybabu Shivakoti confirmed the arrest of Sharma. Following his arrest, Shivakoti expressed his anger on social media.

“What is the government trying to do by arresting lawmaker Sunil Sharma who has been speaking about the gold smuggling for the past few days? Has the Speaker given permission to arrest sitting lawmaker at a time when the Parliament session is underway? Or all have become united to stop the voice being raised on the issue of gold smuggling?” he questioned.

CPN (Maoist Center) General Secretary Dev Gurung left for China on Thursday.

He has left for the northern neighbor to arrange Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s China visit.

According to a source, Prime Minister Dahal sent him to China to discuss possible agendas.

Foreign Minister NP Saud has been saying that Prime Minister Dahal will leave for China in the third week of September.

The Prime Minister will leave for New York to take part in the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Earlier, Maoist Center Vice-Chairman Agni Prasad Sapkota had visited China.