The ruling Nepal Communist Party is holding a mass assembly in Province 2 on Saturday.

Nepal and Bangladesh signed a pact on Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) at Ministry of Finance in Kathmandu on Tuesday.

Nepal Academy organised a poetry event to observe International Mother Language Day in Kathmandu on Thursday. The festival featured poets from various ethnic backgrounds who recited 36 poems in 32 different languages.

Former Nepal Oil Corporation Managing Director Gopal Bahadur Khadka has been released on date after posting a bail amount of Rs 20.5 million on Tuesday.

Nepal Communist Party lawmaker Mahesh Basnet has demanded the government introduce a system to return the plastic packets of noodles and Gutkha.

The Public Accounts Committee of the federal parliament has decided to conclude discussions on annual report of Auditor General, which is yet to be discussed in the committee, by April this year.

The government has entrusted the National Reconstruction Authority with the task of rebuilding Rani Pokhari.

The Special Court on Thursday convicted four persons including a Senior Superintendent of Police of Armed Police Force on corruption charges.

Nepal Medical Association, an apex body of professional doctors, has announced one-day shutdown of medical services except emergency in all the hospitals across the country on Friday. The association made the decision following the endorsement of National Medical Education Bill by the upper house on Thursday.

The government on Tuesday stated its official position on the unfolding political crisis in Venezuela in which it has said that the internal problems of a country should be resolved within its constitutional parameters.

The government has decided to address the demand of main opposition Nepali Congress to keep the two hospitals established in the name of two former Prime Ministers and Nepali Congress leaders under federal government’s jurisdiction.

Dr Govinda KC has demanded resignation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Dr KC, who is on fast-unto-death for the past 17 days, made such demand after Parliament endorsed the National Medical Education Bill against his demands on Friday.

Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has criticised the government move to push through the Medical Education Bill in an “authoritarian” manner. He said the House Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara misused the power of his post to endorse the National Medical Education Bill despite protest from the opposition.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has emphasised on investment and environmental concerns at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Swiss mountain resort Davos.

The Parliament meeting has been postponed for the second consecutive day on Tuesday following obstruction from the main opposition Nepali Congress. Parliament Secretariat informed that the next meeting will be held on January 25.