New sitting plan

KATHMANDU: The chairs in the first, second and third rows of the House of Representatives Meeting Chamber have been set aside for the members of the Council of Ministers. Speaker Subash Nemwang announced this at the meeting of the House of Representatives on Sunday. Nemwang also called on the Members of the Parliament to abide by the new arrangement. — RSS

NC names treasurer

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala has on Sunday nominated Central Working Committee member Ram Krishna Tamrakar for the post of the party’s treasurer, according to a statement issued by Nepali Congress. —RSS

Maoists seize 8 buses

KAVRE: Maoists on Sunday took under control eight passenger buses operating on the Banepa-Nepalthok section of the BP Highway and released them eight hours later. A driver of one of the bus said the Maoist took control of their vehicles after they complained that they were not compensated, as promised by the Maoists, for ferrying people participating in a mass meeting in Kathmandu on Friday. — HNS

Landslide blocks road

ILAM: Land slide has blocked the Hakate-Kutidanda road section of Ilam on the Mechi Highway. This has stranded passengers since Friday. A bulldozer and passengers themselves cleared the road section but it is still difficult to run heavy vehicles. Rainfall frequently causes road blocks on this road section. Locals say extraction of stones from the side of the Highway while repairing the road has resulted in repeated land slides. A local transport entrepreneur Krit Limbu said: “Traffic came to a halt in the road section for three times this week.” — HNS