Home Minister directs to arrange rescue and relief for landslide survivors
Home Minister Balkrishna Khand has directed the authorities concerned to immediately arrange rescue, relief and residence for those rendered displaced due to landslide at Arughat rural municiplaity-1, Shyamchet in Gorkha.
Home Minister Khand directed Home Administration, Ministry’s disaster management division, Chief District Officer of Gorkha Shanker Hari Acharya and district-based security agencies to arrange treatment to the landslide survivors.
CDO Acharya said landslide had buried the home of locals including Bir Bahadur Gurung and the entire village was at risk with landslide taking place from both sides of the village.
CDO Acharya shared that a team of Nepal police and Armed Police Force had reached the landslide-hit area on Wednesday evening to rescue the disaster survivors.
As informed, the landslide had buried six houses. No human casualty has occurred in the site.
Bidhya Bhattarai files candidacy for Deputy Speaker from UML
The CPN-UML has fielded Bidhya Bhattarai for the post of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
She reached the Parliament building in New Baneshwor this afternoon and filed her candidacy.
Earlier this afternoon, Nepali Congress lawmaker Pushpa Bhusal had filed her candidacy for the post of Deputy Speaker from the ruling coalition.
Pushpa Bhusal files candidacy for Deputy Speaker from ruling coalition
Nepali Congress lawmaker Pushpa Bhusal filed her candidacy for the post of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives from the ruling coalition.
She reached the Parliament building in New Baneshwor this afternoon and filed her candidacy.
CPN (Maoist Centre) Chief Whip Dev Gurung proposed Bhusal’s nomination while Laxmi Kumari Chaudhary of the CPN (Unified Socialist) seconded the candidacy.
The list of the candidates will be published at 1 pm today.
Voting for the election of Deputy Speaker will be held at 3 pm tomorrow.
CPN (MC) Chair Dahal leaving for India tomorrow
CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal is leaving for India on Friday.
The Maoist supremo is leaving for India at the invitation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda, his private secretariat said.
According to his personal secretary Ramesh Malla, Dahal is scheduled to leave for New Delhi at 1 pm tomorrow.
He said that there is a possibility that Dahal will hold a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The former Prime Minister Dahal will return home on June 17.
