SURKHET: Karnali province government has decided to provide approval to formulate the draft of the Bill Related to Set Up the Province Investigation Bureau. The 34th meeting of Council of Ministers held here on Wednesday chaired by Karnali Province’s Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur Shahi has approved the proposal submitted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law.
Similarly, the meeting has agreed in principle the proposal submitted by the Ministry of Social Development for formulation of draft relating to the mobilization of volunteers, shared Spokesperson of the Karnali Province, Bimala KC.
KC, also the Minister for Land Reform, Agriculture and Cooperatives in the Karnali Province, said that efforts would be coordinated with the province police for the building for police and rehabilitation centres. The meeting also decided to request the Government of Nepal and Ministry of Finance in the federal government for exemption of tax for the purchase of 10 ambulances to be procured by Ministry of Social Development.

Davos (Switzerland) : Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has stressed the need for reviving multilateralism and rules law-based international trade system for promotion and protection of concerns and interests of the least developed and landlocked countries (LDCs) like Nepal.
PM Oli said this during the informal gathering of the world’s economic leaders the 49th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The Prime Minister attended the Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders (IGWEL) and shared views on the theme of “The End of Global Trade as We Know It?”. On the occasion, he stressed the need for reviving multilateralism and rules-based international trading system that promotes and protects the concerns and interests of the least developed and landlocked countries like Nepal, according to the Embassy of Nepal in Geneva, Switzerland. PM Oli had an opportunity to interact on the theme of global trade with the leaders of G-20 countries as well as prominent business persons, it is said.
On the sidelines, Prime Minister Oli had a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The two leaders discussed various matters of Nepal-Vietnam relations. They underscored the need to enhance economic engagements in the areas of trade, investment, connectivity and tourism as well as the necessity to exchange high-level visits between the two countries.
Earlier, Chief Executive Officer of Swiss pharmaceutical production company Novartis Vasant Narasimhan and Chairman and CEO of KPMG India Arun Kumar also called on the PM Oli on the margins of the WEF Annual Meeting. Discussions about possible investment in Nepal’s priority sectors were held in the meetings.
Likewise, Finance Minister Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada attended a session on the theme of “More than GDP” at the WEF Annual Meeting. Dr Khatiwada also had a meeting with Director of the Netherlands-based company Arcadis Carolien Gehrels. Matters about investment in and development assistance to Nepal were discussed on the occasion, according to a press release from the Embassy of Nepal in Geneva.
Furthermore, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called on Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali. They discussed matters related to refugees in Nepal as well as the Global Compact on Refugees.
Besides these engagements, PM Oli, Minister for Foreign Affairs Gyawali, Finance Minister Dr Khatiwada and other high-ranking officials of the delegation had informal interactions with various government and business leaders attending the WEF Annual Meeting. Issues pertaining to Nepal’s development policies, plans and priorities were featured prominently during those interactions. RSS

Kathmandu: The central working committee (CWC) meeting of the opposition Nepali Congress (NC) is taking place today at the party central office in Sanepa.
NC Spokesperson Bishwo Prakash Sharma said that party statute passed by the recently held Mahasamiti Meeting, Nepal Students Union’s incumbent central committee and contemporary political issues would be discussed at the meeting.
Likewise, the demands of agitating Dr Govinda KC and the issues relating to the hospitals established under the name of former Prime Ministers Girija Prasad Koirala and Sushil Koirala would be reviewed, it is said.