The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers has stated that Dr Suresh Chandra Chalise has been appointed advisor to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.

Dr Chalise had been the foreign affairs advisor of NC President Koirala for the last three years.

Earlier, Bal Krishna Dahal was appointed as the personal secretary of the prime minister and Basanta Gautam the principal secretary at the Prime Minster’s Office.