KATHMANDU: The government, following a Council of Ministers meeting today, has proposed the convening of a session for the Federal Parliament on February 5. The government has decided to recommend to President Ram Chandra Paudel the scheduling of a joint session for both the National Assembly and the House of Representatives at 4 o’clock on […]
KATHMANDU, Nov 2: Speaker Devraj Ghimire has announced that the current parliament session has ended, reading out the President’s letter at the House of Representatives meeting on Thursday.
“According to Clause 2 of Article 93 of the Constitution of Nepal, on the rec
KATHMANDU: The ongoing session of the Federal Parliament is set to conclude today, Law Minister Dhanraj Gurung said. The decision to end the session was reached during a meeting held on Wednesday, attended by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, and CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli. In the day’s parliamentary […]
KATHMANDU: President Ram Chandra Paudel has called a session of the Federal Parliament on the recommendation of the government. The Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday decided to recommend to the President to convene the Parliament session. The meeting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly has been called to be held at 4 […]
According to assistant spokesperson of the Parliament Secretariat, Dasharath Dhamala, President called the Federal Parliament session for Monday, January 9 at 1 PM.
Issuing a press statement, the Office of the President said that the Federal Parliament session was called on December 14 at the recommendation of the government as per the Article 93 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal.
KATHMANDU, September 8: A parliamentary party (PP) meeting of the CPN (Unified Socialist\) Party is scheduled to be held on Wednesday.
The meeting is due to be held at the Federal Parliament Building in New Baneshwar at 2 PM today.
The meeting has been summoned to chalk out strategies for the Federal Parliament session summoned for 4 PM on the same day, according to leader Jeevan Ram Shrestha.
This is the first time for the party -- CPN (Unified Socialsit) -- to participate in the parliament meeting after its formation.
Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal has already been elected a parliamentary party leader.
The newly formed CPN (Unified Socialist) Party now stands at the fourth largest party in the country. The party has 23 lawmakers in the lower house and eight in the upper house of parliament.
KATHMANDU, September 8: The tenth session of both houses of the federal parliament is scheduled to begin on Wednesday.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has summoned the meeting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly for 4:00 PM on Wednesday on the recommendation of the Government of Nepal.
For today’s meeting the Parliament Secretariat has prepared a 32-point agenda, which includes the bill to replace the ordinance budget, the long-pending civil service bill, the citizenship bill and various ordinances issued in the past. The ninth session of the House ended on August 16.
KATHMANDU, July 18: Fresh sessions of both the houses of the Federal Parliament are all set to kick off from Sunday in line with the Supreme Court verdict.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari, upon the recommendation of the government, on Friday, summoned the parliamentary session for 4.00 PM, Sunday.
This is going to be the first meeting of the lower House --- House of Representatives (HoR) --- which got dissolved twice --- first on December 20, last year and then on May 22, this year. Both the dissolutions, recommended by the KP Sharma Oli-led government, were declared unconstitutional.
Speaker of the HoR, Agni Prasad Sapkota stressed the inevitability of unity among the political parties given the far-reaching significance of the reinstated parliament from historical and multidimensional fronts.
Newly appointed Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is likely to take a vote of confidence from this session. As per Article 76 (6), PM Deuba is required to go for a floor test within 30 days from the date of appointment.
Deuba was appointed prime minister on July 13 as ordered by the Supreme Court on July 12. The apex court, issuing a mandamus order, asked the Office of President to appoint Deuba the prime minister as per Article 76 (5).
In the 275-member lower House, the CPN-UML has 121 lawmakers, Nepali Congress 63, CPN (Maoist Centre) 49 and Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal 34. The Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, the Rastriya Janamorcha and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) each have a member each. Chhakka Bahadur Lama is the only independent lawmaker.
Thirty-seven important bills are under consideration at the House of Representatives while 19 such bills are pending at the National Assembly.
