KATHMANDU, MAY 19

The government has decided to celebrate Republic Day for three days.

A meeting of the Republic Day Main Ceremony Committee, 2022, convened at the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers today decided to celebrate the day by organising various programmes on May 28, 29 and 30.

This year, Republic Day falls on May 29. Every year, Republic Day is marked on Jestha 15, as per the Nepal calendar.

The meeting chaired by Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand decided to organise special programmes on those three days.

As per the programmes decided by the committee, all government offices under the federal, provincial and local levels will be illuminated anddecorated by the national flag and banner in the evening on May 28. The general public will also be urged to illuminate their homes.

Committee member-secretary and Home Secretary Tek Narayan Pandey said the main ceremony would be held at the Army Pavilion in Tundikhel in the presence of President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on May 29. He said flowers would be showered and banners displayed from helicopters.

In the evening of the same day, citizens as well as government and public offices will organise illumination ceremony by lighting lamps at their homes, offices and public places.

Likewise, on May 30, awareness songs will be broadcast on Radio Nepal and Nepal Television.

The citizens and the government and public offices have been urged to carry out illumination at private homes, offices and public places in the evening.

The Main Celebration Committee also decided to fly the national flag and carry out illumination at the Nepali embassies, missions and consulates abroad. The Ministry of Culture, tourism and Civil Aviation will prepare electronic publicity materials depicting the unique natural and cultural characteristics of Nepal and send them to the Nepalese embassies, missions and consulates for dissemination in foreign countries.

The Main Celebration Committee with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba as convenor comprises government ministers, heads of constitutional bodies and chiefs of security bodies, including the Chief of the Army Staff. Home Secretary Pandey is its member-secretary.

A version of this article appears in the print on May 20, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.