Author: Himalaya Post

Kathmandu, Feb 18: The House of Representatives has been formally informed of lawmaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara’s acquittal by a decision of the Kathmandu District Court. Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota informed a session of the House of Representatives, the lower house of federal parliament, today about former Speaker Mahara’s acquittal by the Court on February 17. With this formal notice to the parliament, lawmaker Mahara’s suspension has been revoked. The former Speaker had been suspended from the post after the Metropolitan Police Circle, New Baneshwar on October 6, 2019 wrote to the Parliament that an arrest warrant has been issued against him on the charge of attempted sexual assault on a staff of the Parliament...

Kathmandu, Feb 18: National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina has argued that the responsibility of the lawmakers won’t end only by drafting laws. Releasing a book published by Federal Legislation Committee of the National Assembly today, he added that the parliamentarians should also inform the people about the relevance and importance of the Acts while carrying out the monitoring of the laws’ implementation status. He was of the opinion that there have been some gaps in making people understand about the lawmakers’ main job of making laws and their implementation. The 50-page book incorporates Nepal’s legal history, constitutional development, parliamentary system adopted by the constitution and form of parliament, House of Representatives and National Assembly, parliament’s the committee system, international practices on implementation of laws and some other topics too....

Chief Executive Officer of National Reconstruction Authority Sushil Gyawali said NRA would collect data of the earthquake affected families who received grants for private house reconstruction but not made any progress to that end. He further said NRA has started maintaining all disaggregated data which makes easier to know the progress details of the reconstruction of individual house. The NRA has so far distributed third installment of grant to around 70 percent quake-affected households across the country. He shared that around 62 percent quake survivors have started residing in the new private houses. At a press conference organized by Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Palpa chapter on Monday, CEO Gyawali said over 52 percent earthquake survivors received payment of second installment. The reconstruction of quake-damaged health facilities, schools and historical heritages is gaining momentum, Gyawali added. He claimed that the NRA has made substantial progress in reconstruction in a short span of time. He informed that 348 rooms of 114 earthquake-damaged schools in Palpa are being constructed in a speedy...