The Right Honourable President Promulgates Three Ordinances

The Right Honourable President Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari has issued the following ordinances on the recommendation of the Government of Nepal (Council of Ministers) pursuant to the Article 114(1) of the Constitution of Nepal S.N. Title of Ordinance 1. Economic Ordinance, 2021 2. Appropriation Ordinance, 2021 3. Ordinance to Raise National Debt, 2021   Keshav Prasad Ghimire Deputy Spokesperson May 29, 2021

The Right Honourable President’s Message on Republic Day 2021

Republic Day 2021 Message On the occasion of the 14th Republic Day, I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to all the Nepali brothers and sisters living at home and abroad and wish them happiness, peace and prosperity. I would also like to pay heartfelt tribute to those immortal martyrs who sacrificed their precious lives for the establishment of a democratic republic. Expressing respects to senior leaders of political parties who led the movements at different times to establish the republican system, I would like to highly appreciate the contribution made by the participating political activists, civil society leaders Read More …

The Right Honourable President Remits Remaining Prison Term of 430 Individuals

The Right Honourable President Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari has granted clemency for the remaining prison term of 430 prisoners, including Mr. Dilli Lamba, effective from the 29th of May 2021 upon the recommendation of the Government of Nepal (Council of Ministers) on May 27, 2021 according to the Article 276 of the Constitution of Nepal, Clause 37 of the Criminal Offence (Punishment Determination and Execution) Act 2017, Clause 12 of the Senior Citizen Act 2006, the mandamus order (Writ No. 076-WO-0939) of the joint bench of the Supreme Court on August 3, 2020, Clause 45(4) of the Nepal Criminal (Code) Read More …

Election Commission Submits the By-Election Report to the Right Honourable President

The Election Commission has submitted the National Assembly Member By-Election Result Report to the Right Honourable President Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari pursuant to Clause 60 of the National Assembly Member Election Act 2018. The by-election was held according to Clause 3(2) of the National Assembly Member Election Act 2018 for the post laid vacant according to the Article 86(2)(A) of the Constitution of Nepal and Clause 3(1)(D) of the National Assembly Member Election Act 2018. Keshav Prasad Ghimire Deputy Spokesperson May 27, 2021

The Right Honourable President’s Message on the occasion of the 2565th Buddha Jayanti

Message on the occasion of the 2565th Buddha Jayanti On the occasion of the 2565th birth anniversary of Gautam Buddha, the propounder of Buddhist philosophy, the pride of the nation and the pioneer of the world peace, I would like to express my heartfelt best wishes for happiness, peace and prosperity to all Nepali Buddhist brothers and sisters practicing peace and non-violence at home and abroad. As the three coincidences -the birth, the enlightenment and the death- of Gautam Buddha fall on the full moon day in May (Purnima of Baishakh Shukla Paksha), the Buddhists all over the world celebrate Read More …

The Right Honourable President Promulgates Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Ordinance

Right Honourable President Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari has promulgated the following ordinance on the recommendation of the Government of Nepal Council of Ministers as per the Article 114 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal. SN Title of Ordinance 1 Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 Keshav Prasad Ghimire Deputy Spokesperson 23 May 2021

The Right Honourable President Appoints Non-Residential Ambassadors of Nepal to the Republic of Ireland, the Republic of Malta, and the Slovak Republic

Right Honourable President Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed Mr. Lok Darshan Regmi, the Residential Ambassador of Nepal to the United Kingdom, as the Non-Residential Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland and the Republic of Malta and Mr. Ram Kaji Khadka, the Residential Ambassador of Nepal to the Federal Republic of Germany, as the Non-Residential Ambassador to the Slovak Republic according to the Article 282 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal on May 23, 2021. Keshav Prasad Ghimire Deputy Spokesperson 23 May 2021

The Right Honourable President Dissolves the House of the Representatives and Declares new dates for the Election.

Right Honourable President Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari has dissolved the House of the Representatives and declared new dates of November 12 and 19, 2021 for the fresh election on the recommendation of the Right Honorable Prime Minister as per the decision of the Council of Ministers of May 22, 2021 according to the Article 76(7) of the Constitution of Nepal. Keshav Prasad Ghimire Deputy Spokesperson May 22, 2021

Right Honourable President rejects both the claims to be appointed as the Prime Minister as per the Article 76(5) of the Constitution of Nepal.

Right Honourable President Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari has taken following decisions on the applications submitted by  Honorable members of the House of the Representatives Mr. K.P. Sharma Oli and Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba staking claims for the appointment as the Prime Minister as per the Article 76(5) of the Constitution of Nepal. Earlier Right Honourable President has called for the members of   the House of the Representatives as per the Article 76(2) of the Constitution to stake claims to be appointed as the Prime Minister by 5 pm on May 21, 2021. Honourable member of the House of the Representatives Read More …

The Right Honourable President Assigns Portfolios to the Prime Minister

On the recommendation of the Right Honourable Prime Minister Mr. K.P. Sharma Oli on May 21, 2021, the Right Honourable President Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari has assigned the following portfolios to the Prime Minister himself until further arrangements are made as the Supreme Court on May 20, 2021 has issued interim order for not to carry out, allow to carry out the duties and functions by the following ministers in the capacity as the ministers.   S.N. Name Designation Portfolios 1 Mr. Ram Bahadur Thapa Minister Home Affairs 2 Mr. Top Bahadur Rayamajhi Minister Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation 3 Read More …