Newly appointed Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe has taken the oath of office and secrecy on Monday.
The Kathmandu District Court on Monday has acquitted former Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara of attempted rape charges.
The 2,048 new cases followed three days of declines but was up by just 39 from the previous day’s tally of new cases. Another 10,844 people have recovered from COVID-19,
Under the first phase of the project, the electric, telephone and internet cables in Maharajgunj and Ratnapark areas will be moved underground.
Tumbahamphe will take the oath of office and secrecy from President today afternoon, according to PM’s press advisor Surya Thapa.
If the hearing concludes today, the court will issue a verdict today itself, according to the court.
A total of 185 Nepalies had applied for evacuation. However, four of them decided to stay back in China whereas six failed to board the place due to medical reasons,
Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli directed the Home Ministry not to block the function after organizers promised to send back the other participants except those from Nepal and India.
The evacuation flight will return to the Tribhuvan International Airport at 2:15 am on Sunday.
The number of reported cases has been rising more quickly after the hardest-hit province changed its method of counting them Thursday. There are now 63,851 confirmed cases in mainland China,