Chief Minister of Koshi Province, Hikmat Kumar Karki, has said that the name of the province will not be changed.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma has made it clear about the rationale behind tabling the Constitutional Council (Function, Duties, Rights and Procedures) First Amendment Bill, 2079 in the Parliament.
"At one time, micro finances were said to be doing good jobs, particularly in rural areas. But, now people have raised multiple questions regarding micro finances. Problems are seen even in the cooperatives. Therefore, a comprehensive review meeting of all these is necessary to formulate future policies," said the PM.
"Political system has changed, constitution has been changed and laws have also been changed in many sectors," she said, "But change of law is yet to be carried out in the CIT sector, so we have pushed it forward with due priority."
Professor Pashupati Adhikari, secretary of central monitoring and coordination committee of the TU FSU election, referred to preliminary reports and said that some 60 per cent students cast their votes in the election held today.
The Election Commission has presented a report about the recent election to the post of Vice President to President Ramchandra Paudel.
While responding to journalists' queries about his expectation from tomorrow's HoR meeting as he was coming out of today's meeting, PM Prachanda said that he had confidence that all HoR members will vote for him.
A meeting of the CPN (Unified Socialist) Secretariat has decided to appoint Secretariat member Ghanashyam Bhusal as the party general secretary.
A delegation comprising people's representatives and locals in Lalitpur district today called on President Ramchandra Paudel.
A scuffle broke out between the alliance side students and UML's All Nepal National Free Students' Union (ANNFSU) at the Budhinanda Campus of Kolti, Budhinanda Municipality - 2 in Bajura district.
The local wind coupled with the Westerly wind has its general influence across the country at present. The weather is partly to generally cloudy throughout the country due to this and light rain accompanied by thunder and lightning is taking place at a few places in the hilly region, the Meteorological Forecasting Division, Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said.
The Nepali Congress (NC) parliamentary party has decided to give a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'.
Chief Minister of Lumbini Province Lila Giri today said seven years of experiences of federalism had been fruitful.
A meeting of the Central Work Execution Committee of the Nepali Congress has decided to join the government led by CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'.
Vice President-elect Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav's inauguration is set for Monday. The oath-taking ceremony before President Ramchandra Paudel is scheduled for 10 am at the President House, Sheetal Niwas on March 20.