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Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale today said that Tribhuvan International Airport would be made a model airport in terms of cleanliness.

He said this while handing certificates to the participants of a two-week international-standard sanitation training. One-hundred-and-fifty-two cleaning staffers, including employees from the private sector working at TIA attended the training.

"We have put to an end the situation of tourists arriving at the airport and covering their noses. It is the responsibility of the cleaning staffers to keep the airport neat and clean.

I urge you to make the maximum use of skills and knowledge learnt in the course of the training. I will support you in this," he said.

Minister Ale also claimed that a lot of good work had been done to beautify the airport under his direction.

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden said that the US intervention has increased significantly in Nepal after the endorsement of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

Speaking at the meeting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, he urged the government not to act in a way that would create imbalances in non-aligned foreign policy.

“The US intervention has increased in Nepal after the ratification of the MCC,” Lingden said, adding, “Let’s not do anything that will create imbalances in non-aligned foreign policy.”

Meanwhile, saying that the federal election is approaching nearer, leader Lingden demanded that the independent election government should be formed to hold the election in a free, fair and transparent manner.

Nepali Congress lawmaker Gagan Thapa has raised questions over the State Partnership Program (SPP).

Saying that Nepal cannot take part in any program involving Nepal Army, Thapa, during the meeting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, said that Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba should answer on the issue.

He said that the doubts on the issue will be cleared if the Prime Minister answers the queries in the Parliament.

The main opposition CPN-UML lawmaker Pradeep Gyawali had also demanded the government's answer on the matter in the Parliament meeting today. He said that the agreement will not be accepted under any circumstances.

The UML has been protesting after the draft of the SPP agreement was made public in a section of Nepali media.

A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court demanding re-election to the top post of the District Coordination Committee of Dailekh.

Durga Kumari Shrestha, who had filed her candidacy for the top post of the District Coordination Committee, filed writ petition on Tuesday.

In the writ filed against the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Dailekh among others, she has demanded an order to hold the re-election to the top post of the District Coordination Committee as per the law. 

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Dailekh, Chief Election Officer Dandapani Lamichhane, District Coordination Committee, Dailekh, Independent candidate Nawaraj Shahi, who was elected to the top post of the District Coordination Committee, proposer of independent candidate Sundar Kumar KC, supporter Bina Karki, Province Election Office, Karnali Province and Election Commission have been made defendants. 

In the writ, the petitioner said that Nawaraj Shahi, who was elected as a member of Aathbis Municipality-7, Dailekh, could not file independent candidacy for the top post of District Coordination Committee. 

He was elected to the top post of the District Coordination Committee, Dailekh on June 11.