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The Supreme Court has issued a show-cause notice in the writ filed against the decision of the government to grant amnesty to Nagarik Unmukti Party leader Resham Chaudhary. After a preliminary hearing in the writ lodged against the decision to pardon the remaining sentence of Chaudhary on Tuesday, a single bench of Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut issued a show- cause notice, giving priority to the case. Sharada Kadayat, wife of Inspector Keshav Bohara, who was killed in the Tikapur incident, filed the writ at the Supreme Court against the decision. The petitioner has demanded the apex court annul the decision, making the Office of the President defendant. Chaudhary was released after the Cabinet meeting recommended President Ram Chandra Paudel to pardon his remaining sentence on the occasion of Republic Day. Earlier, Kadayat had registered an application at the President’s Office and demanded that Chaudhary be not released anytime soon after the government tried to grant amnesty to him. Later, the President sent the file back to the Home Ministry. The Kailai District Court on February 24, 2019 handed down a life sentence to 11 people including Chaudhary in connection with the 2015 Tikapur incident in which nine people including seven security personnel and a toddler were killed in a violent clash. The Dipayal High Court on December 18, 2020 upheld the decision of the District Court. On May 16, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of Kailali District Court and Dipayal High Court to sentence Chaudhary to life imprisonment in the Tikapur incident.  

The CPN (Maoist Center) has withdrawn its support extended to the CPN-UML-led government in Koshi Province. A meeting of the province office bearers held in Biratnagar on Tuesday decided to withdraw the support to the UML-led government. Chairman Harka Bahadur Nembang said that the support extended to the government was withdrawn at the direction of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is also the Chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center). Issuing a statement today, Nembang said that the ministers have also been recalled.

The National Assembly (NA) meeting scheduled for today has been postponed for tomorrow. The meeting was called for 11: 11 am today. According to the Federal Parliament Secretariat, the meeting of the Upper House was deferred citing a special reason. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was likely to deliver speech on contemporary issues in today's meeting. Finance Minister Prakash Saran Mahat was scheduled to present the proposal for holding general deliberation on the estimates of the revenue and income for the fiscal year 2023/24, the Secretariat said. The meeting will be held at 11: 11 am tomorrow.  

Foreign Minister NP Saud said that BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) offers huge markets and destinations for tourism as well as trade and investment opportunities within the region and beyond. "Political determination with common understanding of the leaders keeps the hope high for a peaceful, prosperous, resilient and sustainable Bay of Bengal. Transformation of the potentials into reality, words into deeds and understanding into results are at the core of the regional sprit to move ahead for the common prosperity and shared happiness," Minister Saud said while extending best wishes to the governments and peoples of the BIMSTEC Member States today, the 26th Anniversary of BIMSTEC. BIMSTEC endows enormous potentials with abundant natural resources, rich cultural heritages, and shared civilizational norms and values, Minister Saud said, adding that this region provides a unique link between the South and South East Asia in bringing together about 1.6 billion people — 23 percent of the world population. "Adoption of the BIMSTEC Charter and reconstitution of the BIMSTEC areas of cooperation during 5th Summit held in March 2022, among others are the instrumental steps for strengthening of the BIMSTEC process,” he said, adding, “In the decades-long journey of the regional process, we have adopted several documents, framed institutional mechanisms and developed common understandings for the cause of the BIMSTEC countries and their peoples.” “On this auspicious occasion, I feel honored to recall the 19th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting held on 9 March 2023, which has endorsed several important instruments including the BIMSTEC Bangkok Vision 2030, Rules of Procedures for BIMSTEC Mechanisms, Terms of Reference for Eminent Persons’ Group for future direction and the more," Minister Saud said. He underscored the need of effective implementation of the agreements and understanding reached among the leaders during the various meetings for bringing positive impact in the lives of the people of the region. Minister Saud expressed confidence that the BIMSTEC region will navigate towards the desired destination under the able chairmanship of the Kingdom of Thailand.