Chinese FM to visit

KATHMANDU: Foreign Minister of China Yang Jiechi is paying a three-day official visit to Nepal at the invitation of Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav. He will arrive in Kathmandu on December 2. Minister Jiechi will sign an agreement on economic and technical cooperation between the two neighbouring countries. He is scheduled to hold talks with Minister Yadav and pay courtesy calls on the President and the Prime Minister. He will be leading a delegation of 11 members comprising senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. — HNS

New transport policy

Kathmandu: Minister for Labour and Transport Management, Lekhraj Bhatta on Wednesday said that the government was drafting a new transport policy. Inaugurating the 32nd General Assembly of Nepal Automobile Dealers’ Association, Minister Bhatta said workers’

minimum remuneration scale would be reviewed and existing labour law would be amended. Presi-dent of FNCCI, Kush Kumar Joshi alleged that the government had failed to maintain good industrial relations. — RSS.