Citizenship Bill withdrawn in bid to seek consensus The government said it had decided to withdraw the Citizenship Bill as it aimed to forge consensus on a sensitive issue like citizenship. Kathmandu 07 Jul, 2022
Govt to withdraw citizenship bill, pass new one The government today decided to withdraw the Citizenship Act (Amendment) Bill from the Parliament. It will register a new citizenship bill and seek its passage through a fasttrack process. Nepal 06 Jul, 2022
'Endlessly extending deadline for TRC and CIEDP not a way out' The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs is trying to amend the Truth and Reconciliation Act that remains unimplemented for almost eight years. Nepal 01 Jul, 2022
Parliamentary panels stress women's proportional participation in state bodies Chairpersons of the thematic committees in the House of Representatives and National Assembly have underscored the need to ensure women’s proportional participation in all state bodies. Nepal 01 Oct, 2021
Guideline to manage unidentified, unclaimed bodies The federal government has developed the ‘Unidentified and Unclaimed Bodies Management Guideline, 2021’ to manage bodies of persons that are unidentified and unclaimed due to difficulty in tracing relatives or guardians concerned after sudden death in accidents, natural disasters, homicides, or any other incident. Nepal 22 Sep, 2021
Darchula incident report will be made public soon,says Minister Khand Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand said the committee formed by the Ministry of Home Affairs to investigate the Darchula incident would submit its report soon. Nepal 27 Aug, 2021
House panel to continue monitoring amid COVID-19 Despite the rising number of COVID patients, the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) has announced that it will continue monitoring in the areas that are directly concerned with citizens’ life. Nepal 26 Apr, 2021
Govt told to manage unidentified bodies The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the HoR has directed Ministry of Home Affairs to reduce the number of unclaimed bodies to zero through fingerprint or iris recognition - Kathmandu 17 Apr, 2021
Many Nepalis deprived of citizenship certificate Manish (name changed), who lost his parents when he was a child, grew up in an orphanage in Kathmandu. As per the law, he is entitled to Nepali citizenship, yet he is facing difficulties obtaining the certificate due to mistakes of the orphanage and lack of legal knowledge on the part of the orphanage. Nepal 07 Mar, 2021
Govt told to scrap decision to create new AIG post KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 9 The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives today directed the government to scrap the Cabinet’s recent decision to create a new post of additional inspector general, the second topmost... Horoscopes 10 Dec, 2020
Govt asked to stick to �Federal Democratic Republic� KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 9 The State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the Parliament has directed the government not to implement the decision to remove the phrase ‘Federal Democratic Republic’ used ahead ‘of Nepal’ for correspondence and... Horoscopes 10 Nov, 2020
HoR panel urges govt to take effective steps to fight against novel coronavirus Kathmandu, September 2 The Parliamentary State Affairs and Good Governance Committee has suggested that the government prepare a more effective strategic plan for preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The parliamentary committee’s... Horoscopes 03 Sep, 2020
