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The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has urged teachers not to disrupt classes while advocating for their rights.

The local government of the federal capital has urged teachers of the schools not to close schools so as to ensure students' right to education.

It may be noted that at the call of Nepal Teachers' Federation, teachers from various schools in the country have gathered in the federal capital, protesting against the Education Bill that was presented in the Parliament recently.

Metropolis spokesperson Nabin Manandhar said teachers are urged to resume classes by tomorrow. "Students’ right to education shall not be violated by closing schools," he said.

The local government is learnt to have instructed the Education Department within it to monitor the situation and take action if the teachers are found closing the schools in the name of protest.

Hundreds of teachers associated with Nepal Teachers’ Association staged a protest in the Capital on Wednesday against the School Education Bill.

The Bill proposes the local units to have authority to transfer and evaluate teachers and the Federation wants this authority to remain within the federal government. 

The Federation has been advocating for permanency of teachers appointed on the temporary basis, creation of sufficient quota for school employees, addressing the issues of montessori class teachers remaining outside the school structure, regular opportunities for promotion, right evaluation of performance, transfer opportunities of teachers and so on.

Federation General Secretary Laxmi Koshore Subedi has said the Federation has urged teachers and employees across the country to come to Kathmandu to take part in the protest.

He complained that the Bill failed to address agreements reached between the government and the Federation on February 21, 2019 and February 21, 2022. 

The Bill aimed to revise the education acts was registered in the House of Representatives on September 13.

Street vendors staged a demonstration in the Capital on Sunday.

They staged a protest after the Kathmandu Metropolitan City removed the street vendors and small traders without giving them an alternative.

Saying that the street vendors were oppressed, they staged the demonstration in front of the National Assembly Hall in Bhrikutimandap.

They have demanded that the metropolis manage an alternative to carry out business.

During the demonstration, the street vendors carried placards and banners with various slogans like strict laws only to the poor, how to teach children? We are facing difficulties to eke out a hand-to-mouth existence among others.

They also displayed pamphlets comparing the street business of Bangkok and Kathmandu.

Contractors have staged a demonstration in the Capital on Monday also demanding that the government make payments for their completed works.

The contractors staged the demonstration in front of the Department of Road in Chakupat and Department of Irrigation in Jawalakhel.

The contractors have been staging the protest since June 30 demanding a formation of a high-level talks team to address the demands of contractors, extension of the contracts, overdue payments and adjustment of price among others.

The contractors from all over the country have come to the Capital to make the protest successful, contractor Raju Karki said.

They said that they will continue their protest until the government addresses their demands.

The meeting of the House of Representatives has been postponed following obstruction from main opposition CPN-UML on Friday.

The meeting that started at 1 pm today was postponed owing to the obstruction from the UML.

The next meeting has been scheduled from 1 pm on Monday.

As soon as the meeting began, Speaker Devraj Ghimire gave time to lawmaker Jwala Kumari Sah to speak.

The UML lawmakers stood from their respective seats as a gesture of protest while Sah was speaking.

After the UML lawmakers stood from their seats in protest, the lawmakers of the ruling parties also stood from their respective seats demanding that they be given time to speak and Parliament be allowed to proceed with its business.

Speaker Ghimire urged the lawmakers to allow the Parliament to resume its business. He also requested the lawmakers to follow the rules to operate the Parliament smoothly.

But still, the UML lawmakers keep on protesting demanding the formation of a high-level probe committee to investigate the latest gold smuggling case.

Marshals had stopped the lawmakers while they were moving ahead to gherao the well.

Afte the lawmakers were stopped by the marshals, they started changing slogans like take action against the corrupt leaders and gold smugglers.

Saying that the House could not be resumed amid the obstruction, Speaker Ghimire informed that the meeting has been postponed till 1 pm on Monday.

The UML lawmakers obstructed the meeting of the National Assembly today as well.

The UML alleged that the government ministers are involved in the gold smuggling.

Transport entrepreneurs and drivers on Thursday staged a protest in the Capital putting forth nine-point demand.

The taxi drivers have staged the protest in front of the New Baneshwor-based Transport Management Department at the call of the Majdoor Driver Independent Struggle Committee.

The have demanded that Indian vehicles operating in Nepali territory be banned, the work of snatching keys and abusing drivers be stopped by managing taxi stands in the Kathmandu Valley, embossed number written in English be replaced with Nepali and international policy be implemented by maintaining the same taxi fare across the country among others.

Similarly, they have also demanded that the government bear all the treatment costs of the people injured in the accident from third party insurance and provide Rs 2.5 million to the families of those who died in the road mishap.

They have also demanded that the vehicles with white, yellow, green, blue, red and black number plates be treated equally.

The National Assembly meeting has been postponed till Wednesday following obstruction from the main opposition CPN-UML.

As soon as the meeting began, UML lawmaker Dil Kumari Rawal demanded formation of a high-level probe committee to investigate the recent gold smuggling case.

She said that the government is not serious towards investigating the gold smuggling case.

“The CPN-UML has been obstructing the Parliament demanding formation of a high-level probe committee. But the government is not serious towards it,” Rawal said.

She alleged that the government is involved in the smuggling.

Rawal claimed that the smuggling of a huge cache of gold would not have been possible had there not been the involvement of the government.

She said that they would not allow the House proceed with its business until the government answers the questions raised by the opposition.

After lawmaker Rawal put forth her opinion, UML lawmakers stood from their respective seats as a gesture of protest.

Later, Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina informed that the meeting has been postponed till 1 pm on Wednesday.

The Department of Revenue Investigation on June 18 seized around one quintal gold that had passed the airport customs undetected.

So far, 18 persons have been arrested in connection with the case.