KATHMANDU, May 9: The government has formed a task force for the improvement of cooperatives. Government spokesperson Rekha Sharma informed that the task force was formed in the Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday.
Similarly, the meeting has promoted the Joint Secretary of the Nepal
KATHMANDU, Jan. 7: The CPN-Maoist Center has formed a five-member task force under the leadership of Vice President Krishna Bahadur Mahara for unity with various left-wing parties. Along with Mahara, General Secretary Dev Gurung, Deputy Secretary General Jarnadan Sharma 'Prabhakar', secretari
KATHMANDU, Aug 16: The government has formed a task force under the coordination of a joint-Secretary at the Foreign Ministry to find out the condition of Nepalis in Afghanistan due to the recently developed scenario there.
According to the Foreign Ministry, the taskforce was formed under the coordination of Chief of Central Asia, West Asia and Africa Division where representatives from Finance, Home, Labour and Employment, Culture and Civil Aviation, Health and Population Ministries, Nepal Police, COVID-19 Crisis Management Centre and Department of Consular Services would be the members.
An inter-ministerial meeting was held at the Office of Chief Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi on Sunday for necessary coordination after finding out the condition of Nepalis, who are in Afghanistan for employment, and for their rescue.
An arrangement has been made for online registration of the details of Nepali citizens in Afghanistan in the website of the Department of Consular Services. The respective persons or families have been urged to register the details along with names of those, who are in Afghanistan, on the website.
Similarly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has put in place Viber and WhatsApp numbers (9749326458 and 9749326459) to connect with the Nepalis in Afghanistan.
The meeting has urged Nepalis in Afghanistan to appraise Nepali authority of their condition.
The Government of Nepal has already made official correspondence with the USA, the UK, Canada, European Union, Japan and the UN offices to rescue Nepalis working in various foreign diplomatic missions and international agencies in Afghanistan, said the MoFA.
The Nepali Embassy in New Delhi, India, has already issued a travel advisory in connection to the turn of events in Afghanistan in recent days.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that various phone numbers and contact numbers were available for Nepalis in Afghanistan to reach out for any assistance.
The recruiting companies which used to send Nepali migrant workers to Afghanistan for foreign employment have been urged to provide factual details about Nepalis sent there, according to the press statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KATHMANDU, July 23: A task force, which was formed to facilitate the operation of the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led coalition government, is holding its first meeting on Friday.
According to Ramesh Lekhak, a Nepali Congress (NC) leader and a member of the task force, the meeting began at 4 PM at the official residence of the prime minister in Baluwatar.
The panel headed by NC General Secretary Purna Bahadur Khadka includes Minendra Rikal and Lekhak from NC, Barshaman Pun and Dev Gurung from CPN (Maoist Center) and Rajendra Shrestha and Mahendra Ray Yadav from the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP)’s Upendra Yadav-faction.
The meeting is expected to formulate common policies and programs for the operation of the government and standards for political appointments and division of the ministries among parties, and present its suggestions and recommendations to the government.
Lekhak said that the task force will carry out its activities to strengthen the ruling alliance.
KATHMANDU, July 12: A meeting of the ten-member task force formed to resolve intraparty disputes in the CPN (UML) sealed a ten-point deal on Sunday evening.
A member of the task force, Bhim Rawal shared that the meeting finaled the deal which is to be presented to the party leadership.
The panel, which comprises five members each from two rival factions --- one led by Chairman KP Sharma Oli and the other by senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, agreed to resolve all the intraparty issues through the procedural manner.
Similarly, organizational structures of the party will be revived as they were on May 16, 2018 --- before the erstwhile Nepal Communist Party (NCP) was formed. According to the deal, the central committee members nominated on May 17, 2018 will also be included in the party organization.
With this, the political and organizational activities of the party that are not in line with the party's legal system and unity following the revival of the UML through the March 7 order of the Supreme Court, have automatically been invalidated.
Party’s Standing Committee meeting scheduled for Sunday, which was reportedly preparing to endorse the agreement of the task force, was also put off until Monday while the party’s central committee meeting has been summoned for 11:00 am on July 13, CPN (UML) Central Office Secretary Sher Bahadur Tamang said.
Disputes had surfaced in the CPN (UML) after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli dissolved the House of Representatives on May 22 despite the formation of a 10-member task force on May 16 on the basis of consensus of CPN (UML) Chairman Oli and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.
The taskforce members include party leaders, Subas Chandra Nembang, Bishnu Prasad Poudel, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Shankar Pokharel and Bishnu Prasad Rimal from the side of Prime Minister and party chair Oli and Dr Bhim Bahadur Rawal, Ghanashyam Bhusal, Surendra Prasad Pandey, Gokarna Raj Bista and Raghuji Pant from party leader Nepal camp.
