PM Shah to interact with all HoR members under PR system
Prime Minister Balendra Shah is scheduled to interact with all House of Representatives (HoR) members elected under the proportional representation (PR) system.
According to the Prime Minister's Secretariat, the interaction program is beginning at 12 noon today at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singha Durbar.
During the interaction program, the HoR Members would share their concerned clusters' issues, challenges and solution measures.
The PM's Secretariat stated that the interaction program is aimed at holding direct consultations between the people's representatives and the executive to ensure effective policymaking and implementation.
Partly cloudy weather predicted today
With the partial influence of westerly and local winds, the hilly and Himalayan regions have witnessed generally cloudy weather in the country at present.
The Weather Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology stated that the weather is largely fair in the Tarai belt.
The Department stated that light rain coupled with snowfall is happening in the Himalayan region of the Koshi Province and one or two places in the Himalayan regions of Bagmati, Gandaki and Karnali Provinces.
This afternoon, the hilly and mountainous regions will be generally cloudy and the Tarai belt will be largely fair.
Chances of light rain coupled with thunder and lightning are likely in one or two places of the hilly and mountainous parts of Koshi and Gandaki Provinces.
Later tonight, the Himalayan region of the country will be generally cloudy, the hilly region will be partly cloudy, and the Tarai region will have mainly fair weather.
There is a possibility of rain and snowfall at one or two places in the Himalayan parts of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces.
Second Economic Survey begins today
The second economic survey is starting across the nation today.
The National Statistics Office (NSO) stated that the enumerators and supervisors have already reached their respective areas for the survey.
The economic survey beginning today will be completed by the third week of June and almost 5,000 personnel have been mobilized for the enumeration.
Likewise, the Finance Ministry has urged all to cooperate in this survey since the data of the country's overall industrial entities and enterprises are being collected.
Basic information on 18 sectors of the economy will be collected during the survey, it is said. This includes details such as the number of industries, enterprises, service providers, cooperatives, and both private and public entities, along with their types, employment, production, and service delivery.
All business entities—large and small, registered and unregistered—will be enumerated, and employment data will be recorded.
The non-governmental organisations, public corporations, as well as government and private schools and hospitals will also be included in the survey.
Offices have been established in all 77 districts and seven additional locations to carry out the job. These facilities will remain operational until mid-July, the officials said.
The NSO has urged everyone to cooperate with the government’s initiative to collect accurate and essential data.
The last such survey was conducted seven years ago, which showed that Nepal had over 923,000 institutions and industrial entities.
Trump hints Iran talks could resume this week as US port blockade continues
President Donald Trump has suggested talks aimed at ending the war in Iran could resume this week, after negotiations collapsed at the weekend, prompting the US to blockade Iranian ports, BBC reported.
"You should stay there [Islamabad], really, because something could be happening over the next two days, and we're more inclined to go there," Trump was quoted as saying in an interview with the New York Post.
His remarks came as the American military said no ships had passed through the US-enforced blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas in the first 24 hours of the operation.
