President Bidya Devi Bhandari reconstituted the Council of Ministers on Sunday.

She restructured the Cabinet by including the ministers sent by the CPN (Unified Socialist).

The ministers were appointed in accordance with Article 76 (9) and Article 78 (1) of the Constitution on the recommendation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.

With the reshuffle, Jeevanram Shrestha has been appointed as the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and Metmani Chaudhary as the Minister for Urban Development.

Likewise, Bhawani Prasad Khapung has been given the responsibility of Minister for Health and Sher Bahadur Tamang has been appointed as the Minister for Labour.

Similarly, Hira Chandra KC has been appointed as the State Minister for Health.

Earlier on June 5, the CPN (US) had written to the Prime Minister to replace four of its ministers.