- Sunday, 29 June 2025
Kathmandu, June 29: Both the Houses of the Federal parliament are scheduled to have their meetings today.
The House of Representatives (HoR) session is scheduled to take place at 1.00 pm Sunday in the New Baneswor-based Federal Parliament building.
In today’s session, there is an agenda to pass the Civil Service Bill.
There have been complaints galore over the complications evolving in the implementation of the administrative federalism despite the country usurping to federal structure.
It may be noted that the agenda of endorsing the bill in the HoR session scheduled for last June 17 was put on hold in the eleventh hour.
As per the agenda set for today, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Rajkumar Gupta will present a proposal seeking deliberations on the Federal Civil Service Bill, 2080 along with the report of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee.
The bill will be endorsed after the lawmakers put their views on the proposal. Once the bill will get endorsed from the HoR, it will be sent to the National Assembly.
According to the due process, the Speaker will certify the bill after the Upper House passes it and returns to the Lower House. The bill then will be presented to the President following certification from the Speaker and will come to effect after the authentication from the Head of the State.
The Upper House is also scheduled to have a meeting today. In the session set to take place at 12.15 pm, there is a scheduled agenda for a group discussion on different headings of 14 ministries under the Appropriation Bill, 2082.
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Heavy rainfall likely in some places of four provinces
Kathmandu, June 29: The weather this afternoon will remain partly to fully cloudy across the country due to the influence of monsoon winds.
There is a chance of light to moderate rainfall, along with thunder and lightning in some areas of the hilly regions, including Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudurpashchim provinces, as well as in some other areas, according to the Weather Forecasting Division.
There is a chance of heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in one or two places in some areas of Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudurpashchim provinces and in one or two places in the hilly regions of other provinces. The Division has predicted light to moderate rainfall and snowfall in some areas of the high hilly and mountainous regions of the country. According to the weather forecasting bulletin, it will remain partly to fully cloudy across the country tonight.
There is a possibility of light to moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning in many places of the hilly regions, including Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudurpashchim provinces, as well as in some other areas.
In one or two places in Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudurpashchim provinces, as well as in hilly areas of other provinces, there is a possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall.
There is a possibility of light to moderate rainfall in some areas of the high hilly and mountainous regions of the country, the Division informed.
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PM’s message on National Paddy Day
Kathmandu, June 29: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the entire agriculture sector should be advanced to the path of boosting production through the use of modern technologies.
In his message of best wishes on the occasion of the National Paddy Day today, the Prime Minister noted, “Today is Asar 15 –a festival to acknowledge our production and diligence. The paddy day represents our time-honoured tradition of paddy plantation, where the fragrance of life is realized with soil; a worship of sweat with water and a dream of yielding rice grains. En though I am outside the country now, memories of planting paddy since childhood have hovered my mind”.
Prime Minister Oli in his message noted that the government has introduced a programme for agricultural modernization to increase production through the use of modern techniques and technologies.
The message stated, “Let us engage our efforts to boost production by devising modern and technology-intensive measures in agriculture. My best wishes to one and all on Asar 15 (the Paddy Day), the day for enjoying yogurt and beaten rice”.
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President extends best wishes on National Paddy Day
Kathmandu, June 29: President Ramchandra Paudel has pointed out the need of developing and expanding modern agriculture technology by engaging labour force and other human capital within the country.
In his message of best wishes on the occasion of the National Paddy Day today, President Paudel called for expanding food technology associated to paddy noting it was a matter of concern for gradual increment in the import of paddy and rice every year.
President Paudel underlined the need of concentrating our efforts towards becoming self-reliant in paddy production with the promotion of culture of labour by ending the state of keeping land uncultivated.
“May the Day today encourage us to work for reducing import, assuring food security and promoting the culture of respecting agriculture labour by adopting climate-smart technology in paddy yielding”, the message reds.
The National Paddy Day is being marked this year with the ideal theme ‘Intensity in Paddy Production: Food Security and Self-reliance’.
The Constitution has guaranteed every citizens’ right to food, President Paudel said, highlighting the importance of promoting paddy production for the effective implementation of the fundamental right that is to save lives from food crisis.
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Three persons, including father and daughter die in a motorbike accident
Itahari (Sunsari), June 29: Three persons, including father and daughter died and two others sustained critical injuries in a motorbike accident on Chatara-Kanchhi Chowk road section in Ramdhuni Municiplaity-7 of Sunsari.
The accident occurred when a motorcycle (Ko 33 Pa 9605) en route to Kalabanzar from Chatra-Kanchhi Chowk collided with another motorcycle (Prades 1-02-056 Pa 5864) from the opposite direction.
The deceased have been identified as 34-year-old Inarchan Chaudhary, his nine-year-old son Pranish, and another motorcycle rider, 51-year-old Bindhu Yadav.
According to the District Police Office, the injured were rushed to the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), where they were pronounced died during treatment.
In the accident, Inarchan Chaudhary’s 32-year-old wife Pratisha and 36-year-old Ramesh Chaudhary of Itahari-7 were critically wounded.
The police informed that they are undergoing treatment in the Dharan-based BPKIHS.
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