KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 18
The government has granted approval to the Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Social Security to start the necessary process of constructing a hospital for labourers.
At a press conference here today, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, also the government spokesperson, shared the information.
Minster Karki further shared that the government decided to grant authority to the Secretary of Ministry of Health and Population to sign a tripartite agreement for the implementation of Global Funds Programme 2021-24 aimed at preventing and controlling AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Also, the government decided to approve Drugs Registration (Fourth Amendment) Regulation, 2021 and Nepal Medical Council (Fifth Amendment) Regulation, 2021, Minister Karki shared.
Likewise, the Cabinet decided to accept the World Bank's loan assistance of USD 18 million (approximately Rs two billion) for the COVID-19 Rapid Response and Public Health Risk Preparedness Project.
As informed, the government accepted the resignation tendered by Rastriya Beema Samiti Board Chair Gangaram Kandel and appointed Ramesh Kumar Hamal as the chairperson of Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON).
A version of this article appears in the print on February 19, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
