There had been growing criticism of the Prime Minister’s official residence, a public property, being used for holding meetings of a political party.

Despite promises to streamline ambassadorial appointments, the government has yet to implement the criteria it introduced itself around two years ago.

As special economic adviser to the prime minister, the former finance minister is poised to have a wider scope of work and stronger mandate, which could add to confusion among bureaucrats, insiders and analysts say.

When it comes to criticising the government over public hardships and bad governance, the main opposition has failed to make its presence felt.

Officials warn of a passport shortage with the stock likely to last just a few months.

Nepal government has largely failed to uphold the promises it made in 2017 in the lead up to the election for membership for the 2018-20 period in the UN body.

The event on September 24 will focus on building an understanding among member states to convene a summit meeting, stalled since 2016.

While Deuba’s rivals accuse him of trying to postpone the event, allies say such allegations are baseless.

Leaders and ministers’ penchant for flying to different parts of the country in the name of rescue and relief is reminiscent of the days when the country was under a unitary system.

There are at least six contenders for the post, but the appointment is likely to happen along with a Cabinet reshuffle, insiders say.

The Summit due to be held later this month was postponed in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic.

An agreement signed with India to directly procure 100,000 tonnes of fertiliser annually expired in 2017. Since then Nepali farmers have been deprived of timely supply of fertilisers, as authorities have failed to explore other options.

Bamdev Gatuam has once again renewed his demand that he be taken to the National Assembly as promised back in February.

The scheduled meeting of the top leaders of the seven-nation regional group in Sri Lanka would have adopted a charter to help it move forward.

Officials say the plan to introduce the code at the earliest has been necessitated by criticism over meetings between politicians and foreign diplomats without the ministry’s knowledge.