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  • NC leader Gagan Thapa invites PM Oli to HoR

    NC leader Gagan Thapa invites PM Oli to HoR

    KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Gagan Thapa has challenged Prime Minister KP Oli to be present at the House of Representatives (HoR), in today’s meeting of the Parliament.

    Thapa extended the invitation in order to discuss and debate on the works completed by the government in its three years of governance.

    He said, “I invite you to the HoR to hold a debate session based on facts and statistics.”

    Prime Minister KP Oli was scheduled to present the annual reports of Madhesi Commission and Tharu Commission of the fiscal year 2076/77 in the meeting.

    Meanwhile, the HoR meeting also passed the condolence motion on the demise of former Minister of State for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Aishwarya Lal Pradhananga who passed away at the age of 96 on April 2.

  • Nepali Congress leader Nabindra Raj Joshi no more !

    Nepali Congress leader Nabindra Raj Joshi no more !

    Kathmandu: A central leader of the main opposition party, Nepali Congress, Nabindra Raj Joshi, died on Friday night. He was 57.

    After surviving a brain haemorrhage on February 26, Joshi was undergoing treatment at Norvic Hospital of Kathmandu. For the past several days, he was on a ventilator, unconscious.

    During treatment, he breathed his last at 8:24 last night, informs the hospital in a press statement, adding his heart had stopped functioning since Friday morning.

    Joshi was a two-time lawmaker representing Kathmandu’s constituency number 8 to the House of Representatives. He was the Minister for Industry during the premiership of Pushpa Kamal Dahal (2016-2017).

    As a minister, Joshi is credited for reviving the Nepal Aushadhi Limited, a government-run drug manufacturer of the country.