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US Ambassador to Nepal Dean R. Thompson paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane on Tuesday. During the meeting held at the Home Ministry, the two exchanged views on further strengthening the bilateral relations and mutual cooperation, according to the Secretariat of the Home Minister. Matters relating to the US support to Nepal’s infrastructure development, increment of people’s access to education and health sectors, mitigation of climate change impact, energy development and technology handover and so on were also discussed on the occasion. US Embassy deputy chief of mission Jason P. Meeks and representatives, and officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs were also present in the meeting.  

The House of Representatives on Tuesday formed a 21-member committee to draft the Parliament regulations. During a meeting of the House of Representatives today, lawmaker Devendra Paudel floated a proposal to form a 21-member to draft the Parliament regulations. This committee will formulate regulations needed to operate the Parliament within 15 days. The proposal to form the Parliament Regulations Drafting Committee was endorsed unanimously after lawmakers Ram Krishna Yadav and Rishikesh Pokharel seconded the proposal.

Gandaki Province Chief Minister Khag Raj Adhikari called on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at his official residence in Baluwatar on Tuesday. During the meeting, the duo discussed expansion of the Gandaki Province government and contemporary political issues. The Chief Minister is preparing to expand the provincial Cabinet. Before this, Lumbini Province Chief Amik Sherchan called on Prime Minister Dahal today. On the occasion, Province Chief Sherchan congratulated Dahal for being appointed as the Prime Minister for the third time, the PM's Secretariat said.

Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT) Narayan Kaji Shrestha held a discussion with Indian officials on the progress and problems surrounding the projects funded by the Government of India. During the courtesy meeting in Kathmandu today, the minister urged the Indian team including Additional Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs of India Prabhat Kumar to expedite physical infrastructure projects funded by the Indian government. Minister Shrestha took concern about the Janakpur-Jayanagar Railway funded by India and the projects constructed with loans from Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank). He urged secretary Kumar for felicitating the projects, said the MoPIT Secretary Keshab Kumar Sharma. The meeting also focused on the Kathmandu-Raxaul railway, and other projects, he added. The designing of the railway in detail is underway. It was also agreed to constantly continue such discussion, and seek all available ways to resolve problems, it has been said.