KATHMANDU: Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has decided to close all industries throughout the country on Sunday to honour late Girija Prasad Koirala. It also conveyed its condolences at the demise of former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress president Koirala.

Issuing a press statement, the umbrella organisation of Nepali private sector said, “FNCCI will always remember late Koirala as the leader of historical revolutions — the people’s movement of 1990 and 2006 as well as his role as the father of market economy in Nepal. The Nepali private sector cannot forget his contribution to the peace process and liberalisation of the economy that led the country towards prosperity. The duty of promulgation of constitution and making Nepal a prosperous country has shifted to other leaders,” it said.