Reporting on the Constitution, Parliament, security, education, governance and public policy.
A new procedure sets minimum pay for workers engaged through public procurement, requires wages to be paid into workers’ own bank accounts, and introduces red cards and blacklisting for contractors who break the rules.
Under a six-point agreement signed on 7 November, a five-member panel will review medical seat approvals, and the Cabinet is to issue an ordinance within two weeks changing how officials of the Shahid Dasharath Chand University of Health Sciences are qualified and appointed.
The CIAA accuses Yadunath Acharya, a subordinate officer at the Bhaktapur Land Revenue Office, of spending far beyond his family’s lawful income and of laundering the proceeds through land deals, shares and a department store.
The CIAA alleges that a chief investigation officer at the National Investigation Department won four promotions on a false school certificate, and that a teacher in Jumla secured a post with a forged teaching licence.
The CIAA has filed a corruption case at the Special Court over social security allowance payments in Likhu Rural Municipality-9, Okhaldhunga, claiming Rs 3,167,200.
The Council of Ministers has asked the President to issue an ordinance amending the Press Council Act, 1991. The Federation of Nepali Journalists says the government is bypassing Parliament.
A committee led by former judge Baburam Regmi says cases of murder, arms looting and arson at key state buildings cannot be dropped. Any withdrawal needs the Attorney General’s opinion and court permission.
The Finance Committee’s report on the Nepal Rastra Bank Act amendment awaits debate in the House. Critics say shorter terms and retained government directives weaken the central bank’s autonomy.
Founded in 1954 as Nepal Law College, Tribhuvan University’s law campus on Exhibition Road has shaped generations of Nepal’s legal profession. It now faces pressure to modernise.
The cabinet has brought into force sections 17(e), 25 and 26 of the Criminal Offences (Sentencing and Execution) Act, 2074 from 1 November, eight years after the Act took effect.
Bar president Bijay Prasad Mishra told a parliamentary committee that a judge must remain a referee, not a player. Law Minister Sobita Gautam said the government is not insisting on the proposal.
A committee led by Justice Sharanga Subedi says past selections were disorderly. It is considering making professional performance the sole criterion and allowing the title to be withdrawn for misconduct.
