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Former Minister for Industry and Nepali Congress former central member Dhundiraj Shastri (Poudel) passed away on Monday. He was 90.

He breathed his last during the course of treatment at the KMC Hospital in Kathmandu at 4 am today.

He was born in 1993 BS as the eldest child of Khemraj Poudel and Sabitra Poudel in the then Kimdanda Panchayat-8, Nimdanda (now Bhumikasthan Municipality-8, Arghakhanchi).

The socialist thinker Shastri has two wives, two sons, and two daughters. One of the wives has already passed away.

Since his sons are abroad, the funeral will be conducted after they arrive, according to his family member Ashok Poudel.

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has said that its lawmakers will not take the allowance of the Parliament meeting held on June 15.

RPP Chief Whip Gyan Bahadur Shahi said that the RPP boycotted the Parliament meeting on June 15 and has also informed the Federal Parliament Secretariat that they will not take the meeting allowance.

The RPP protested in the meeting on Sunday demanding an investigation against the Home Minister in the 'visit visa' scam. However, the party decided to boycott the House meeting because it was held despite their protest in the Parliament. The RPP Parliamentary Party meeting today took a decision not to take the allowance for the boycotted meeting.

Rastriya Swatantra Party acting Chairperson Dol Prasad (DP) Aryal and party Chief Whip Santosh Pariyar held a meeting with Speaker Devraj Ghimire at his official residence in Baluwatar today.

Shekhar Adhikari, the Speaker's press expert, said that during the meeting the Speaker urged the RSP to move forward responsibly rather than causing obstruction in the Parliament.

"The opposition's obstruction has held the Parliament hostage for two weeks. We must have extensive discussions about the budget. During this time of making the budget prosperous, the Parliament being obstructed has sent the wrong message to the people. The issues raised by the opposition are serious, and that is why I held back the Parliament for two weeks to reach an agreement, but now there is no room for that any longer," Adhikari quoted the Speaker as saying on the occasion.

The Speaker mentioned that as the leader of the Parliament, one must also take care of the constitutional limits, stating that the National Assembly had instructed to send the Appropriation Bill from the House of Representatives by this June 19.

Speaker Ghimire said, “In such circumstances, the budget must be passed at all costs; you should also understand the constitutional limits and constraints by changing the nature of your movements. Rather, I will facilitate the necessary dialogue with the government; so, let’s discuss the matter seriously.”

The RSP said that the demands raised by the opposition were serious and they voiced the genuine problem of the people.

"We have been forced to obstruct the Parliament because the government is not serious about our demands and issues. In the current situation, we are not in a position to backtrack from our issues; however, we are currently engaged in discussions and dialogues for a solution," RSP acting Chairperson Aryal said during the meeting.

Iranian missiles struck Israel’s Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa before dawn on Monday, destroying homes and fuelling concerns among world leaders at this week’s G7 meeting that the confrontation could lead to a broader regional conflict, Reuters reported.

At least five people were killed in the latest Iranian strikes, the national emergency service said, raising Israel’s death toll to 18 since Friday. At least 100 more were wounded in the overnight blitz, part of a wave of attacks by Tehran in retaliation for Israel’s pre-emptive strikes targeting the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of sworn enemy Iran.

Search and location operations were underway in Haifa where around 30 people were wounded, emergency authorities said, as dozens of first responders rushed to the strike zones. Fires were seen burning at a power plant near the port, media reported, according to Reuters.