Madhes Province Assembly session to prorogue from midnight today
The current session of the Madhes Province Assembly will be terminated from midnight today.
The Office of the Chief of Madhes Province stated through a communique that the Province Chief Surendra Labh Karna has prorogued, with effect from 12pm today, the current session of the Province Assembly in accordance with Article 183 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal and on the recommendation of the Madhes Province Council of Ministers.
A meeting of the provincial cabinet had on April 22 decided to close the session.
Government orders not to nominate employees for foreign trips
The government has issued a directive to not nominate any government employees for foreign visits for the next three months.
Issuing a circular, the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM) directed all the ministries, commissions and agencies to make the arrangement.
The Prime Minister's Office has issued the order in the context when the 100-point governance reform approved as per the government's earlier decision is being emphatically implemented.
As the employees' foreign visits can impede the execution of the 100-point reform package, it is requested not to nominate any government employees for foreign trips, stated the directive issued by the Prime Minister's Office.
UML urges government to respect human rights while evacuating squatters' settlement
The CPN-UML has urged the government to show respect to the constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights and basic values of humanity while evacuating squatters' settlements.
The party made a plea to demonstrate respectful treatment to the disadvantaged and squatters' community, adhering to the principles of social justice and basic values of international human rights.
In a release issued by UML central publicity coordinator Min Bahadur Shahi today, he said coercive removal would in no way be a sustainable solution.
It is the prime responsibility of the government to hold pre consultation with the affected persons and families, assure alternative residence, arrange compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation and protect the sensitive groups such as children, women, senior citizens and people with disabilities, the release stated.
113 individuals arrested under 'special sweep operation'
The District Police Office, Chitwan, has taken 113 individuals under control by launching a 'special sweep operation'.
Such a number of individuals were taken under control on Thursday for their involvement in drug smuggling, disturbing peace under the influence of alcohol, creating trouble for passengers, making obstacles in service delivery at government offices and riding modifying vehicles.
